Cherry Creek CO Homes For Sale

Cherry Creek, Colorado, represents the perfect blending of old-school architecture and modern comforts. Fast becoming one of the coolest places to shop, dine and live in the Denver metro area, all of the Cherry Creek School District high schools made Newsweek Magazine’s list of 2010 America’s Best High School, an amazing achievement considering that only 6% of all the public schools in the United States ever make the list. Cherry Creek can also claim one of the most remarkable outdoor shopping districts anywhere with more than three hundred businesses, art galleries, high-end restaurants, boutiques and cafes.

The re-development of Cherry Creek is an ongoing process that began in the 1970s. Cherry Creek CO homes for sale are about as diverse as any found anywhere in the entire metropolitan area. There are many luxurious residences throughout the community, the majority consisting of newer condominiums and townhouses. Cherry Creek Colorado real estate data indicates that individual units start at just under $250,000 and continue up to $2.5 million. For the more exclusive townhouses, prices range from $180 per square foot all the way up to $600,000. The median price for a condo or town-home is in the $600,000's. Some single family homes are also available and they start around $700,000 and go up to $3.5 million!

Cherry Creek, Colorado is an extremely centralized city, so much so in fact that all the amenities of life are within walking distance; gyms, cafes, and a Whole Foods, which offers valet parking. Cherry Creek Mall, just off University Avenue, is one of the best shopping centers in the country and it has the highest concentration of high-end stores including: Coach, Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co. just to name a few.

Cherry Creek flows northwest through Denver, joining the South Platte at Confluence Park in central Denver just west of downtown and approximately five miles east of the foothills, near the site where the city of Denver was founded in 1858. Gold was discovered on April 23, 1859, at the “Cherry Creek diggings” and shortly thereafter the area became a boundary between Denver City and another community to the east called Auraria. By 1860, the three areas were consolidated and became Denver. Still, the unique quality of each original neighborhood continues to thrive.

Originally a native-American trail, the Cherry Creek path is twenty-two miles long and it becomes a super highway during the summer when it is overrun with biker and skaters. Hard-to-find and unique activities like model airplane flying and a family shooting range are also available. In the region of Four Mile Historical Park, woods and scrub flank the creek. Along this corridor is one of the few places where the creek’s namesake plant, the chokecherry, can be seen in a wild state. Cottonwoods abound as well as wildlife (raccoons and beaver) and edible plants such as asparagus and prickly pear.

The most spectacular summer event is the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, which is a three-day gala held in early July where patrons can mingle with exhibitors and buy art. This award-winning juried art show is ranked as the nation’s number #1 outdoor arts festival by many independent industry publications and it has won more than 85 awards since its inception back in 1991. Cherry Creek CO is known as Denver’s big back yard. It is, hands down, one of the most popular places to live in the area.