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The Grande #605 in the north tower is a luxury spacious two bedroom home that is facing south and overlooks the courtyard area and has some interesting views where you can watch the cruise ships come into town. The hardwood floors give you a nice feeling as you enter this home as well as the open gourmet kitchen with stainless steel appliances. Both bedrooms are east facing with carpet and closet space. The master bathroom has its private dual vanity and a walk in shower. The guest bathroom has a bathtub/shower and is located to the left as you first enter the unit. The highlights of this home are the South facing orientation letting in lots of light, the good size outdoor covered balcony, good amount of storage in the unit as well as a separate storage unit in the garage, floor to ceiling windows, new paint and two tandem parking spaces.

Rent is $3199/month with a Security Deposit equal to one month's rent! A minimum lease term of 12 months! Available Now! No Pets!

The Grande at Santa Fe is located in the middle of the Columbia District of Downtown San Diego with a short stroll down to the water front and the Little Italy District. The Grande consists of two high-rise towers, the North and the South tower. All the luxury amenities can be found in the building such as lap pool, hot tub, fitness center, front desk attendant, high security, steam room, sauna and community room. Bosa completed the north tower in the late 2005.

For more information; call/text Sofia at 619-992-5144 or e-mail sofia@92101urbanliving.com.

Speechless Sunday: San Diego Bay Sailing

San Diego Bay was made for sailing. Beautiful scenery, there is usally a breeze strong enough for a fun sail. And, of course, if you want more challenging just go rip it up on the Pacific Ocean.

Here is a photo we took last year when the RC-44 Yacht Races were in town.

Speechless Sunday: San Diego Bay Sailing

Downtown San Diego Real Estate has during 2011 been showing that Developer sales drastically lowered their number of sales and that Resale's are coming up strong. With a total of 1,029 Downtown San Diego Condos and Downtown San Diego Lofts sold in 2011, Resale's shows 403 sales and Developer a number of 217 sales. This is totally the opposite if you compare to the year 2010 when Developer sales were dominating the Downtown San Diego market. As the graph is showing above, Resale's stands for 39% of what was sold during 2011 and Developer sales stands for 21%.

I love living in Downtown San Diego. It's convenient, you can walk just about everywhere, you have access to the bay and lots of outdoor activities, great restaraunts, shops, farmer's markets...it's hard to leave our downtown bubble. Plus, more often than not, getting in the car is the LAST thing I want to do. This lifestyle makes driving (for me) a burden at times. But, I am not going to lie. There are times when escaping the East Village is the most appealing thing out there. Sometimes I just want a change of scenery and San Diego sure does offer a lot of options in that department.

So when I read an article (again) about the beauty of the wildflowers to bloom in Anza-Berrego Desert I thought this just might be the perfect day trip. You know, the kind where you dust off your steering wheel (some of us downtown folk just don't drive a lot), take a nice drive, see nature at it's finest, enjoy the outdoors, eat some lunch then hop back in the car to head home. That kind of day trip. Sometimes it's just what you need to get out of the Downtown San Diego funk. This is not a dig on the city in which I live because I would feel the same if I was living in Coronado or Point Loma. Sometimes it's just nice to leave home for the day only to return feeling refreshed and appreciative.

Anza-Borrego is about a 2 hour drive from downtown and if you time it right, hiking the trails and seeing the gorgeous wildflowers in bloom will certainly be a breath of fresh air. Regardless of whether or not you feel the need to escape from home like I do, it's always good to know what adventure lies just outside of this beautiful city we live in. A visit to Anza-Borrego won't disappoint and either will returning home to Downtown San Diego.

Check out this video...

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Smart Corner, a Downtown San Diego Loft complex located in the northern part of the East Village has really triggered Downtown San Diego Real Estate investors to act fast. As Smart Corner announced that they are selling studios starting to a low price of $98,000…their phone has been ringing off the hook.

There are currently a couple of studios for sale in the range of $98,000 to $129,000 as well as one bedrooms from the price of $179,000 to $285,000 and two bedrooms homes to the price from $259,000 to $490,000. All Smart Corner units have that urban loft style feel with exposed elements and cement ceilings and walls. The price for the unit will depend on what floor the unit is located as well as orientation in the building.

Many investors has already been previewing units and signed up to get pre qualified as Smart Corner will be holding an open house event on February 11th and 12th from 9am to 6pm. They are offering tours of model homes and refreshments on the 20th floor roof deck. You will be able to see homes on two different floors as some of the units are tenant occupied.

Smart Corner has applied for VA approval and they are expecting to be able to close VA loans in the spring of 2012 and they are also in the process of getting FHA approved. If you are interested in previewing units before the open house event feel free to contact us for an appointment at info@92101urbanliving.com or fill out your contact information here.