Juan and Alicia Rodriquez created Lodestar Ranch to supply extra privateness and solitude.
Impressed by I.M. Pei’s design for the Nationwide Middle for Atmospheric Middle in Boulder and the cliff dwellings discovered within the historical landscapes of the American Southwest, the ten,720-square-foot mansion constructed in 1997 mimics the colourful sandstone terrain of the close by foothills. It sits on a sprawling 55-acre property at 640 S. 68th St. in Boulder County.
“I all the time beloved the view coming into Boulder on the turnpike,” Rodriguez mentioned. “The view right here is similar to that.”
The 2-story, five-bedroom, seven-bath house is light-filled and options picket cathedral ceilings on the highest ground. Every bed room presents panoramic vistas of Boulder, the foothills, and the Continental Divide, stretching from the Indian Peaks Wilderness to Longs Peak.
The house provided loads of house for Rodriquez’s 4 kids and 12 grandchildren.
“It’s an awesome household place,” he mentioned.
The house options in-floor radiant warmth, two hooked up garages totaling practically 2,000 sq. toes, state-of-the-art security measures and a climate-controlled, 144-bottle wine cellar.
Current renovations embody main updates to the first suite, lavatory and kitchen.
Working for IBM introduced Rodriguez to Boulder within the late Sixties. Over the following 20+ years, he labored for numerous different corporations earlier than founding the Deming Middle for Entrepreneurship at CU Boulder.
After his spouse died in December 2022, Rodriquez was able to downsize and listed the property for $16.5 million.
“It’s been a pleasant place to spend the previous 27 years,” he mentioned.
Itemizing agent Brett Sawyer with Kentwood Actual Property mentioned the mansion couldn’t be constructed right this moment below Boulder tips.
He anticipates the property will enchantment to an government who needs exclusivity and privateness.
“It feels very distant and remoted, but it surely’s not,” Sawyer mentioned. “You get to reside in Boulder with out being in Boulder.”
The home additionally presents safety.
When the wind-driven Marshall Hearth erupted on Dec. 30, 2021, it destroyed virtually each different home within the space. The adobe exterior and slate roof protected the house, which sustained solely minor harm to a window within the storage. The air conditioners additionally had been broken and changed.
“The structure is fascinating, and there’s a particular ‘wow’ issue if you drive as much as the home,” Sawyer mentioned.
“It is a probability to reside in an iconic home, a legacy home in Boulder County.”
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