downtown-san-diego-real-estate/solara-lofts-quality-of-construction-sustainable-by-design/371/ Brett Cole, of Solara Lofts, posted this informative blog in regards to Solara’s contribution to “going green”. “Solara Lofts, an award winning community in the Cortez Hill neighborhood of Downtown San Diego, stands alone as the only available new home development categorized as an ‘adaptive reuse building’.” “Solara’s sustainable skeletal frame has been reused Continue…
Featured Listing: #530 at Icon
By Mike in February 2009 with 0 Comments
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/featured-listing-530-at-icon/369/ Make a Smilebox slideshow I always tell my clients that when you are buying a home that is priced per square foot.it is always better to by a 900 sq/ft home that feels like 1200 sq/ft. This ICON urban home on the 5th floor of Building 2 is a perfect example of this. Wow Continue…
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/cortez-hill-by-type-of-sale/367/ Of the 13 complexes found in the Cortez Hill neighborhood, Palermo saw the most Resales in 2008 with a total of 14. The next in line is Discovery with 7. The Mills saw the most REO sales with 12 total; Palermo was not far behind with 10. As expected due to delivery date, Aria Continue…
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/columbia-district-by-type-of-sale/365/ Out of the 5 complexes in the Columbia District, Electra and The Grande at Sante Fe North had the most Resales with 19 and 18 respectively. As you’ll note Sapphire had no Resales as it is currently in the final construction stages and is Developer sales only. The Grande North and Treo had the Continue…
BoConcept GRAND OPENING!
By Mike in February 2009 with 0 Comments
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downtown-san-diego-real-estate/featured-property-1615-at-smart-corner/351/ Located at the intersection of Park Boulevard and Broadway at the north eastern edge of San Diegos newly emerging East Village district. Exemplifies the best principles of Smart Growth, an approach to urban planning that seeks the benefits of a close connect between where people live and work. Combines residential living, an office Continue…
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/gaslamp-by-type-of-sale/350/ The Gaslamp neighborhood is unique in that it is currently only offering 2 properties with homes for sale, Gaslamp City Square and Trellis. While Resales and REO sales were neck-in-neck in terms of total sales, Foreclosures were seen more prominently in one complex compared to the other. Trellis had 6 Resales, while Gaslamp City Continue…
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/little-italy-by-type-of-sale/348/ La Vita leads the way with a towering 22 Resales, beating out any other Little Italy properties by quite a few. Next in line is Acqua Vista with 14; the other properties in Little Italy barely compete. Acqua Vista had a total of 41 REO sales. That’s a pretty big number considering all other Continue…
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/featured-listing-at-smart-corner/346/ Check out this East Village Condo at Smart Corner. Click PLAY below.
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/marina-district-by-type-of-sale/344/ The next on our list of 92101 neighborhoods is the Marina District. The Marina District is one of Downtown San Diego’s most beautiful and desirable neighborhoods and stretches from the Waterfront and Seaport Village to the shopping of Horton Plaza and the border of the Gaslamp District. City Front Terrace had the most Resales Continue…
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/east-village-neighborhood-by-type-of-sale/340/ Now that we’ve given you a breakdown of Developer, REO and Foreclosure sales in the entire 92101 zip code, it’s time to dive in a little deeper and check out the numbers for each neighborhood individually. We’re starting this portion of our report with East Village and its 22 complexes. Icon accounted for the Continue…
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/2008-sale-activity-by-month/339/ The above graph delves even deeper into 2008 Downtown Condo and Loft sales by disecting the type of sales by month. January of ‘08 saw the biggest number of Developer sales at just above 90. February decreased to just above 80, and the biggest drop all year was between February and March declining all Continue…
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/2008-types-of-downtown-sales/335/ Just a brief follow up to the blog posted last week 2008 Breakdown of 92101 Neighborhoods by Sale Type the corresponding Pie Chart gives us a quick glimpse of the types of sales in all Downtown San Diego neighborhoods by type: Developer, REO and Resales. Developer sales led the way with 43% of all Continue…
Happy Hour at The Glass Door
By Mike in January 2009 with 0 Comments
downtown-san-diego-urban-lifestyle/happy-hour-at-the-glass-door/332/ It’s Thursday afternoon, your phone hasn’t stopped ringing since 8 a.m. Monday morning, you’re pleading for the weekend to come already. Sound familar? Lucky you, Happy Hour at The Glass Door comes everyday from 3pm – 7pm. So even if you find yourself on a Wednesday, Tuesday (or even Monday) afternoon in need of Continue…
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/2008-breakdown-of-92101-neighborhoods-by-sale-type/325/ Many, many thanks to our friends over at First American Title, Tammy Neylan and Yadida Black, for putting together some very viable graphs charting sales in the 92101 area code. Above you will find a breakdown of 6 neighborhoods by type of sale: Resale, REO, Developer and Foreclosure. This chart follows up on our Continue…
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/a-drop-in-home-prices-nearly-35/323/ MDA, Data Quick, a real estate tracking firm, reported Monday that the median home price in a six-county region of SoCal was $278,000 last month, compared to $425,000 in December of 2007. In addition, foreclosures accounted for 55.7 percent of December’s sales in Southern California. Inversely, home sales rose steadily as eager buyers took Continue…
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/let-the-inauguration-celebration-begin/321/ It finally happened, what we’ve all (well mostly all) have been anticipating for months… the Inauguration of Barack H. Obama, the first African American President of the United States of America. We’ve officially seen history in the making as the 44th President of our country was sworn in today; and for that we Continue…
HEALTH & WELL-BEING IN 2009. Get involved!
By Mike in January 2009 with 0 Comments
downtown-san-diego-urban-lifestyle/health-well-being-in-2009-get-involved/314/ One of the amazing things about living Downtown is getting to experience innovation at its finest. 92101 Urban Living is located in the East Village and just steps away from one of the most innovative workout spots weve seen to date, Club Motivate. Taken directly from their press release, Club Motivates 3,500 square foot Continue…
downtown-san-diego-urban-lifestyle/boconcept-tips-for-downtown-san-diego-urban-design/319/ Looking for the ultimate way to design your newly, or even previously, purchased Downtown Condo or Loft? Yes? Then, might we suggest a visit to the Downtown location of BoConcept Design. Found at 1550 Front Street, on the corner of Front and Cedar streets in Little Italy<, is what some would describe as affordable Continue…
downtown-san-diego-real-estate/central-library-events/311/ VivaCity.com has a very informational site, not only of all things and events Downtown, but more specifically events planned this month at the Central Library, 820 E St. Events range from art exhibits and author talks to concerts and movies. Check out this months happenings at this months VivaCity site. ‘)}