Health Food Shopping Ranks on "Must Have" List

By
Real Estate Agent with Novella Real Estate

A popular trend I've been witnessing for quite a long time now are buyers who are requesting to be located near an organic grocery store.

I discovered this trend a few years ago when I listed a home that was in close proximity to a much applauded new Whole Foods store on Hampden.  As how sometimes things happen when marketing a property, I just mentioned the distance to the new Whole Foods store.  By surprise I began to have home buying prospects call to discuss my listing.  They all referred to the grocery store!

More recently when consulting with buyers, one of their requests becomes, I want to be close to Whole Foods!  I quietly smile knowing that in the metro Denver area, we can offer many choices, not just Whole Foods, but Sprouts and Sunflower Market too!

Just to prove a point, I created a Google Map and placed all the health grocery stores I could find on it.  So if you are a fan of natural grocery stores and looking to move to metro Denver, you can see how lucky we are to have many locations to choose from!

 


View Whole Foods, Sunflower Market, Sprouts in a larger map

Comments (12)

Connie Harvey
Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN
Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

Kristal, Colorado, in general, is so healthwise. So unlike Tennessee! We are having more and more farmers markets finally.

Nov 19, 2010 09:14 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Kristal

Your are right on target healthy food markets are near the top of the buyers wants in Boca Raton, Florida as well and both Whole Foods and Publix Greenwise Market are that the top of that list.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Nov 19, 2010 09:33 AM
Debra Davis
Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners - Snellville, GA
Realtor - Atlanta, Decatur, Snellville, Loganville

Great job with the map post. Isn't it amazing what we can find on the web these days.

Nov 19, 2010 11:31 AM
Charles Buell
Charles Buell Inspections Inc. - Seattle, WA
Seattle Home Inspector

Kristal my buyers today were so exited that the house they are buying is near a PCC (similar to Whole Foods---but local)

Nov 19, 2010 12:01 PM
Colleen Fischesser Northwest Property Shop
RE/MAX Advantage | Managing Broker - Chelan, WA
A Tradition of Trust in the Pacific NW since 1990!

I have to drive about 30 minutes (with no traffic) for a Whole Foods...or even a Trader Joes for that matter. I love the map idea (do you mind if I steal borrow it?)

Nov 19, 2010 01:34 PM
Kristal Kraft
Novella Real Estate - Denver, CO
Selling Metro Denver Real Estate - 303-589-2022

Colleen, By all means use this idea!  I can see lots of uses for Google maps for all sorts of amenities.  Put it on your iPad and let the buyers go to town!

Nov 19, 2010 01:44 PM
Mitchell J Hall
Manhattan, NY
Lic Associate RE Broker - Manhattan & Brooklyn

Kristal, Everyone asks about Whole Foods. We just got a Trader Joes on the Upper West Side. Corcoran did a consumer survey and 71% chose Whole Foods if they could only have only one retailer on their block.

Nov 19, 2010 02:13 PM
Damon Gettier
Damon Gettier & Associates, REALTORS- Roanoke Va Short Sale Expert - Roanoke, VA
Broker/Owner ABRM, GRI, CDPE

lol.....in our area this would be easy or hard, depending on how you look at it.....we have one!

Nov 19, 2010 02:22 PM
Marchel Peterson
Results Realty - Spring, TX
Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro

Krystal, They would not be moving to the Spring/The Woodlands.  You would think we would have a Whole food store but we do not. 

Nov 19, 2010 03:21 PM
Margaret Goss
Baird & Warner Real Estate - Winnetka, IL
Chicago's North Shore & Winnetka Real Estate

In Colorado, eating well just goes well with your wonderful active lifestyle.  My son went to CSU so I had plenty of opportunities to visit - Fort Collins has lots of small groceries and coffee shops that serve organic foods.  Great idea for the map - if I did one it would be pretty empty!

Nov 21, 2010 02:57 AM
Maria Morton
Platinum Realty - Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Real Estate 816-560-3758

Kristal, there are an increasing number of buyers looking for homes for sale by Whole Food Stores in Kansas City as well! Isn't it funny to notice the different trends homebuyers create?

Dec 02, 2010 02:49 PM
Kim & Kristine Halverson
Compass - Santa Monica, CA
Sisters, Realtors
I love living near a specialty natural grocery store! We had a Sprouts open up in Culver City. Before that had to go downtown Culver City for Trader Joe's. Kristine :)
Dec 22, 2010 05:46 AM

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