A 453-acre mountain compound complete with a helipad, an airstrip, and a 10-stall equestrian center has hit the market in Indian Hills for $30 million, a price that would shatter every prior residential sales record in the Denver metro area. The property, known as Tall Timber, sits at 4095 Lakota Road and is owned by Gina Vecchiarelli, daughter of the late Leprino Foods founder Jim Leprino.
According to The Real Deal, the compound includes two full residences: a Summit Estate with four bedrooms, eight bathrooms, an eight-car garage, and 11,200 square feet of living space, plus a Legacy Estate spanning 17,200 square feet across three living levels with six bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, and a six-car garage. The property also includes a separate pool house and guest accommodations, according to the outlet. A sprawling recreation center rounds out the compound, housing an indoor pool, a hot tub, a theater, a game room, a racquetball court, a steam room, a salon, and men's and women's locker rooms, per the same report.
An Equestrian Setup Fit for Competition
Outdoors, Tall Timber includes an outdoor pool, tennis and basketball courts, and full perimeter fencing with guarded access and other security infrastructure, The Real Deal reports. The equestrian center features a 20,000-square-foot indoor riding arena alongside paddocks, tack and wash areas, a riding meadow, and a viewing lounge overlooking the arena. Novella Real Estate lists the property under MLS ID #9072374, with the listing officially going live on August 14, according to Corcoran, which also notes the estate carries annual property taxes of $40,918.
The compound's self-sufficiency is part of the pitch. Per Zillow, Tall Timber has its own private natural gas infrastructure and a network of paved roads, and is marketed separately through a dedicated site, TallTimberCO.com. The estate sits roughly 35 minutes southwest of downtown Denver, in unincorporated Jefferson County within the Jefferson County R-1 School District, zoned for Parmalee Elementary, West Jefferson Middle, and Conifer High School, according to Realtor.com.
Three Parcels, Three Decades in the Making
The Leprino family assembled Tall Timber over more than a decade, purchasing three separate parcels between 1994 and 2007 for a combined $7.2 million, The Real Deal reports. The Denver Business Journal was the first to report the $30 million listing, according to the same account.
Gina Vecchiarelli and her brother Terry Leprino inherited a 90 percent stake in Leprino Foods following their father's death in June 2025, per The Real Deal's reporting. Jim Leprino died at age 87, having built his father Mike Sr.'s small Denver grocery shop, opened in 1950, into a global dairy empire, as CBS News reported at the time. Both siblings now rank on Forbes' list of the world's richest people, each with a net worth of roughly $1.3 billion, according to The Real Deal.
The Empire Behind the Estate
Leprino Foods, headquartered in Denver, is the world's largest mozzarella cheese company and controls up to 85 percent of the U.S. pizza cheese market, serving as the exclusive mozzarella supplier for major chains including Pizza Hut, Domino's, and Papa John's, according to Denver Westword. The company remains privately held.
The listing lands amid ongoing legal friction inside the Leprino family. In April, minority shareholder Nancy Leprino filed a civil lawsuit against Leprino Foods, Terry Leprino, Gina Vecchiarelli, and Dan Vecchiarelli, alleging that majority owners blocked a third-party private equity sale of her stake and attempted to force a discounted buyout, as previously reported by Hoodline.
A Potential Record-Breaker for Denver
If Tall Timber sells anywhere close to its asking price, it would eclipse every residential sale on record in the Denver metro area. The current on-market record stands at $17 million, set in November 2025 when a renovated Cherry Hills Village mansion sold, according to The Real Deal. That figure had itself topped a $15.8 million on-market sale from 2024 by Denver Nuggets president Josh Kroenke, per the same report.
Even the region's all-time high, an off-market deal, falls short of Tall Timber's ask. Former Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson paid $28 million for a Cherry Hills Village estate in 2022, the outlet notes, a transaction that until now has stood as the priciest residential purchase in Denver-metro history.
The listing also arrives as the Denver-area luxury market has cooled from its pandemic-era highs. Median home prices in the metro settled at $575,000 by late 2025, with luxury properties sitting longer on the market and price growth flattening compared to the 2021–2022 surge, giving buyers more negotiating leverage across high-end submarkets, according to a report from Homes.com. Whether that shift affects a compound as singular as Tall Timber, with its own runway, helipad, and stable complex, remains to be seen.
