A mansion on 667 acres in Evergreen sold for $10 million last month, topping local home sales.
Captain’s Rock Ranch, as the property at 3999 Evans Ranch Road is known, includes an 11,376-square-foot mansion with five bedrooms and eight bathrooms. The home was constructed in 1995 of chinked logs and Gallegos stone.
The property includes an indoor riding arena with eight stalls, a tack room, and an office, as well as a refurbished 1900s schoolhouse that the owners saved and moved to the property. That building could be used as a guest retreat or a studio.
The property, sold by Brent Redstone and Anne M. Vanderwerken, was initially listed by Farm and Ranch in 2024 for $16.4 million before the asking price was reduced that May to $14.8 million.
It was relisted for $10 million on March 24 by Josh Behr with LIV Sotheby’s International Realty and went under contract on May 13.
Keri Duffy, a member of the Denver Metro Area of Realtors market trends committee, said in comments with the association’s July report that the original list price “clearly overestimated the market.”
After being relisted, the property spent 45 days in the MLS, which is comparable to the 41-day average in the $1 million-plus segment in the Denver metro, Duffy said.
Kenneth Mirr with Mirr Ranch Group represented Captains Rock Ranch LLC, a Colorado corporation formed on April 28 to purchase the property.
Redstone, the seller, is the son of the late media mogul Sumner Redstone, who built the Paramount Global empire. The younger Redstone is a former Boston prosecutor who moved to Colorado in the mid-1990s and previously worked for the Denver law firm Davis Graham.
Redstone was estranged from his father and sued him in 2006, claiming he was pushed out of the family business in favor of his sister, Shari, and that his father misappropriated company assets. The lawsuit was settled in 2007 for approximately $240 million.
The couple purchased an English Tudor-style mansion near Asheville, North Carolina, for $9.6 million in 2023. In June 2024, Redstone and Vanderwerken sued a Denver auction house for failing to pay them the proceeds from the sale of more than 300 items from their Evergreen home. The case was later dropped.
Based on MLS data, here are the next five most expensive home sales in the Denver area for July, including two ties:
5 Random Road in Cherry Hills Village: $7.8 million
Listing agent: Trish Bragg and Maggie Armstrong with LIV Sotheby’s International Realty
Buyer’s agent: Jim Rhye with Kentwood Real Estate Cherry Creek
Details: The 10,945-square-foot mansion on 2.2 acres combines a rustic western exterior with a refined contemporary interior. The six-bedroom, nine-bath house was designed by architect Steve Ekman and built by Cadre Construction in 2008.
Zachary and Melissa Holland bought the home for $5.2 million in 2017. They listed it for $7.7 million on March 7.
It went under contract on March 15, and buyers Kelly and Dorothy Woods closed on it on July 25 for $100,000 over its list price.
50 Meade Lane in Cherry Hills Village: $5 million
Listing agent: Helm Weaver Helm with Compass-Denver
Buyer’s agent: Jane Goulder and Amy Kissinger with Compass-Denver
Details: This 7,054-square-foot mansion on 3.5 acres was constructed in 1981. It has five bedrooms and seven baths. The property also includes a four-stall horse barn and a grazing field.
John and Kathryn Beggins purchased the home for $2.6 million in May 2009. They listed it for $6.9 million on Feb 25 before lowering the price to $6.3 million on March 24 and lowering it again to $5.5 million on April 30.
DCOT25 LLC closed on the property for $5 million on July 2.
7 Mockingbird Lane in Cherry Hills Village: $5 million
Listing agent: Robyn Landry with Kentwood Real Estate Cherry Creek
Buyer’s agent: Robyn Landry with Kentwood Real Estate Cherry Creek
Details: This 9,773-square-foot mansion on 2.4 acres includes six bedrooms and seven baths.
Constructed in 1989, it was recently renovated and contains heated hardwood floors, a main floor guest or nanny suite, a great room with a beam ceiling and a floor-to-ceiling stacked stone fireplace. .
Charles Holmes, also known as Charles Putman, purchased the home for $1 million in 1992. He listed it for $5.8 million on Feb. 12 before lowering the price to $5.5 million on June 19.
Brent Nelson closed on the property for $5 million on July 25.
15 South Lane in Cherry Hills Village: $4.7 million
Listing agent: Megan Mitcham with Modus Real Estate
Buyer’s agent: Josh Behr with LIV Sotheby’s International
Details: Constructed in 1998, this 7,664-square-foot mansion with six bedrooms and six bathrooms in the heart of old Cherry Hills was recently remodeled.
Scott Herrin Noblitt and Carolyn Hartlein Noblitt purchased the home for $3.7 million in July 2021. They listed it on May 9 for $4.7 million, and it went under contract on June 3.
Damon and Sarah Judd purchased the home for the list price.
5425 S. University Boulevard in Greenwood Village: $4.7 million
Listing agent: Michele Ciardullo with Milehimodern
Buyer’s agent: Kathy Staiano with LIV Sotheby’s International Realty
Details: This 9,967-square-foot Cape Cod-style mansion on 2.3 acres was constructed in 2004. It has five bedrooms and eight baths.
Lawrence Peck and Dae Mellencamp purchased the home for $2.5 million in November 2015. They listed it for $4.7 million on May 9, and it went under contract two days later.
The David Dresdner Trust purchased it for the list price on July 29.
