December’s top sale signaled a changing of the guard in Cherry Hills Village.
Nicholas D. Miller — a musician, DJ, producer and songwriter known professionally as Illenium — spent $15 million last month to buy a 23,000-square-foot mansion from private equity executive Charlie Gallagher.
The eight-bedroom, 14-bath mansion on Cherry Hills Drive sits adjacent to the 10th green at Cherry Hills Country Club.
Chicago architect Gregory Maire designed the brick and stone mansion to resemble a 14th-century French country home. Constructed in 1993, the house, with a circular drive, features painted ceilings, plastered walls, eight fireplaces and 18 sets of French doors.
Gallagher and his wife, Diane, listed the property for $18.5 million in August.
Gallagher was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame in 2011 and has served on numerous boards locally, including those of the Denver Art Museum, Regis University and the Archdiocese of Denver’s Catholic Foundation.
Miller, meanwhile, has released five studio albums, including “Illenium” in April. He and his wife, Laura, closed on the mansion on Dec. 7.
The Gina Lorenzen and Kara Couzens team at Kentwood Real Estate DTC represented the buyers and sellers.
Here are the next four priciest home sales in the Denver metro area in December, according to MLS data:
100 block Detroit St. in Denver: $9.3 million
Listing agents: Carla Bartell and Beth Larrance with Corcoran Perry & Co.
Buyer’s agents: Gina Lorenzen and Kara Couzens team with Kentwood Real Estate DTC
Details: After selling his Cherry Hills mansion, Gallagher purchased the 10,907-square-foot, three-bedroom, nine-bath condo in Cherry Creek North using the Charles P. Gallagher Trust. The condo, with 10 fireplaces and six garage spaces, was listed for $12.9 million in August. Cable TV pioneer Glenn Jones, who died in 2015, and his longtime partner, Dianne Eddolls, previously owned the property.
200 block Columbine St. in Denver: $7.7 million
Listing agent: Pam Parker with Corcoran Perry & Co.
Buyer’s agent: Barbara Perry with Corcoran Perry & Co.
Details: Acorn Trust purchased the seventh-floor, 4,500-square-foot Cherry Creek North penthouse from Valerie and Gil Clausen. Valerie, a violinist and retired Denver Philharmonic Orchestra executive director, and Gil, a retired gold mining executive, bought the home for $5 million in 2016 when the building was unfinished. They worked with Valerie’s sister, Jennifer Tate, principal architect of Tate + Burns in Essex, Connecticut, to design a space reminiscent of the sisters’ childhood home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Clausens listed the three-bedroom, four-bath penthouse with three underground garage spaces, electric vehicle-charging stations, and two large storage units for $8.5 million in November.
Haystack Row in Cherry Hills Village: $7 million
Listing agent: Helm, Weaver, Helm with Compass-Denver
Buyer’s agent: Colleen McGrath with LIV Sotheby’s International Realty
Details: MH Family Trust purchased the 15,000-square-foot mansion from tech firm owner Larry Page. Page, who owns Page-Mark and Page Digital, specializing in home networking and home automation, spent two years working onsite while the mansion was under construction. In August, he listed the eight-bedroom, 12-bath home in the gated Buell Mansion community for $7.8 million.
440 block N. Milwaukee St. in Denver: $6.9 million
Listing agent: Lisa Bingham with ENS Real Estate
Buyer’s agent: LIV Sotheby’s International Realty
Details: The Susanne L. Dyke Trust purchased the 6,710-square-foot, four-bedroom, seven-bath home built in 2022 from Milwaukee Street LLC for its list price.
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