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A local CEO and his wife listed their Cherry Hills Village mansion for $7.2 million, three years after buying it and completing a down-to-the-studs remodel.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a Colorado house. It\u2019s a mountain house,\u201d said Hamid Akhavan. \u201cYou\u2019re in Cherry Hills Village, but it feels like you\u2019re living in Vail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Akhavan is CEO of EchoStar Capital, the investment arm of EchoStar Corp., the parent company of Dish TV, Sling TV and Boost Mobile.<\/p>\n

He and his wife, Joanne, purchased the home in 2023 for $3.2 million. The lot convinced them. The 0.87-acre property sits on a high point overlooking Woodie Hollow Park with panoramic mountain views.<\/p>\n

The elevation also allowed for something unusual in the neighborhood: a six-car garage, built on two levels and tucked into the hillside so it is barely noticeable from the street.<\/p>\n

\u201cGarages are stacked. You swing around and go underneath,\u201d Hamid Akhavan said.<\/p>\n

The ceilings are tall enough that a buyer could add lifts for four more cars.<\/p>\n

What began as a plan to update the 1990s-built house became a rebuild and expansion.\u00a0 The work took two years \u2014 longer than expected.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was beyond remodeling. It was almost reconstruction,\u201d Hamid Akhavan said.<\/p>\n

At one point, the couple considered simply reselling the house rather than continuing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had fallen in love with the vision of what the house could be,\u201d Hamid Akhavan said. \u201cWe had to do it, even if it meant we\u2019d lose money on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crews took out interior walls and support pillars, replacing them with steel beams that run the length of the roof. This required opening the exterior walls and using industrial cranes to install the beams.<\/p>\n

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The finished home is 8,239 square feet, with an open main floor that provides sight lines to almost every room except the bedroom suites.<\/p>\n

The kitchen was a main focus of the redesign. Joanne Akhavan, who likes to cook for crowds, wanted a space that could seat 14 to 16 people built around a Wolf range, Sub-Zero refrigeration, six refrigerator drawers and two dishwashers, plus a separate scullery and butler\u2019s pantry so hosts can prep without abandoning guests.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo wasted space in this house,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019ve moved 13 times. We\u2019ve never had a house laid out this well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obtaining materials added time. The Akhavans wanted divider-free panoramic windows and needed to add to the slate roof to match the home\u2019s style, eventually tracking down slate from Vermont.<\/p>\n

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Joanne Akhavan said finding countertop slabs large enough to avoid seams also took searching.<\/p>\n

By the time the work was finished, the Akhavans had already settled in a new home.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense to move now,\u201d Hamid Akhavan said. \u201cIt always takes a year after you start sleeping in a space before you\u2019ve opened all the boxes and developed a routine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listing agent Casey Miller of LIV Sotheby\u2019s International Realty said the home\u2019s entrance through mahogany front doors sets the tone.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou immediately feel like you\u2019re in an estate that is positioned on 10-plus acres,\u201d Miller said. \u201cThe views are forever, and they are amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller said the main living areas were reoriented to the west, toward a wall of glass. \u201cYou don\u2019t realize it until you look out the back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The lower level walks out at grade and includes four more en suite bedrooms, which Miller said could suit a large family.<\/p>\n

A main-floor primary suite and second bedroom make the home workable for empty nesters who don\u2019t want stairs, while a finished theater and turnkey condition could appeal to an executive buyer who doesn\u2019t want to take on a renovation.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019d be hard-pressed to find an existing home for sale, at any price point, that is as thoroughly updated as this one,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdd in the location and the view, and truly this home could not be replicated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joanne Akhavan said she was overwhelmed early on by the scope of the project, and her vision for the house evolved as the work continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t believe it\u2019s the same house,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re sad to part with it. We love the way it came out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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