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Jobs, Amenities Make for a Bright Future ‘Location Drives Sales’
PHOTOS: DAVID SANDERS
By Christy Krueger and Jay Gonzales
The bustling job corridor on Tucson’s south and west sides – with Raytheon Missile Systems and Caterpillar as the headliners – puts Rancho Sahuarita in position for a long and prosperous future as those incoming engineers and other highpaid workers look for homes. “Location drives sales,” said Ginger Kneup, a residential real estate market analyst who also happens to live in Rancho Sahuarita. “Rancho Sahuarita is near the employment centers around the airport, and there are also a lot of Border Patrol people living there. It’s a good location for a working couple where one person is going south and one person is going north.” Major employment announcements of the past year or so – with Raytheon announcing that it is adding 2,000 jobs to its location near Tucson International Airport, and with Caterpillar announcing a big move here west of downtown – Rancho Sahuarita’s housing mix of young, first-time buyers all the way to the active, over-55 adult means employees looking to fill those jobs www.BizTucson.com
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Rancho Sahuarita has the highest level of amenities of any master-planned community in the region. It’s a huge opportunity for builders to be in a community where they don’t have to build any of the amenities themselves because they’re already there.
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– Ginger Kneup Residential Real Estate Market Analyst Bright Future Real Estate Research
– no matter where they are in the careers – have a place to look about 20 minutes away. To make sure the masterplanned community is ready, a number of new developments are underway while Rancho Sahuarita makes sure its plentiful amenities remain attractive to potential residents and potential builders. “Rancho Sahuarita has the highest level of amenities of any master-planned community in the region,” Kneup said. “It’s a huge opportunity for builders to be in a community where they don’t have to build any of the amenities themselves because they’re already there. “The builder can really focus on selling homes when they’re in a community like this. They don’t have to commit other resources. They also have the support of Rancho Sahuarita where if a developer has homebuyers, they can send them to the clubhouse and the staff will tour them around. It’s one less responsibility for the builder.” continued on page 150 >>> Winter 2018
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