A biotech entrepreneur dropped $57 million on 2 adjacent homes in a Colorado ski resort town, shattering real estate records — take a look inside

The homes have multiple pools.Scott Cramer for LIV Sotheby’s International Realty

• Biotech entrepreneur Kevin Ness just dropped $57.25 million on two adjacent luxury homes in Vail, Colorado.
• The purchase shattered the local real-estate record, almost doubling it.
• The homes are multi-story, modern recent builds with sweeping mountain views.
• Vail is a ski resort town of roughly 5,400 people. Its housing market is 80% dominated by second-home owners.
• The property includes sweeping views of Colorado mountains, multiple terraces, and amenities like elevators.

Biotech entrepreneur Kevin Ness just scooped up two adjacent properties in Vail, Colorado for $57.25 million, per Sotheby's International Realty.

The purchase completely obliterated the ritzy ski town's previous real-estate record, almost doubling it. The previous record was set by a $28.7 million sale in 2017.

The two homes, which make up an 11-bedroom duplex on roughly 15,000 square feet, were previously owned and built by Alejandro Rojas, a Mexican investor, who built them in 2017. They sit in the center of Vail, with sweeping views of Vail's Gore Range.

Tye Stockton of LIV Sotheby's International Realty represented Ness in the purchase.

Ness, who is the CEO of gene editing technology company Inscripta, told the Wall Street Journal he plans for it to be a "generational home."

Here's a look inside the sprawling, record-breaking estate.