Broker: Theodore S.
Celeste
Ted
Celeste has dedicated more than 30 years to real estate related
activities. He has been involved in selling, managing,
marketing, building, and restoring real estate in Ohio, Florida
and New Mexico.
As a developer, broker and executive, Ted served
as President of National Housing Corporation, a Cleveland
development firm specializing in housing for Senior Citizens;
President of New Town Housing, a redeveloper of urban property
in Victorian Village; and President of Celeste & Associates Real
Estate, a Grandview brokerage and development company.
Ted has sold homes in the Central Ohio area
since 1972, in German Village, Victorian Village, Italian
Village, Grandview, Bexley, Upper Arlington, Worthington,
Hilliard and New Albany. He has built 27 units of energy
efficient homes in Victorian Village. These homes, built during
the 1970’s, were examples of early urban in-fill housing that
since has made the Victorian Village area a well-known success
story.
During that same period Ted was involved in
buying and restoring older brick multi-family units in the
Italian Village neighborhood. His efforts in the area included a
stint as the President of the Italian Village Society, during
the formative years of that organization, and service on the
Godman Guild Settlement House Board.
A wealth of experience in the real estate field
has prepared Ted well for responding to the needs of those with
whom he works. His personal attention to client-requirements has
brought Ted many compliments and repeat business. During the
1990’s Ted served on the Ohio State University Board of
Trustees, and in 1998-1999 chaired the Board. His tenure with
the University gave Ted a special understanding of the workings
of OSU and prepared him for a unique niche in his sales role.
Ted has helped many new relocating OSU faculty get acquainted
with the Central Ohio area and find homes that meet their
specific needs.
Ted has also been very active in the central
Ohio community recently, with service on the business advisory
committee for the Grandview Schools, a governing board member of
First Community Church, and President of the Grandview
Marble Cliff Chamber of Commerce.
Ted and his wife Bobbie served in the U.S. Peace
Corps teaching elementary school in the Fiji Islands from
1969-1970. He grew up in Lakewood, Ohio, and received his
bachelor’s degree in psychology from the College of Wooster in
Wooster, Ohio. Ted and Bobbie came to Central Ohio in1971. For
the past 25 years, the Celeste family (including their two
daughters, Christiana, Grandview Class of 1991 and Liz,
Grandview Class of 2000) has made Grandview their home.
contact:
ted@celestehomes.com or 614-679-7722 (c)
