A Hardly ever-Been-Lived-In Aspen Property Sells for $48 Million

The identification of the customer could not be identified. The Duckworths did not answer to requests for remark. 

The Duckworths initially mentioned the assets in August 2020, inquiring $47 million, in accordance to Real estate agent.com. (

News Corp,

operator of The Wall Avenue Journal, also operates Realtor.com underneath license from the Nationwide Affiliation of Realtors.) Most just lately, it was stated for $53 million. 

The concrete-and-stone dwelling has never been lived in, according to listing elements. In the 1980s, the Duckworths bought the about 2.5-acre good deal in Starwood, a gated neighborhood the place the singer-songwriter John Denver after lived, records demonstrate. They commenced creating the household in 2007, and the exterior was finished close to 2017, according to court docket files associated to a legal dispute with the Starwood Property Homeowners Association. The accommodate, centered on HOA fines related to the prolonged design, was settled and dismissed in 2020. 

The household spans virtually 19,000 sq. toes, according to listing materials. There are 9 bedrooms, which includes a main suite with two places of work and a terrace that leads to the pool and scorching tub. The home’s decrease level has a rec place and a caretaker’s quarters.

Maureen Stapleton

of Coldwell Banker Mason Morse experienced the listing. Patrick “PJ” Bory of Christie’s International Real Estate Aspen Snowmass represented the purchaser. Ms. Stapleton and Mr. Bory declined to remark. 

Ms. Duckworth was the initially feminine product sales and trading spouse at Goldman, according to the 2018 book “Women’s Leadership Journeys,” edited by Sherylle J. Tan and Lisa DeFrank-Cole. Mr. Duckworth retired when his spouse grew to become co-main of the bank’s Chicago business office. The Duckworths also have residences in Florida and Illinois, documents show. Their house in Lake Forest, Unwell., is presently on the current market for $12.5 million, according to Zillow. 

Aspen’s luxury genuine-estate market has been booming, even though limited inventory is constraining sales. The median price for a one-loved ones residence topped $15 million in the initial quarter, up 61% yr-around-12 months, in accordance to information from Christie’s Worldwide Realty. 

Before this thirty day period, an estate close to Aspen that served as the trip home of Sen. Dianne Feinstein and her late partner,

Richard Blum,

hit the marketplace for $29.9 million. A around 9,500-square-foot spec property in Aspen lately offered for $37.6 million.

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