Residential Real Estate

Nasser Sarvestanir spent six years crafting what he calls the “ultimate home.”

“We love Denver, but we only spend about a month here a year,” said Jerry Glauser, who with his wife also owns homes in Aspen, Arizona and Italy.

“Because our business is so urban and downtown-based, we want to find our place back in that space and help activate it,” Iconique founder Susan Chong said.

“Knowing they can’t break ground for more than a year is untenable for many people,” one homebuilder said. “Then you have the build time, so it could be three years before you can walk in the door.”

City regulations don’t allow residents to tear out turf from the grass strip between the sidewalk and the road.