REAL ESTATE NEWS

February 18th, 2009

When Money is Tight, UTAZ Eases the Burden

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Gilbert, AZ (February 18, 2009)— UTAZ™ Development announced today the Seller Carryback Program, a plan to help medical practitioners and small business owners reduce the amount required for the down payment in order to purchase office space. “The Seller Carryback is a plan whereby UTAZ™ will finance up to an […]

January 19th, 2009

Banner Gateway Medical Center Adds 36 Beds

Banner Gateway Medical Center, near the Gateway Medical UTAZ™ Professional Village and Vista Quinta UTAZ™ Professional Village added 36 beds for a total of 176, according to the Phoenix Business Journal. See the full article at http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/01/12/daily38.html.

December 16th, 2008

Fed Slashes Interest Rate to Record Low

The Federal Reserve Slashed a short term key interest rate by three-quarters of a percent today. This translates into lower commercial real estate interest rates for office space buyers.
According to Bob Wasieko with Security Mortgage, “Affordability has doubled in the past 12 months,” referring to the one-year-ago Prime rate at 7.25 % that is now […]

December 10th, 2008

Fed moves to unfreeze SBA lending

The Phoenix Business Journal reports “the Federal Reserve Board announced plans Nov.25 for a $200 billion lending facility aimed at unfreezing secondary markets for U.S. Small Business Administration loans and consumer loans.” According to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson this will “[enable] a broad range of institutions to step up their lending.” Read the article at […]

December 1st, 2008

Valley Women For Women Expands in the East Valley

One of Gilbert’s most popular and successful OB/GYN offices has recently expanded to better serve patients in south Gilbert, south Chandler and Queen Creek. Valley Women for Women, a full-service, all female OB/GYN practice has opened a new 10,000 square foot office in UTAZ™’s, Mercy Point Medical Center Located at Val […]

September 5th, 2008

Listen to the Commercial Real Estate Interview on KFNN

UTAZ™ Senior Vice President of Community Development & Business Affairs, Terri Tobey was interviewed by KFNN Radio. During the 10-minute on-air segment, she discussed UTAZ™ Development’s continued success, crediting founder Craig Willett’s vision and his unique “own for less than rentsm” business model which helps business professionals build equity for retirement through ownership in […]

September 4th, 2008

UTAZ™ in the News

UTAZ™ President and CEO Craig Willett, COO Arch Ratliff, and Senior VP Terri Tobey are fall featured in AZRE magazine’s annual “People to Know in Real Estate,” which includes, among others, the Valley’s leading developers, architects, brokers and city planners.
A graduate of Brigham Young University with a master’s degree in accounting, Craig originated the concept […]

July 17th, 2008

Terri Tobey - A Career Woman On The Rise

WRITTEN BY BROOKE ROMNEY
PHOTOGRAPHY BY PAUL SEBRING

Featured in the July 2008 Issue of Go Gilbert
In order to be a successful career woman in a male
dominated world, you have to be passionate and fearless—
which is exactly what Terri Tobey, the senior vice
president of business development and community
relations for UTAZ, is.
“I sold books door to door in […]

June 3rd, 2008

UTAZ™ Awarded Contract for Maricopa Library: Groundbreaking June 3rd

On June 3, UTAZ™ Development broke ground on the Maricopa Grand UTAZ Professional Village™ on the northeast corner of Desert Greens Drive and Smith Enke Road. Additionally, the Gilbert-based commercial developer has been awarded (in a unanimous City Council vote) the contract to build an 8,000 square foot public library—the city’s first—on the […]

May 29th, 2008

Banner Ironwood Medical Center broke ground June 5 in Queen Creek

The Business Journal reported “Banner Health has set the construction start date for its newest facility, Banner Ironwood Medical Center.”
Read the full story:
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/05/26/daily17.html