Archive for the 'empty nesters' Category

PD Profiles Downtown Living

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

The following April 17 Plain Dealer article by reporters Melissa Hebert and Brenda Junkin profiles people that moved to downtown Cleveland, from empty nesters, to urban professionals, to transplanted residents.
Many are making the move to live downtownGrowing number of residents making the move downtown, with more housing units coming
The article states:“Approximately 10,000 people call downtown [...]

Reader Response to Avenue District News Article

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Part Four in The Avenue District Empty Nester blog series
On Feb. 14, Cleveland Plain Dealer writer Michelle Jarboe posted her feature story on The Avenue District – “Buyers sign up for Zaremba’s downtown homes in Avenue District” – on the Cleveland.com business blog. The article drew several positive comments from online readers, including from [...]

Confessions of an Empty Nester

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Part Three in The Avenue District Empty Nester blog series
In March 2007, Sabra Davis, administrator of the Zillow real estate blog at www.ZillowBlog.com, gave a detailed personal account titled, “Confessions of an Empty Nester,” describing the new life her and her husband pursued after her children grew up.
“…Now our family is grown, and my [...]

Second Homes Get Closer to Home

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Part Two in The Avenue District Empty Nester blog series:In a 2006 article on second-home purchases, Walter Molony, of the National Association of Realtors, stated that second-home purchases less than 100 miles from a primary home rose significantly from 2002-2005 from 33 percent to 47 percent.
The article continues, “In fact, more than one-third of recent [...]

Empty Nesters Filling Downtown Spaces

Monday, March 24th, 2008

With the kids grown up and moving out, many Baby Boomers are making the decision to downsize the nest, and upgrade their lifestyle in downtown dwellings. As part of a national trend, it’s no surprise that The Avenue District is welcoming buyers from this demographic at its luxury 10-story condo building at East 12th [...]