Freeports, Über ManCaves, what in the world is going on? This article from The Economist highlights a crazy and growing trend surrounding wealth, that is being “parked” in fancy storage facilities. For some customers, they are an attractive new breed of tax haven. We’d never contemplated creating a tax haven… but ManCaves first location is right across the street from the Centennial airport, maybe we should seek a free port designation?
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…9news that is. Gregg Moss recently did a story about ManCaves and our very own Jack Koson made his small screen debut! If you’ve been wondering what we’re all about, take a few seconds and watch the video to hear it directly from one of the developers. Are they for sale? What’s the Price? Can i use it for car storage? Just call us at (970)-ManCave (626-2283) or email [email protected]. Thanks to 9news for the coverage.
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How many times do you get up and down from a dolly when working on your car? No matter the number it’s always decried as “too many.” But this new contraption just landed in my inbox and could solve that problem for ever! The Human Hoist hydraulic chair uses battery driven motors to lift and lower you from dead flat to full sitting position, with an automatic deploying headrest to boot. It could really call into question the need for a full-blown lift, especially in smaller garages. This is just one of the multitude of cool toys we’ll see cruising through ManCaves in the near future.
ManCaves was featured today in the Denver Business Journal. Here’s the full article:
ManCaves coming to south metro Denver
Looking to build a man cave outside your basement?
Three Denver developers have just the ticket.
Jack Koson, Matt Mullin and Terry Staples plunked down more than $500,000 for a 3-acre plot of land in Broncos Parkway and Adams Aircraft Circle, right across from the Denver Broncos headquarters and training facility for a new development called, of course, ManCaves.
The land is zoned industrial and the men want to take a storage facility concept and make it full adaptable to hold man (and lady!) toys like motor homes, recreational vehicles, cars, motorcycles, boats or even just a pool room where the buddies can smoke some cigars.
Mullin said the idea came to him after he tried to find a space to store and work on his car, but traditional storage units were too small and most industrial spaces were too large, at 5,000 square feet or above.
“What we needed was the right-sized space to do what we want,” Mullin said. “This idea came out of my own personal needs.”
Investors can pre-buy a space (starting at $55,000) and customize it however they want, Mullin said.
“We actually tried to do this in Salt Lake City but ran into some zoning issues,” Mullin said. “Of course the first pre-lease came from a lady … the name just conveys an idea and it’s a pop culture term. We didn’t mean to be sexist or imply ladies weren’t welcome.”
The developers envision a place that’s a man hive on Saturday afternoons, with the smell of oil and maybe wood from a wood shop.
“It will be built in such a way that there will be entertainment uses,” Mullin said, referring to the club house and other man cave possibilities.
The men have experience with luxury developments in Deer Valley Resort Utah, and other mountain residences including Ironwood at Beaver Creek and Ironwood at Keystone in Colorado.
Of course location is everything in real estate so having dozens of high paid athletes driving by daily, likely in nice cars, can’t hurt the business model. Construction will start on the 64-unit, 60,000-square-foot facility when enough owners have bought in.
You can take a look at the plans here.
As we finalize our marketing plans, polish our advertising and test the website prior to the June launch of ManCaves we came across this Wall Street Journal Article that perfectly addressed the need for ManCaves. Our idea was born of a need for more space, but not just a storage box somewhere; we wanted cool space, for cool stuff. We wanted to be able to work on our hobbies, hang out with our friends, and if we could do that while in a campus of other like-minded folks then all the better.
So if you don’t have the house or lot or neighborhood that will allow you to create one of these mega garages, ManCaves is right for you. But as the article points our, even if you can add one of these garages to your house, you may not want to, so ManCaves would work even for those that could have what they want right at home.
ManCaves are all about imagination, creativity and enjoyment. We can’t wait to see what our owners will do to theirs; golf simulators, car lifts, wood ceilings, theaters, or greasy rags and engine lifts – your call. We’re just excited to get started and this article come to life in South Denver.