Anna-Lise Troup's Tucson Area Real Estate Update: Rancho Sahuarita Ranked #11 in Best-Selling Master Planned Communities

For those of you who are interested in real estate in Rancho Sahuarita, located southwest of Tucson, here's an intersting press release. Please contact me if you'd like more info about homes for sale in Sahuarita, Arizona.

According to renowned real estate consulting firm Robert Charles Lesser, for the second year in a row Rancho Sahuarita has been ranked #11 in a list of the best-selling master planned communities in the nation, based on total number of new homes sold in 2007. Approximately 573 homes were sold throughout 2007 to homebuyers in Rancho Sahuarita. Since Rancho Sahuarita opened in July 2001, almost 4,100 homes have been purchased and more than 9,000 people now call this innovative community home.

On a local level, Rancho Sahuarita continues to hold a strong share of the Tucson housing market. With 573 homes sold, which is a 17 percent increase over 2006 sales, Rancho Sahuarita’s overall market share has increased to 11 percent for 2007.

“The value of living in this community is more than just affordable homes, beautiful neighborhoods and recreational amenities; it is the sense of community that really convinces families that Rancho Sahuarita is the perfect place to live,” says Bob Sharpe, Managing Partner of Rancho Sahuarita.

With 12 neighborhoods from five quality national and regional builders, homes at Rancho Sahuarita are available from the $150,000’s. Its location, off I-19 just 17 minutes south of downtown Tucson, makes Rancho Sahuarita a reasonable commute for both work and play.

Rancho Sahuarita’s offers a highly amenitized lifestyle. There is a 15-acre lake park in the center of the community that is ideal for sailing, fishing or enjoying a performance at the lake’s amphitheatre. There are miles of paved trails that weave throughout the community that connect neighborhoods and schools. The eight parks offer a variety of features including a Safari Trail with life-sized bronze statues of African animals, Desert Interpretative and Butterfly Gardens, picnic tables and shaded tot lots. At the centerpiece of this recreational master plan is Club Rancho Sahuarita, with the largest private splash park in Arizona and a 6,000 sq. ft. fitness facility.

An 8,000 sq. ft. Kids Club is the ideal place for children and teens to spend time, complete with a “Kids Time” babysitting area, “arcade” room, and multi-purpose room that serves to host resident parties and children celebrations. Adjacent to the Kids Club is an expanded Activity Park that contains an electric train for weekend rides, a pedal car racetrack, a nine-hole miniature golf course, a shaded playground, and an event lawn for concerts and outdoor entertainment. Also recently completed are two new recreational centers to provide residents with additional lap pools, spas and sport courts, and there’s even a “Bark Park” that caters to our four-legged friends.

Commercial amenities are also a growing part of the Rancho Sahuarita master plan with the opening of the area’s first 108,000 sq. ft. Fry’s Marketplace. Together with 35,000 sq. ft. of adjacent retail space, a Chase bank and Carondelet urgent care, this first phase in the development of the Rancho Sahuarita Marketplace and Village will be one of Tucson’s premier shopping destinations.

Press Release. Published 4-2-08 in Arizona Daily Star