Edina Homes for Sale

Edina has long been one of the most popular places to buy a home in the Minneapolis suburbs, and today is famously the real estate and property of choice of a number of millionaires—and even a few billionaires, including Richard M. Schulze and the late Carl Pohlad. But while Edina is home to a number of the very affluent, Edina offers a wide variety of home prices that enable many families to find an affordable home and buy Edina real estate.

What makes Edina the suburb of choice for anyone looking to buy a home in the Twin Cities? For many, it could be the location. Everyone in the real estate business knows and follows the mantra: “Location, location, location”—and Edina seems to follow it as well. Edina is a first-ring suburb of Minneapolis, and is conveniently close to a number of major highways, making a short commute for almost all residents of Edina. Edina’s proximity to the Twin Cities also enables its convenient public transportation system, which allows easy, fast, and cheap access to the city. And while it is only minutes away from downtown Minneapolis, Edina undoubtedly retains the peace, comfort, privacy, and low crime rates of suburban life.

Edina is also a fantastic shopping area. Edina has its own shopping mall—the Southdale center—which was the Twin Cities first mall. And the shopping continues along France Avenue up to the Champs Élysées style 50^th and France area. And if that weren’t enough for shoppers, Edina is conveniently close to the Mall of America—America’s largest shopping mall.

But Edina has far more to offer than its convenient location and shopping: Edina is one of the Twin Cities best locations for recreation. Despite being smaller than other suburbs, with a total area of 16 square miles, Edina is home to a grand total of 44 parks. In addition to that huge number of parks, Edina features miles of trails for leisurely walks, jogs, and bike rides. In addition to its countless parks and trails, the city also is home to a number of other recreational amenities, including a number of golf courses, an ice rink for skating and other winter activities, the Edina Art Center, and the Edina Aquatic center.

Edina is also home to some of the Twin Cities’ best schools. Edina’s schools consistently rank among the top 100 year after year, most recently in Newsweek. Eden Prairie schools also rank highly for athletics, with Eden Prairie High School being ranked #8 out of 30,000 schools by Sport Illustrated. Schools also rank highly for art, music, writing, and graduation rate.

So while Edina is home to some of Minneapolis’ billionaires, it can also be home to any middle class family. And with Edina’s top-notch educational system, with its countless parks and recreational services, with its convenient and local shopping, and with its convenient proximity to the city and peaceful suburban atmosphere, it’s no wonder that the city of Edina is one of the most popular places to buy a home in the Twin Cities today.

If you are ready to work with an experienced Realtor in the Edina area, list your home for sale, schedule a showing for Edina real estate, or have questions we are ready to help. Simply call or text Travis Senenfelder at 651-216-9466 or send us a message online here.

Besides ensuring serenity, privacy, and convenience, buying a home in Edina ensures top-quality education for your family and your children, conveniently located right by your home.

The Edina public school district, Independent School District 273, features one high school, two middle schools, and six elementary schools. They are the following:

Edina High School, at http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/edinahigh/, serves 1,850 students in grades 10-12. It was ranked by the US Department of Education as a National School of Excellence, and was ranked the eighth best school in the nation for Athletics by Sports Illustrated
South View Middle School, at http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/southview/, serves students in grades 6-9
Valley View Middle School, at http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/valleyview/index.html, serves students in grades 6-9
Concord Elementary, at http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/, serves about 500 students in grades K-5
Cornelia Elementary, at http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/cornelia/, serves about 550 students in grades K-5
Countryside Elementary, at http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/countryside/, serves students in grades K-5
Creek Valley Elementary, at http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/creekvalley/, serves students in grades K-5
Highlands Elementary, at http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/highlands/, serves about 550 students in grades K-5
Normandale Elementary, at http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/normandale/, servies about 600 students with a French immersion program in grades K-5

Edina is also home to three private schools:

Our Lady of Grace Catholic School, at http://www.olgschool.net/, serves students in grades K-8
St. Peter’s Lutheran School, at http://www.stpetersedina.org/school.htm, serves students in grades K-8
Calvin Christian School, at http://www.calvinchristian.org/, serves students in grades K-12

Restaurants

Edina Grill: Edina Grill is Edina’s home for American cuisine, grilled food, sandwiches, salads, and burgers. With a full bar and meals served from breakfast through dinner, Edina Grill is every Edina house’s second kitchen.
Arezzo Ristorante: Arezzo features some of the best and most authentic Italian foods in a wonderful, romantic atmosphere with quaint murals and an intimate environment. Arezzo is home to one of the most comprehensive wine lists in the Minneapolis area, and with its food and atmosphere, it makes for a fantastic dinner.
Yum: Yum is a quaint restaurant, café, and bakery serving breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, with prices low enough to make it worth anyone’s while and food delicious enough to make it a family favorite and to keep Edina homeowners returning.
Ciao Bella Restaurant: Ciao Bella offers a wide variety of very highly regarded European and Italian dishes with a focus on fresh, local ingredients. With a nice, white-cloth atmosphere, it makes for a great dinner any night!
McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant: McCormick & Schmick’s is Edina’s home for seafood lovers, offering a wide variety of top-notch seafood appetizers and entrées, as well as other American dishes.

Entertainment

Express Yourself Inc: Experss yourself offers a wide variety of entertainment services, ranging from clown and magic shows to singing telegrams and balloon sculpting
Stages Theatre Company: Stages is a theater company with a strong emphasis on youth, education, and families. The community theatre not only puts on shows for families with homes in the area, but also enables families to get involved on or offstage.
Let’s Dance Tonight: Let’s Dance Tonight offers a full range of dancing instruction, particularly specializing in ballroom dance, swing, Latin, modern, and country.
Hopkins Cinema 6: The local movie theater is home to a number of movie showings for popular movies before they are taken out of theaters for the low price of $3 tickets.
AMC Theatres—Southdale 16: This local Edina movie theatre offers all the entertainment of Hollywood and brings it to the doorstep of Edina homeowners in the Southdale Mall.

Leisure

Edina Country Club: Edina Country Club is a full-service private country club located in upscale Edina, featuring an Olympic-sized pool, a number of tennis courts, fitness centers, bars, restaurants, as well as an 18-hole golf course.
Edina Aquatic Center: The Edina Aquatic Center is home to a number of water activities, featuring a water playground, a cable ride, a water slide, a full pool, and a number of other fun summer activities for the whole family.
Edina Art Center: The local Edina Art Center is home to the community’s creative life, offering a number of classes as well as exhibits and shops featuring local Edina homeowners’ works.
Core Power Yoga: With a convenient location only minutes away from any Eden Prairie house, Core Power Yoga provides a wide variety of activities and classes for any age and any level of experience.
Braemer Arena: Braemer Arena is Edina’s home for ice skating with three regulation-sized ice rinks. Local Edina homeowners can enjoy the adult and youth hockey programs and figure skating lessons as well as year-round free-skating and skate rental.

Churches

Christ Presbyterian Church, at http://www.cpconline.org/index.php?content=home
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, at http://www.olgparish.org/
Colonial Church, at http://www.colonialchurch.org/
Normandale Lutheran Church, at http://www.normluth.org/
Holy Family Catholic Church, at http://www.hfcmn.org/
Lake Harriet United Methodist Church, at http://www.lakeharrietumc.org/

As a bustling suburb, Edina is home to a number of community events throughout the entire year. From music to festivals, there is a large variety of events for the Edina community, including the following highlights:

The Centennial Lakes Park hosts its annual Family Festival typically during July with a parade, art and crafts, face painting, magic shows, food, and more. Children and families will be sure to enjoy this special occasion.
From May through September, free musical performances are held outdoors at the Edinborough Park Amphitheater. A variety of musical genres are featured, and the music in the park makes for a great afternoon picnic or evening out in the park.
A variety of cultural performances are held outdoors in June through August at the Maetzold Amphitheater in Centennial Lakes Park. All performances are free, and exciting and educational entertainment makes for a great way to spend the afternoon and evening.
Sunset movies in the park are held on Thursday evenings throughout the summer at a variety of parks and with a variety of movies.

These events are only a small sampling of the many events and festivals held throughout Edina during the year. For more information on these and other events, visit http://www.ci.edina.mn.us/content/facilities/centennial_lakes/culture/index.htm.

Edina is located one of the Twin Cities’ most beautiful strips of property, with rolling hills and lakes. Accordingly, the city features a number of beautiful parks—44 total, despite being half the size of other Minneapolis suburbs. Some of the more popular parks in the area include the following:

Edinborough Park maintains over 6,000 trees, flowers, and plants, and features a large swimming pool, running track, fitness area, and huge playground area.
Braemer Courtney Fields is a 500-acre park with four baseball fields, a batting cage, a full sized football and soccer field, a playground, picnic benches, and grills.
Arden Park features a playground, picnic benches, a baseball diamond, open fields, and, in the winter, a full sized hockey and ice skating rink.
Rosland Park features two tennis courts, a baseball field, a volleyball court, and a fishing pier, and a beautiful central fountain.
Walnut Ridge Park
Strachauer Park

But this short list leaves out almost forty other parks. For more information on these and other Edina parks and their amenities, visit http://www.ci.edina.mn.us/ParksAndFacilities/L2-03_ParkFacilities.htm.

Edina is also home to a number of lakes and ponds. Larger lakes in the area include the following:

Lake Cornelia Park
Edina Park
Mirror Lake
Lake Harriet

In addition to these larger lakes, Edina is home to many other smaller lakes and ponds.

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