The Colorado Independent

Posts Tagged Bobby Ginn

Florida developer backs out of troubled resort project near Vail

By | 09.10.09 | 8:44 am

VAIL — A Florida developer looking to build a massive private ski and golf resort off the back side of Vail Mountain near Minturn has officially bowed out of the proposed Battle Mountain project, adding a new chapter…

Kobe-llera could merge with Ginn-turn in huge Vail Valley real estate play

By | 08.12.09 | 12:23 am

Two of the most notorious nicknames in Colorado high-end luxury resort history may converge in a bid to bolster both struggling projects.

Cordillera, a residential golf community above Edwards, is in talks with the owners of the proposed Battle Mountain…

Land trusts struggle to preserve open space in tough economic times

By | 08.03.09 | 12:20 pm

Land trusts around the state are being squeezed by the recession, bad publicity from over-valued parcels and the perception that conservation easements are scams where landowners use public funds to keep their properties while denying public access to the land.…

Credit Suisse and the collapse of the West’s most posh ski and golf resorts

By | 03.09.09 | 9:54 am

A March 5 article in Bloomberg Markets Magazine paints a picture of wild excess in the high-end mountain resort development game, starting with the recent failure of Tamarack Resort in Idaho, the bankruptcy of the private Yellowstone Club in Montana and ending with Florida’s Bobby Ginn.

The Battle for Battle Mountain

By | 05.19.08 | 8:30 am

The fate of a high-dollar, private ski-and-golf resort adjacent to Vail is now largely in hands of voters.

Tucked away in a narrow valley between Vail and Leadville in Colorado’s central Rockies, in the shadows of the mega ski…