Fashion Designer Tom Ford Finds Buyer for Tadao Ando-Designed New Mexico Ranch
The 20,662-acre property near Santa Fe first came on the market for $75 million and includes a western movie town
| Originally Published On January 6, 2021 | The Wall Street Journal
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Fashion designer Tom Ford has found a buyer for his sprawling New Mexico ranch.
The property first came on the market in 2016 for $75 million, but its price tag was later cut to $48 million.
A deal for the property has closed, according to an Instagram post by New York real-estate agent Clayton Orrigo of Compass, who said he represented the buyer alongside local agent Neil Lyon. In New Mexico, property sales aren't part of the public record.
"It has been an honor to work on this for the past 4 months, and I'm thrilled for the new owners who have showed me firsthand what it's like to dream bigger," Mr. Orrigo wrote. He declined to comment on the identity of the buyer.
Known as the Cerro Pelon Ranch, the property is in the Galisteo Basin area near Santa Fe and is 20,662 acres. It includes Silverado Movie Town, an Old West whistle stop built in the 1980s for the film "Silverado" and subsequently used in movies like "All the Pretty Horses" and "Thor." It also includes equestrian facilities as well as a tennis court, according to the listing.
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The property is in the Galisteo Basin area near Santa Fe and is 20,662 acres.
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The main house, which sits above a reflecting pool, is a modern concrete structure designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. The property first came on the market in 2016.
Mr. Ford told The Wall Street Journal in 2009 that the ranch was a refuge for him. "We live in an artificial world. In the fashion business, you live in the future for the next collection. But when I spend time on my ranch in New Mexico—with the sun above me and the rattlesnakes growing under the bush—I appreciate the present," he said.
Listing agent Kevin Bobolsky declined to comment on the sale. Mr. Ford couldn't immediately be reached.
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