Edina Realty City Lakes

2184 Carter 1st Open Today

by Ross Kaplan on April 29, 2012

 

The St. Anthony Park Home You’ve Been Waiting For

Where:  2184 Carter, in the heart of high-demand St. Anthony Park.
When:  2:30 to 4:30 pm today (Sunday, April 29).
What:  Storybook Tudor-style with 3 BR/3 BA and 2,200 finished square feet.  Beautiful inside and out, with a private Owner’s Suite (pictured below), updated eat-in Kitchen; first-floor Family Room, Office, and Music Room (Parlor); and oversized two-car garage.  Award-winning landscaping in both front and back!  Listed April 23 (days on market:  6).
How much:  $539,900.
Who:  Listed (and hosted) by Ross Kaplan, Edina Realty City Lakes.

If you’re not familiar with the Twin Cities’ *St. Anthony Park neighborhood . . . you should be!

Located just west of the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus, and convenient to both downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul, it boasts leafy streets and parks made for walking; some of the area’s most popular restaurants, bookstores, and coffee shops; and well-built, character-filled homes.

Like 2184 Carter.

Light and open, it combines beauty and modern updates in a pretty, hilltop setting.

Please stop by and see for yourself – you’ll be impressed!


*Along with the long list of St. Anthony Park amenities comes interesting neighbors, too!

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Sunday Open House 12:30 p.m to 2 p.m

by Ross Kaplan on April 22, 2012

Fern Hill Value

Where:  4812 W. 28th St. in the heart of St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood.  Less than a mile to Cedar Lake and Lake Calhoun; minutes to downtown Minneapolis and Uptown.
What:  Sprawling 3 BR/3 Bath walkout rambler with just under 3,000 finished square feet on a .3 acre lot.
How much:  $317,500.
Who:  listed (and hosted) by Ross Kaplan, Edina Realty City Lakes.
When:  12:30 to 2 p.m. today!  (Sunday, April 22).

If you’re looking for a great value in a terrific neighborhood, please stop by my open house in Fern Hill this (early) afternoon.

Home highlights:  three large BR’s up including a Master w/private Bath; a huge Living & Family Room (each with a wood-burning Fireplace); a Den with Deck; and abundant Office/exercise space.

*Photo below:  the light and open Living Room, with a picture window and fireplace (not visible). 

*Professionally photographed by Kyle Chiodo, 20/20 Virtual Tours.

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1st Open This Sunday: 4812 W. 28th St. in St. Louis Park

by Ross Kaplan on March 23, 2012

Fern Hill Value

Where:  4812 West 28th St.  in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood  (go to Minnetonka Blvd. east of 100; then 2 blocks north on Princeton to 28th st.)
What:  3 Bedroom/3 Bath walkout rambler with over 2,800 finished square feet.  Listed this Monday (March 19); days on market:  5.
When:  2 p.m. to 4 .m.  this Sunday, March 25. 
How Much:  $317,500.
Who:  listed by Ross Kaplan; broker is Edina Realty.  Sunday open house is hosted by Edina City Lakes agent Jim Hubal.

You’ll love all the possibilities of this spacious walkout rambler in the middle of high-demand Fern Hill. 

The first floor has over 1,600 square feet of living space, including a Living Room with Fireplace and Picture Window (left); large Dining Room; and Den with a Deck.  The lower level features a huge Family Room with Fireplace; extra space for an Office, Exercise Room, or 4th Bedroom (non-conforming); and opens to the huge, walkout lot (.3 acre). 

The location is terrific:  just west of Uptown and the Lakes; minutes to downtown Minneapolis.

Please stop by Sunday!

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The 2011 Edina Realty City Lakes (“ERCL”) Awards

by Ross Kaplan on January 11, 2012

No, there’s no category for “Best Actor” or “Best Actress” — though arguably, there should be.

But the first-ever Edina Realty City Lakes Awards (“ERCL”) do recognize outstanding achievement in 17 (mostly serious) real estate categories.

Without further adieu, here are the categories and winners — all painstakingly chosen by City Lakes Manager Matt Loskota:

Rookie of the Year:  Sarah Biondi

Steady Eddie Award:  Jim Kantorowicz

Alexander G. Bell Award:   Mark Jelinek

Mark Twain Award:  Ross Kaplan

Eager Beaver Award:  Vicki McGinty

Strangest Buyers:  Alan Birk

Nancy Sinatra Award:  Amy Michelle Freeman

Zuckerberg Award:  Karla Rose

Gastronomist of the Year:  Jim Cohen

Most Showings — ERCL Listings:  1) Karla Rose; 2) Ross Kaplan

Most Showings — ER Listings:   Golden Valley — 1) Jacquie Day; 2) Karla Rose; St. Louis Park — 1) Budd Batterson; 2) Sheri Fine; 3) Clark Kruger

Volume:  1) Jacquie Day; 2) Kerry Bader; 3) Sheri Fine; 4) Gary Metchnek

Transactions Sides:   1) Alex Boylan; 2) Jacquie Day; 3) Karla Rose; 4) Sarah Huss; 5) Tracy Gazett

Listings:  1) Jacquie Day; 2) Alex Boylan; 3) Karla Rose; 4) Sarah Huss

Ratio Sold Listings/Total Listings:  1) Rosemary Beaurline; 2) Kathy Dick; 3) Mary Gaulke

Average Market Time:  1) Budd Batterson; 2) Ross Kaplan

Sold Price/List Price:  1) Alex Boylan; 2) Budd Batterson; 3) Sarah Huss; 4) Jacquie Day

You’ll note that yours truly popped up in three categories:  “the Mark Twain Award,” “Most Showings – ERCL Listings,” and “Average Market Time.”

The one my clients (and prospective clients) should care about most is that last category, “Average Market Time” — a very fast 34 days.

By contrast, the average listing these days takes almost four months to sell.

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City Lakes Realtor of the Month!

December 5, 2011

The Edina Realty City Lakes Realtor of the Month (December) would be  . . . me! The prize:  boasting rights (including this post) – and a reserved parking spot closest to the City Lakes front entrance. Thanks, Matt!  (that would be Matt Loskota, City Lakes office manager, aka ”the decider”). P.S.:  the downside?  Now, I really have to get [...]

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The Last Kaplan Standing

November 8, 2011

Brand Confusion Since Manager Josh Kaplan’s switch to another office (actually, two) last Spring — see, “Edina Realty Shake-Up!” – I’ve been the sole “Kaplan” in Edina Realty’s City Lakes Office. Which has meant a dramatic drop in errant email’s, voice mails, etc. But not to zero. I received a forwarding message the other day [...]

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Real Estate’s Hottest Color (Hint: it’s also a metal)

October 29, 2011

Do two buildings make a trend? Maybe, if they’re high enough profile. That would seem to describe both Edina Realty’s new City Lakes office, about a mile west of Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood, and 1800 Lake, a new luxury rental building in Uptown just northeast of Lake Calhoun. Copper cladding not only gives these buildings a [...]

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Great Realtors and Hockey Players Think Alike

October 19, 2011

Channeling Wayne Gretzky, or “Zen & the Art of Real Estate Sales” It’s hardly a coincidence that just-named Minnesota Realtor of the Year (and Edina Realty City Lakes colleague) Budd Batterson espouses a philosophy remarkably like that of former hockey great Wayne Gretzky. See if you recognize the similarity between the following: “I skate to [...]

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