Biography of 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 20 years, the Celeste family (including their two daughters, Christiana, Grandview Class of 1991 and Liz, Grandview Class of 2000) has made Grandview their home.