Location, Location, Location: Tucson Arizona
May 1, 2003
FACTS & STATS
Catalina Foothills
•Population: approximately 7,000.
•The Catalina Foothills School District is, reputedly, the best in southern Arizona.
•Barely 10 minutes to the Canyon Ranch Spa and about 15 minutes to the Elizabeth Arden Red Door Salon & Spa.
•Approximately 20 minutes from downtown Tucson.
•Within five minutes of many elegant Foothills restaurants—Café Terra Cotta, Anthony’s in the Catalinas, Soleil, Trattoria Pina.
•Finisterra: A guard-gated estates community, no golf, located about 400 feet above the valley and near Ventana Canyon. Solitude is more important than golf; each property backs onto the Coronado National Forest. Currently there are five listings in Finisterra, all over $1 million.
•The Canyons: A guard-gated community, no golf. Each custom home sits on an acre or more on a bluff directly below Finger Rock, an unusual vertical rock outcropping. In 2002, seven homes sold, and there are six properties currently listed. The average price in the Canyons is $434 per square foot.
•Ventana Canyon Mountain Estates: A gated community with golf amenities at the Lodge at Ventana Canyon. This area has the highest altitude; it overlooks the city and the Rincon, Catalina and Santa Rita mountain ranges.
•Old Foothills: A community that has classic 1940s Josiah Joesler–designed homes that combine Spanish Colonial and Mission Revival architectural styles. His best-known work is the Hacienda Del Sol resort.
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