48 Hours in Cherry Creek |
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The number one tourist attraction in Denver is the Cherry Creek Mall but there is so much more to this toney hood than a mall crawl.
Spend 48 hours this weekend and discover what is currently happening in the Cherry Creek and what is soon to open.
Friday afternoon, the sneak peek of the Cherry Creek North Sidewalk sale. This is the signature event for stores such as SOL, Store of Lingerie, they need a limit for women maxing out on the Hanky Panky but you can return and buy more! Slip next door to the forever chic boutique MAX, he moved his Highlands Ranch store to Cherry Creek....hmmmm....that speaks volumes as in MAX the volume.
Next stop, crepes, oooh la la are we in Paris yet? The Creperie serves up the most delicious French food this side of Provence, food without the "tude"...the servers are gracious!
A short walk to the Denver Botanic Gardens (they want to have an 06 area code) for a delightful stroll through the most amazing installation of the Allan Houser sculptures integrated amongst the flora that you never thought would grow in Colorado.
A quick stop by the Vineyard for a wine tasting before the late Friday nap and dinner at any one of the "grills" where you will see locals mix with the tourists. Or, if you want to be seen in the scene, Barolo Grill's bar seating is the place, complete with a splendid wine list and great Italian fare. Ooops, they may be travelling in Italy for more wine and cuisine knowledge. No worries as Satchel's is down the street on Sixth next to the iconic Oliver's Meat Market for the local country club foodies! Satchel's has a wine list and small plates, also a rumored chef.
Saturday, only 24 hours to go and hours to burn...starting in the sun drenched Farmers Market, okay it's Colorado, so you'll buy baskets and provencal linens until the Olathe corn comes in but the tastings are great from homemade tamales to biscuits and gravy....gluten free...well not the tamaes.
Guilty of the pleasures? Bike the sins away with Denver's BCycle Bike program at several locations, Milwaukee St. is the most pristine! Take a bike and travel the Cherry Creek to the confluence of the rivers. You can drop the bike and pick one up later for the ride back. Dine in LoDo or the Cherry Creek area, your choice, it's summer! But wait, fall approaches and with it some great new store openings including the new Sugarliscious candy store by Ralph Lauren's offspring, stay tuned!
For more information on how you can spend 48 hours in Cherry Creek, or if you want to look at some real estate on the clock...contact me at my email address:
judy@kentwoodcity.com
posted: July 13, 2011
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Bottoms Up |
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Spring has made an early arrival, time to celebrate not only the arrival of early morning tweets from our feathery friends, as well as the webbed friends, but to celebrate the return of spring's housing market. Many buyers are still pondering the timing issue or if the market has "bottomed out". Interest rates are still holding a favorable mark and new inventory is hitting the market, the timing is now. All signs for Colorado point up, Aspen just recorded the median price point at 4.5 million making it the most expensive town in the USA, allowing Denver to look up not down. With such favorable news in the housing arena for Colorado, now is the time to connect with a buyer's agent with connections.
I have two brilliant homes that will launch to market in late spring, but available by appointment only now. So connect with me to move on pre-market pricing and raise a glass to spring...."Bottoms Up"!
posted: March 4, 2011
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Park Charmed |
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Located just a block from one of the most popular parks in the city of Denver. Designed by the German landscape architect Reinhard Schuetze between 1899 and 1908, the design includes Smith and Grasmere lakes and the Lily Pond.
Washington Park developed as a neighborhood around 1886 due to urban sprawl in Denver. Yes, Wash Park is officially the "BURBS", the first suburb of Denver. Most of the houses were built between 1900 and 1940.
Eugene Field, a reporter for the Denver Tribune and author of children's poems lived in a small cottage on West Colfax that excaped demolition of Titanic proportions by none other than Molly Brown who moved the cottage to the upper East side of Wash Park. It became the Eugene Field Branch of the Denver Public Library and is located near the Wynken, Blynken and Nod statue memorializing Field and his poem of the same name.
In the early 1900's Judge Jessie Northcutt retired and relocated from his southern Colorado home to the West end of Washington Park into a brick home on Downing Street. Who knew that Wash Park is ideal for empty nester retirees? Jessie Northcutt was a territorial judge in Colorado and the New Mexico territory (before New Mexico became a state). His most famous trial centered around a domestic dispute involving one of the many families of Kit Carson. He is also well known as the Great Grandfather of judysdenver!
Find out more about Washington Park, the neighborhood and the homes available for sale.
Just listed is 245 South Lafayette Street on the north east side of the Park, about one block's walk. It is just off Alameda and 1/2 block to the Steele Community Gardens and Steele school. It was designed and built by the architect Michael Kephart, abundant in charm and detail. There is a main floor master, with a master bath suite that includes a steam shower. A large living and entertaining dining room, a kitchen with a contemporary flair, European styled cabinets an top of the line appliances.
The inviting yard and garden offers an off the park atmosphere with outdoor sitting and dining areas for entertaining or a quiet meditation or reading area. Envision a morning latte, a latte, a vase of Black Eyed Susans and the early morning birds and you have envisioned the gardens at 245 South Lafayette.
Stop by for a visit. The house will be open this Saturday, August 1, from 1-3 pm.
For an appointment, contact:
Judy Fahrenkrog at judy@kentwoodcity.com
Kentwood City Properties
posted: August 28, 2012
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Top of the Morning! |
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A typical Irishism..."Top of the Morning to You!" meaning not only the best of the day but from the idea that the cream always rises to the top. We now have the cream at the top in one of the most sought after communities in the Denver area.
JUST LISTED in the Cherry Creek and Washington Park areas is a high rise condominium in the landmark building of Four Hundred East Third! Located on one of the highest floors, the ninth please, with sweeping views of the front range mountains and city views as well. You can actually have your cream with your coffee while watching the sun rise up over Pike's Peak, in the master bedroom or living room windows and a top of the evening libation while watching the sun set over Mt. Evans. Here, you can have it all!
Four Hundred East Third is located a few blocks from the historic Washington Park, with gardens and lakes, bike paths and running trails, a pavillion for parties and tennis and volleyball courts and the infamous Croquet Court! The location is just west of the Cherry Creek shopping mall, a short walk to the upcoming seasonal Farmer's Market and the year round, seven days a week Whole Foods store. The walkability is high, a short walk from Elways and True Foods to the east and the "foodie favorites" along Sixth Avenue to the north. The boutique neighborhoods of Old South Gaylord Street and Old South Pearl Street with locally owned shops and restaurants and specialty weekend markets and fairs are a good walk, and a shorter bike, scooter, cab or car ride. Speaking of cars, this new listing has two underground garage parking spaces, bike racks and a storage room for skis, snowshoes, fishing gear and all things that speak Colorado. There is ample guest parking and two guest suites in the building for all your "you live in Colorado?" friends! There is an exercise fitness room, a business and conference center and a large party/entertainment room.
The sophisticated condominium unit on the ninth floor at Four Hundred East Third is 1503 square feet with designer elements such as wide plank black walnut hardwood floors, slate tile, gourmet kitchen appliances, a built-in Murphy bed/couch in a study with built-in shelves. This one of a kind listing competes!
For more information contact:
Judy Fahrenkrog
Kentwood City Properties
303-820-2489
judy@kentwoodcity.com
posted: April 10, 2013
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Someone's In The Kitchen With..... |
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The kitchen, the focal point of any home be it condo, apartment, bungalow or estate is the central chakra of the home. It reads all the senses; the eyes, nose, mouth, throat, heart and the solar plexus. The kitchen feeds! The kitchen greets, the kitchen chats and cries and laughs, it is the well being of the home. It is the most travelled room in the house, it makes the home's statement.
The family kitchen acts as control center and usually is equipped with a planning desk, nurturing room, "whining" room (Kitchen, we have a problem), brag board, media room and the immediate go to gossip center. Singles and couples that entertain often usually find it difficult to move the party out of the kitchen, it is the party statement.
Does your kitchen measure up? Would Dinah dig your digs? If not, it's time to either remodel or hang the pots in the kitchen that speaks to your soul. With interest rates at a record low, below 4% for a 30 year fixed mortgage, you can find the kitchen of you dreams, house included! Buy one and you'll be strummin on the old banjo!
Contact me for a tour of some of the best kitchens in Denver and the Denver metro area.
email me at judy@kentwoodcity.com
posted: October 7, 2011
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Tis a Privilege! |
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posted: November 6, 2012
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Prosperity |
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"The return of good times is not wholly a matter of money. There is a prosperity of living which is quite as important as prosperity of the pocketbook." Ladies Home Journal, October 1932. The magazine stressed that resignation was not an option and that the country needed to revive the ideals of the founders and learn the new value of money, "where we were specialists in spending, we are becoming specialists in living." This magazine article resonates today as this country has moved through tough economic times hitting the housing industry hard. The Amercian dream of home ownership has been challenged, but with interest rates low and a new generation of home buyers entering the market, the rebound is a reality.
Kentwood City Properties reported the highest volume in residential real estate sales since opening its doors in 1999 with $340 million in sales. Most of the sales were first time home buyers taking advantage of low interest rates and tax credits, however, many luxury home sales were represented in that number. The prosperity of living, the American dream for our home and lifestyles.
Connect with dream-makers and positive brokerage services.
www.judysdenver.com
posted: April 14, 2011
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Embarras du Choix |
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In France as in Italy, imbarazzo della scelta, the description of a state in which the only difficulty is in choosing among so many choices. Choices, our lives are filled with choices and in today's real estate market there are many choices, but the task is not an "embarras" when working with the right real estate broker. During the buying process, a good agent will frame a property search around the buyer's parameters, search the MLS daily and find new properties to match criteria, preview properties and make appointments, analyze comparable property values and advise on current market conditions and bringing the myriad of choices to a manageable list. Many buyers in today's market recognize the value of time and money, choosing an experienced realtor will add value and savings. Make the right choice.
www.cherrycreekrealestate.net.
posted: April 17, 2011
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To Market To Market |
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Washington Park is one of the most iconic neighborhoods in the Denver metro area. Tree lined streets, a major park circling two lakes with a boathouse, playground, tennis courts and jogging/cycling paths, blocks of Denver brick bungalows mixed with contemporary new builds and restaurants abound on cozy corners in the area known as Wash Park. Inventory is low, but coming to market soon is a unique gem. Built in 1929 and thoughtfully expanded, this home mixes styles with ease. Owned by a renowned architect, the home incorporates large patios, a courtyard and porch; it also features green and energy efficient qualities such as solar collectors and two high efficiency furnaces. Only one and one-half blocks to Washington Park , a half block from Steele Elementary and only two short blocks to the north end of Denver Country Club's golf course and Speer Blvd....location, location, location!
Email judy@kentwoodcity.com or contact me at Kentwood City Properties 303-820-2489!
posted: October 10, 2011
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We would like to thank the Academy! |
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Award season has started early and the Best Production of the Year goes to the 2012 Colorado Homes and Lifestyles home of the year...31 Albion Place, in Castle Pines Village!
The August issue of the premier home and garden magazine in Colorado hit the newstands, the front cover shows the incredible interior of an incredible home with 12 pages of color photos.
Sophistication, scale and presence in harmony with the beauty of the cultivated gardens were created with respect for the landscape that is Castle Pines Village and the owner's elevated vision. The collaboration of Architects, Chris Brown of Boss Architecture in Denver and Sarah Brown of Semple Brown in Denver, Martin Mosko of Marpa Landscape Design Studio of Boulder and Richard Lee, Interior Designer in New York, New York created the stunning design. The operative design word is "ambient" allowing the architecture to respect the landscape incorporating elements of sustainability through a natural use of materials and a modern aesthetic.
The design is site specific, with a dynamic arrival sequence which includes a unique entry into and through the house creating a strong dialogue between the interior and exterior spaces of the home. The house is composed in zones, for both private and public functionality. Hopes high end residential doors and windows, 9 to 11 feet, maximize the vibrancy of each space. Exterior courtyards, patios and decks both covered and uncovered maximize the enjoyment of the spectacular gardens, complete with a meditative Tea House and koi ponds.
The interior of the home includes a palate of hand brushed level 5 walls, textured stone floors, hardwood flooring, horizontal shiplap cvg oak walls and integrally colored, board formed concrete walls. The interior designer incorporated elements of 17th century fireplace mantles to the modern textures and angles. In a word or words, this home is "jaw dropping"!
The Marpa landscaping includes reflecting pools, the ceremonial tea house, waterfalls, ponds, organically placed boulders and an abundance of perennial and annual plantings. This is zen!
For more information on this home or other homes in Castle Pines Village, email me at
judy@kentwoodcity.com.
Visit the video tour on this website of the gardens at 31 Albion Place.
Judy Fahrenkrog, Broker Associate
Kentwood City Properties
posted: August 9, 2012
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