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Renowned Realtor Gives Tips to Asheville Lofts & Condos
Realtor and best-selling author Cheryl Crane, daughter of Hollywood icon Lana Turner, recently chatted with Asheville Lofts and Condos about the current real estate market, her own secrets of success, and her new coffee table book, Lana: The Memories, the Myths, the Movies. As a highly respected realtor for nearly thirty years, Cheryl chose to forge her career away from the celebrity spotlight and prove herself on her own merits with her mother's blessing. While grateful for her privileged childhood memories as a member of the "star baby" network of classic Hollywood, Cheryl has long been focused on her professional path as a star realtor...
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Since the early nineteen-nineties, a renewed interest in urban revitalization has spiked the number of loft and condo projects in major urban areas all around the country. Downtown Asheville is no exception. A number of lofts cropping up in the Asheville area are new construction, but some of the most interesting projects are happening in dilapidated historic retail and residential spaces all around downtown.
What exactly is a loft? Essentially, a loft is very similar to a condominium. Like a condo, a loft is typically a portion of a property owned separately from the other units in a building. Additionally, the common areas are usually maintained by the homeowners association. Lofts are known for expansive rooms, open layouts-- sometimes without any separation between living areas. Architectural elements like exposed ducting, brick, old timber, concrete and high ceilings, add to the urban feel of loft living...
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While such a picturesque nickname conjures up mythical images of a city in the clouds, the reality of Asheville does not disappoint. Bestowed upon the city by an 1876 novel of the same title, Asheville has become a Mecca of the twenty-first century while maintaining the ambiance of another era. Referred to as the “happiest place in the United States” by author Eric Weiner in his 2008 publication The Geography of Bliss, Asheville is enjoying a resurgence of energy in both professional and leisure opportunities that make it a major contender for cities on the rise. The experts at Asheville Lofts and Condos have had a finger on the pulse of this revitalization from the beginning, and remain at the forefront of real estate and community knowledge.
The accolades that Asheville has received in recent years are proof that the outside world is taking notice of this mountainous hamlet turned progressive Shangri-La, although locals chuckle at this fresh attention to what they already knew. Asheville is not only a city of progression but of integrity and fortitude. Being the hardest hit region per capita during the Great Depression after a period of prosperity, Asheville drew itself up by the proverbial bootstraps, refused to admit defeat and paid back the debt over a period of fifty years. The up-side to this period of slow economic recovery was a compilation of Art Deco buildings that were left virtually unaltered…picture a piece of Miami on the Blue Ridge Parkway...
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