No Longer The Pinnacle
Montana newspapers report that Tim Blixseth, founder of the Yellowstone Club, recently sold the 160-acre parcel that was to be the site for The Pinnacle, a luxurious compound of four 4,000-square-foot guest houses and a 32,000-square-foot main house in a setting reminiscent of a European village. When plans for the property were unveiled in January 2007, the $155 million price made the home one of the most expensive in the world and the most expensive in the U. S. at the time. Uber amenities were to include a retractable helipad (naturally, the helicopter was also part of the deal) and a private gondola to whisk occupants to Yellowstone’s lifts. In an interview for Ultimate Homes magazine last year, Beau Blixseth, Tom Blixseth’s son and project director for The Pinnacle, said the land, a lush forest of pines, aspens and firs offering 360-degree views of the Rockies, was one of the property’s most extraordinary features. (Pictured is a rendering of what The Pinnacle was to look like).
According to a report in the Missoulian, the land on which The Pinnacle was to be built was purchased by Big Sky resident Loen Bough.
The Yellowstone Club was put up for sale earlier this year and will fetch $455 million, according to Bloomberg News and a report in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
—Camilla McLaughlin
Hello, I work with a company that has just launched a new website for Pronghorn’s Tesana neighborhood, and we’re seeking feedback from luxury real estate professionals about the site and the neighborhood.
Our challenge was to elicit the idea of elegant, ecological, indoor-outdoor living in an intimate, artistic neighborhood. The properties have spectacular Tom Fazio Golf and Cascade Mountain views, and each comes with the buyer’s choice of seven exclusive Pronghorn-commissioned Bassenian Lagoni home designs. In Tesana, art and soul combine to create an exceptional leisure lifestyle. Building sites range from $375,000-$700,000; built-out, they’ll be from $1 to $1.6 million. Pronghorn Homes services helps to create home interiors that reflect owners’ personalities, ranging from eco-luxury minimalism to rich rustic Tuscan, or anywhere in between. Buyers can be as involved as they wish. With prices from $1 to $1.6 million in Pronghorn, and stylish influences of Frank Lloyd Wright with traditional Tuscan, the homes are an exceptional value.
Pronghorn is located just outside Bend, Oregon, and it’s surrounded by 20,000 acres of protected federal land. The development is the first in the West to offer a Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course side-by-side with a Tom Fazio golf course, as well as the Nicklaus Academy at Pronghorn powered by TaylorMade.
Would you please visit the website at http://tesanaliving.com and let us know your opinion of the site, and what would inspire you to sell homes there? Thank you,
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