What’s the Big Deal: Aspen home gets big bucks —$21.5 million

“What’s the Big Deal?” runs Mondays and is based on the week’s most expensive property transaction recorded in the Pitkin County Clerk and Recorder’s Office.

Price: $21.5 million

Date recorded: June 12

Address: 1051 and 1055 Stage Road, Aspen

Neighborhood: Maroon Creek

Buyer: Stoney Brook LLC

Seller: 1055 Stage LLC and Midlothian Investment

Property type: Residential

Year built: Actual, 1955; effective, 2007

Total heated area: 10,017 square feet

Lot size: 4.9 acres

Assessor’s office actual value: $8,604,200

Assessor’s office assessed value: $615,200

Property tax bill: $18,926.64

Worth noting: The riverfront property had been listed for $30 million as recently as March 9; it once was listed for $22.995 million in September 2012.