Amanda Ventura

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Amanda Ventura is an editor, award-winning writer and pop culture enthusiast. When she's not up against deadlines, she is exploring Arizona, trying recipes that require every dish in her kitchen be used, collecting 5K swag bags and race numbers and volunteering at a local animal shelter. Her bookshelf is full of autobiographies and her desk is covered in Sticky Notes. She dislikes the Oxford comma and still cannot believe she gets to meet and write about interesting people for a living.

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  • Tips to help you fall in love with fitness - Read Article

    Tips to help you fall in love with fitness

    2016-03-31T16:50:04-07:00

    If you find yourself running on the treadmill and going nowhere, it may be time to mix things up. LA Fitness Master Personal Trainer Angie Witte says she loves having…

  • ULI Arizona’s AzTAP changes cityscapes - Read Article

    ULI Arizona’s AzTAP changes cityscapes

    2015-12-13T09:50:15-07:00

    When Arizona State Route 51 was built, traffic along the 32nd Street Corridor in Phoenix dropped from 50,000 cars a day to 18,000. While most cities could spend years and…

  • ULI Arizona sparks discussions free of bias - Read Article

    ULI Arizona sparks discussions free of bias

    2015-12-04T10:50:45-07:00

    The Urban Land Institute is a nonprofit research and education organization supported by its members, dispersed throughout 95 countries. In Arizona, Deb Sydenham, FAICP, is executive director of an award-winning…

  • A look at a decade of ULI’s Trends Days - Read Article

    A look at a decade of ULI’s Trends Days

    2015-11-19T15:50:46-07:00

    Trends Day is exactly as it sounds — and nothing as it sounds. It’s a day when thought-leaders congregate around panels, keynotes and between coffee cups about the latest trends…

  • NAIOP Developing Leaders program gets national recognition - Read Article

    NAIOP Developing Leaders program gets national recognition

    2015-10-29T12:50:25-07:00

    Last year, NAIOP Arizona received national attention for its Developing Leaders program. “It’s a great program, because you overcome the lack of common ground with more seasoned professionals,” says Robert Guerena,…

  • NAIOP Arizona: Blood, Sweat, and Years - Read Article

    NAIOP Arizona: Blood, Sweat, and Years

    2015-10-26T09:50:26-07:00

    At the helm of NAIOP Arizona, directing it into its fourth decade, is Voit Managing Director Tom Johnston. He has worked in commercial real estate for 19 years and been…

  • Where obsolescence ends, new trend begins - Read Article

    Where obsolescence ends, new trend begins

    2015-10-25T10:50:35-07:00

    A flour mill, a bowling alley, a former shopping mall. All of these retail centers have one thing in common — they’re fated to become creative office space. The life expectancy…

  • What is the true role of a real estate lobbyist? - Read Article

    What is the true role of a real estate lobbyist?

    2015-10-17T11:50:39-07:00

    Knowledge is power. It’s also the currency used by lobbyist Ken Strobeck, executive director of the League of Arizona Cities and Towns. “I think people have a very misunderstood view of what…

  • The Rental Renewal: Q&A with Tom Simplot - Read Article

    The Rental Renewal: Q&A with Tom Simplot

    2015-09-26T09:50:09-07:00

    Tom Simplot, president and CEO of the Arizona Multihousing Association, has watched the hottest commercial sector light the way for new developments during the darkened years of recovery. Even though…

  • 10 Offices We Wish We Worked In - Read Article

    10 Offices We Wish We Worked In

    2015-09-21T07:50:43-07:00

    What’s your favorite part of work? If your answer is “leaving,” you probably aren’t an employee at one of these 10 Phoenix offices. AZRE magazine asked readers to nominate their…

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