Author Archives: cgrus

Check out this fantastic and affordable Tower Grove East home. Rennovated recently with modern touches over its historic structure. Priced to Sell at $119,900

Working as a buyer’s agent in St Louis is a great experience.  As a life long St Louisan, serving as a person or family’s “greeting committee” and ambassador to St Louis is very fulfilling.  Growing up, I always had a negative view of St Louis.  It wasn’t until I started growing up and realizing that thereContinue reading “Buyer “Demand Lists””

Making of a “Sustainable” Neighborhood; 3pm March 7th at the Stupp Center in Tower Grove Park

This weekend is an awesome weekend to be in St. Louis! There are some great things to do and not enough time to do everything 😦 (unless you’re the Funky Butt Brass Band) My first pick is Taste of St. Louis downtown. It started today and runs through Sunday. Beyond the typical Foodie event, there’sContinue reading “Plenty of Great Things This Weekend!”

Tonight after work, my wife, my three boys and I walked a couple blocks from home to the newest Sushi restaurant in town, Cafe Mochi, to order some “to go” for dinner.  While we waited, we walked up another block to the Gelateria del Leone for some awesome gelato (As a waiter I was toldContinue reading “Why City?”

One thing I’ve truly enjoyed seeing since we’ve moved to Tower Grove South is the resurgence of commerce on Morganford in our neighborhood.  Until today, it was our little secret.  As the less popular destination, I’ve always tried to support the restaurants since South Grand seems to get so much traffic already.  I rarely give credit to theContinue reading “Where’s the Morgan Ford neighborhood?”

This spacious condo just went on the market last week and should attract some interest.  Meticulously rehabbed, the builidng and units are really nice.  A short walk from Sweet Art and Tower Grove Park. Come by today for a visit!

Spring 2009 is recent history, and real estate business in St. Louis City experienced a welcome increase. Tower Grove, Holly Hills, Lindenwood Park and South Hampton seemed to experience some of the best activity in the areas I was working as buyer’s seemed to favor a more conservative location compared to past hot spots LafayetteContinue reading “Spring Sales Data: Some Hot, Some Not”

Growing Up in the St. Louis suburbs, suburban sprawl seemed to be an active force. The #1 fastest growing county in the Country was St. Charles, and both the City of St. Louis and much of the inner ring suburbs were rough. Despite the trend, I wondered how that trend could be self-sustaining. When wouldContinue reading “The Urban Shift: One More Source”

One of the worst memories I have from my move into the city was from a conversation with a colleague.   A fellow realtor, we were in the middle of a deal and had a good rapport with one another.  Occasionally we would converse about personal information like family.  I mentioned that we were moving intoContinue reading “It Takes A Village”