What’s the Big Deal: $60 million suffices for Aspen home purchase

What’s the Big Deal runs Mondays and is based on the prior week’s most expensive property transaction recorded in the Pitkin County Clerk & Recorder’s Office.
Price: $60 million
Date recorded: May 26
Buyer: Meadowbrook Trust
Seller: Christy 2017 LP
Address: 1011 Ute Ave.
Neighborhood: Aspen Chance subdivision
Property type: Single-family residential
Year built: 2011
Total heated area: 16,726 square feet
Lot size: 28,286 square feet
Assessor’s office actual value: $35,800,300
Assessor’s office assessed value: $2,488,120
Property tax bill: $78,562
Source: Assessor’s Office and Clerk & Recorder’s Office, Pitkin County