The 15-acre property at 4001 E. Quincy Ave. in Cherry Hills Village originally hit the market for $25 million. (The Denver Post/The Agency)
Clearview Farm, a 16,500-square-foot mansion and guesthouse in Cherry Hills Village that became the Denver area’s priciest home listing when it was built, is defective.
That’s according to Glen Warren, co-founder of the oil and gas firm Antero Resources and owner of Clearview Farm, which sits atop 15 scenic acres at 4001 E. Quincy Ave.
On Aug. 13, Warren’s Clearview Farm LLC sued the Denver construction company Shaw builders for negligence and breach of contract. Shaw is the general contractor that Warren hired to build the main home at Clearview Farm, which hit the market at $25 million in 2021 and was later relisted for $28.9 million.
“At the time that Shaw constructed the residence, it knew or should have known that the residence was constructed with defects and deficiencies,” the lawsuit claims.
Fifty such defects are listed. Among them: A malfunctioning elevator, a cracked swimming pool, an improperly installed garage door, toilets that don’t flush right and are coming detached from the wall, a fireplace that sends smoke into the home, no cold water in the exercise room shower and no hot water in “the west bedroom on the second floor of the south wing.”
The five-bedroom, eight-bathroom main residence at Clearview Farm. (The Denver Post/The Agency)
Shaw CEO Steve Meyer and President Pat Higgins declined to be interviewed about Clearview Farm. Instead, the construction company issued a statement about the lawsuit.
“Shaw Construction has delivered quality projects across Colorado for over 63 years, including Clearview Farm,” it said. “We’ve recently been made aware that the owner has some concerns and, along with the subcontractors involved, are actively investigating to address them.”
Warren’s Clearview Farm LLC paid $11 million for 4001 E. Quincy Ave. in 2015, tore down a 6,500-square-foot farmhouse there and got to work on Clearview Farm. First came a 2,600-square-foot guesthouse, which was built by a company other than Shaw and served as a prototype for the nearly 14,000-square-foot main home, according to past reports.
“Shaw represented that it could match or exceed the level of construction exhibited at the guesthouse … and had representatives reference their work performed at the Kirkland Museum in Denver as an example of their ‘museum quality’ work,” according to last week’s lawsuit.
The mansion took 3 1/2 years to build, from November 2018 to May 2022. It is made of concrete, glass and zinc and is partially wrapped in shou sugi ban, a cedar that has been charred using a traditional Japanese technique to protect the wood.
The mansion was built out of concrete, glass and zinc and is partially wrapped in shou sugi ban. (The Denver Post/The Agency)
Left unsaid in the lawsuit is what impact the defects have had on efforts to market Clearview Farm, which has yet to be sold three years after it was completed. Clearview Farm LLC is seeking money from Shaw “for the cost of repairing the residence” and to make up for the “diminution in value of the residence,” but its lawsuit does not include dollar figures.
The record Denver-area home sale is $25 million, which former Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson paid for a mansion elsewhere in Cherry Hills Village in 2022.
A website marketing Clearwater Farm was taken down Aug. 14 after BusinessDen asked about it.
“The house is not on the market and not listed,” said real estate agent Jared Blank, “and other than that we’re not authorized to speak on anything else regarding the property.”
The 15-acre property at 4001 E. Quincy Ave. in Cherry Hills Village originally hit the market for $25 million. (The Denver Post/The Agency)
Clearview Farm, a 16,500-square-foot mansion and guesthouse in Cherry Hills Village that became the Denver area’s priciest home listing when it was built, is defective.
That’s according to Glen Warren, co-founder of the oil and gas firm Antero Resources and owner of Clearview Farm, which sits atop 15 scenic acres at 4001 E. Quincy Ave.
On Aug. 13, Warren’s Clearview Farm LLC sued the Denver construction company Shaw builders for negligence and breach of contract. Shaw is the general contractor that Warren hired to build the main home at Clearview Farm, which hit the market at $25 million in 2021 and was later relisted for $28.9 million.
“At the time that Shaw constructed the residence, it knew or should have known that the residence was constructed with defects and deficiencies,” the lawsuit claims.
Fifty such defects are listed. Among them: A malfunctioning elevator, a cracked swimming pool, an improperly installed garage door, toilets that don’t flush right and are coming detached from the wall, a fireplace that sends smoke into the home, no cold water in the exercise room shower and no hot water in “the west bedroom on the second floor of the south wing.”
The five-bedroom, eight-bathroom main residence at Clearview Farm. (The Denver Post/The Agency)
Shaw CEO Steve Meyer and President Pat Higgins declined to be interviewed about Clearview Farm. Instead, the construction company issued a statement about the lawsuit.
“Shaw Construction has delivered quality projects across Colorado for over 63 years, including Clearview Farm,” it said. “We’ve recently been made aware that the owner has some concerns and, along with the subcontractors involved, are actively investigating to address them.”
Warren’s Clearview Farm LLC paid $11 million for 4001 E. Quincy Ave. in 2015, tore down a 6,500-square-foot farmhouse there and got to work on Clearview Farm. First came a 2,600-square-foot guesthouse, which was built by a company other than Shaw and served as a prototype for the nearly 14,000-square-foot main home, according to past reports.
“Shaw represented that it could match or exceed the level of construction exhibited at the guesthouse … and had representatives reference their work performed at the Kirkland Museum in Denver as an example of their ‘museum quality’ work,” according to last week’s lawsuit.
The mansion took 3 1/2 years to build, from November 2018 to May 2022. It is made of concrete, glass and zinc and is partially wrapped in shou sugi ban, a cedar that has been charred using a traditional Japanese technique to protect the wood.
The mansion was built out of concrete, glass and zinc and is partially wrapped in shou sugi ban. (The Denver Post/The Agency)
Left unsaid in the lawsuit is what impact the defects have had on efforts to market Clearview Farm, which has yet to be sold three years after it was completed. Clearview Farm LLC is seeking money from Shaw “for the cost of repairing the residence” and to make up for the “diminution in value of the residence,” but its lawsuit does not include dollar figures.
The record Denver-area home sale is $25 million, which former Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson paid for a mansion elsewhere in Cherry Hills Village in 2022.
A website marketing Clearwater Farm was taken down Aug. 14 after BusinessDen asked about it.
“The house is not on the market and not listed,” said real estate agent Jared Blank, “and other than that we’re not authorized to speak on anything else regarding the property.”
