Looks like Tom Ford will be getting his
New Mexico palace after all. The
Free New Mexican reports that Ford's plans for a
14,000-square-foot home on an east-side hilltop have passed the Historic Design Review Board by a 5-1 vote late Tuesday
night. Ford, who attended the meeting in his usual chest-hair-flaunting white shirt and dark jacket, is reportedly quite
thrilled although some neighbors are still objecting to the size of the home. Ford has revised the home several times to
make peace with the locals. As a local boy made good as well as a media celebrity, he was probably given a bit more
leeway than others who have come to the area seeking to build a mega manse certainly he has better luck than the
property’s previous owners, Wall Street investor Paul Tierney and his wife, Susan who engaged in a long and
involved fight with neighbors and city officials to try and build a home there.
