First residence building sold out
By Mark Abromaitis
THE ERICKSON TRIBUNE
Wind Crest, a new campus-style community being built in Highlands Ranch, is seeing an eruption of reservations, community officials said this month.
The community’s first residence building, Cottonwood Court, is sold out and the community’s second building, Blue Spruce Ridge, is approximately 70% reserved, Sean O’Connor, senior director of sales with Wind Crest, said. Both residence buildings are scheduled to open in 2007.
“It’s definitely moving fast since groundbreaking,” O’Connor says. “We are pleased with the interest in the community. It’s going even faster than we had anticipated. Each day we’re accepting reservations and making good progress with construction.” O’Connor did not estimate when the community will be sold out.
Reasons to get excited
Wind Crest, the 17th Erickson community, will tout a well-manicured, maintenance-free campus, covered walkways connecting buildings, a spacious clubhouse, a variety of amenities and value for the residents as its main features.
Over 63,000 people age 65-plus currently live within a ten-mile radius of the Wind Crest site and almost 200,000 live within 25 miles. Because of the high demand, Retirement Counselor for Wind Crest Molly Thorne-Dhieux recommends joining the community’s Priority List as the best way of being offered a home and avoiding a multiyear wait. “It gives the most options and is 100% refundable, so there’s no risk,” Thorne-Dhieux says.
The best option
The $1,000 refundable deposit gives the member precedence based on the date it was submitted. When the apartment of their choice becomes available, the Priority List member is given the right of first refusal. If the apartment is reserved, the deposited money is put directly into the cost of the apartment homes.