Queen Creek Blog

Only a few new builds left, even in a slow market sales have been strong. Del Web has this one right. There are several beautiful floor plans 1398 square feet to 1905 square feet. Prices start from the high $100s. When complete this community will have 726 homes. The community still has some resale and sometimes a short sale or bank owned opportunities. The last few homes should have some great deals available for buyers. Check out my Solera page at Shawn@Shawnstagg.com or give me a call about Solera at Johnson Ranch. I also have a few information packages I would be happy to send.

Cessna to Open New Citation Service Center in Mesa, Arizona

Wichita, Kan.,- Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT)

company, today announced it will construct a new Citation Service Center at the Williams

Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona, and relocate tooling and employees from the company’s

Long Beach, Calif., service center. The new facility will open in a phased transition by the first

quarter of 2009.

“Customer preference and our business need to expand made it necessary for us to

consider a move, and Mesa’s government and business development leadership made our

decision to come to Williams Gateway fairly easy,” said Mark Paolucci, Cessna senior vice

president for Customer Service. “With the new center in Mesa, we will have plenty of room to

expand as our business grows, our employees will enjoy a high quality of life, and the Phoenix

area will prove popular with our business jet customers coming here for service.”

Cessna will build a 100,000 square-foot facility – more than twice as large as its Long

Beach facility – on part of its 15-acre tract adjacent to three 10,000-foot runways. Cessna will

also have a 124,800-square foot aircraft ramp, more than 10 times the size of its current Long

Beach ramp.

The Cessna Citation Service Center network consists of 10 company owned centers in the

U.S. (including Long Beach) and Europe, and more than two dozen authorized service centers

around the world. Cessna’s customer service group is consistently ranked as an industry leader in

a number of independent surveys.

Williams Gateway is a former Air Force base that closed in 1993 and was redeveloped as

an aerospace center, an education, research and training facility, and reliever airport for Phoenix

Sky Harbor International Airport. Cessna will join a number of aerospace companies such as

Boeing and Pratt & Whitney, and educational facilities including Embry-Riddle Aeronautical

University and Chandler-Gilbert Community College.

Artist rendering of the new Mesa Citation Service Center:

http://cessna.com/news/images/CessnaMesaFacility.jpg

Williams Gateway Airport is just 15 minutes from Queen Creek and will be a boost to the Queen Creek economy by providing jobs

After several months in design, the Town of Queen Creek will soon be adding a new library to the town of Queen Creek. The new library, to be located at the northwest corner of Ellsworth and Ocotillo roads, very close to the new project by Vestar (see previous blog) The library new is designed to provide a gathering place for people of all ages.

Once constructed, the new library will include a children’s area, a teen area, general reading areas, public computers, study rooms and conference rooms. The Town broke ground on the new library on May 23, 2007, and it is anticipated that it will be ready for use approximately one year later in the summer of 2008.

The Town has identified a way to fund completion of more than 19,000 sq. ft. of shell space originally planned for construction in Phase 2 of the new library building, while benefiting Town Parks and Recreation services by increasing the availability of recreation programming space to meet current demands.

See library plans visit

http://www.queencreek.org/living/Projects/LibraryProject.shtml

Hi all from Queen Creek.

“Home Staging” does it really work? Well let’s define what home staging is. Its-- Beautifying a home for sale: cleaning, repairing, and updating the decor and furnishings of an older home to make it more attractive when shown to potential buyers. A study by HomeStaging.com tested over 2000 homes and found that the ones that were staged sold in half the time and for 6.3% more, pretty convincing numbers. More and more desperate sellers are looking for the advantage that will set them apart. Staging gives a home that all important first impression and a WOW factor that makes all the difference in the world. Staging can be as simple as adding some updated decorations and moving the furniture around to make the home appear larger, or as complicated as completely redecorating a home. It can cost anywhere from $150 to several thousand depending on the level of detail. I have in the past recommended a home stager for a helping hand. It is now almost a necessity to get the edge. As a Queen Creek realtor it is important that I too adopted the staging way of life. As part of my marketing plan a home staging consultation is an important piece of my plan. I also rely on my wife who is a wonderful decorator to stage all of my vacant listings as part of my marketing plan. If you have any questions on Queen Creek homes of staging give me a call I will be happy to answer all of your questions. Also, for further info on staging check out www.homestaging.com

Hello all

I wanted to write a bit about some of the commercial projects coming to Queen Creek.

If you have traveled down Rittenhouse Rd you can see the work being done on the Ellsworth Loop Rd. This is the preliminary work for several commercial projects; they include Queen Creek Marketplace, Queen Creek Fiesta and the Queen Creek Village.

Click on the links to get more info on each project.

Most of the projects are due to be well on the way by the years end with most opening in early 2008. Let me know if you want more info on any of the projects, I will be happy to post some more info on any of Queen Creek’s commercial projects.

Also look for the future posting on the Banner Hospital on the way and the Trilogy master plan community opening soon.

Here is a quick up date on homes on the market

Johnson Ranch

305 homes on the market

15 pending (under contract)

32 homes sold in last 30 days

Copper Basin

67 homes on the market

19 pending

3 homes sold in last 30 days

San Tan Heights

155 homes on the market

19 pending

11 homes sold in last 30 days

Hi all

I wasn’t going to submit another post this soon but, after the channel 12 news this morning I needed to say something. The story came from the 12 news guys and gals. It was a story concerning valley new home builders and the shabby job they do in constructing homes. You must understand as a realtor I always advise my clients on having home inspection on a re-sale home and I purchase a phase inspection for my new build clients. In this story a water leak developed in the garage of a queen creek home. The damage caused was significant and I feel sorry for the family. As the story goes the builder did pick up the tab of the damage and displacement of the family. What’s got my goat is that all builders in the valley are subjected to problems especially in a hot market. The only city that was implicated in the “Shabby builders” story was Queen Creek!!!

I have sold homes all over the valley and have seen many inspections on new builds, all of them have had some problems and most have had serious problems. In fact one home in Chandler had no insulation in the attic. You would think that someone would have noticed!!

The moral of the story

No matter if you are purchasing a re-sale or new build in Queen Creek or any part of the valley GET AN INSPECTION!!

Hello all:

Welcome to my Blog, I want to use my blog to keep my clients and future client’s up to date on the current market conditions in Queen Creek. I will be covering items like “is the market turning around or getting worse”, upcoming commercial projects in the Queen Creek area and highlighting some communities that are up and coming. I would also like to do some stuff on investing in the area. Please feel free to comment or ask questions on anything you wish.

Here are some home quick numbers to get us caught up on the market in Queen Creek.

As of 3/4/07

Johnson Ranch-- active homes for sale 264, Pending 30, Sold in the last 30 days.

Copper Basin-- active homes for sale 67, Pending 7, Sold in the last 4 days.

San Tan Ranch-- active homes for sale 149, Pending 14, Sold in the last 16 days.