What’s the Big Deal: $11.2 million for Red Butte home in Aspen

Editor’s note: “What’s the Big Deal?” runs Sundays and is based on the most expensive property transaction recorded in Pitkin County through 3 p.m. each Friday.

Price: $11.2 million

Date recorded: Oct. 17

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Address: 1300 Red Butte Drive, Aspen

Buyer: Aspen Flat Roof LLC

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Seller: 1300 Red Butte LLC

Property type: Single-family residential

Year built: 1993, remodeled in 2015

Total heated area: 5,807 square feet

Land: 0.85 acre

Features: Five bedrooms, 51/2 baths,

Property tax bill: $17,777.44

Buzzworthy

• New York-based fitness company SoulCycle plans to open a pop-up shop at the Boogie’s Building from Dec. 22 through Jan. 2, according to a company announcement. Thor Equities, which bought building for $27.5 million from Leonard “Boogie” Weinglass in May 2015, is still seeking permanent tenants for the building that will be remodeled.

• The “Game On” Aspen home project by Rowland+Broughton Architecture/Urban Design/Interior Design received 2016 honorable mention awards in the Residential Over $1 Million category from both the American Institute of Architects’ Colorado and Denver divisions. The awards were presented during the 2016 AIA Colorado & Local Design Awards Gala in Copper Mountain on Oct. 6.

The “Game On” project was part of an historic landmark lot split in the West End, where the neighboring 1890s home was originally on one large lot. The neighboring home was picked up and placed on a new foundation, creating a vacant lot for “Game On.”