Sunbelt Holdings Promotes Bob Bambauer to Senior VP West Valley & Tucson

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Sunbelt Holdings has promoted Bob Bambauer, P.E., to senior vice president. Bambauer, who has been with Sunbelt Holdings since 2007, oversees the planning and development of Sunbelt Holdings’ large-scaled properties in the West Valley and Tucson markets.

A veteran to civil engineering and home building, Bambauer has over 30 years’ experience in entitlements, land acquisitions, land planning and development, customer service, purchasing and home construction.

He currently directs Sunbelt’s PV|303 project in Goodyear, Ariz., a 1,600-acre master planned business park planned for over 20 million-square-feet of office, retail, and industrial space that is currently home to Dick’s Sporting Goods distribution center and Sub-Zero manufacturing facility. Future corporate tenants include Seattle-based REI and Bimbo Bakeries USA, the nation’s largest baking company.

He is also responsible for three master planned residential communities in Tucson, Ariz. La Estancia, a 556-acre master planned residential community centrally located along I-10 and within close proximity to the University of Arizona, the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and Tucson International Airport. Bambauer was instrumental in the recent closing of the first 195 lots to Meritage Homes. Additionally, Bambauer will lead the newly acquired 1,598-acre Sycamore Canyon master planned community in Vail, Ariz. for Sunbelt Holdings, which will include 1,045 homes situated at the base of the Santa Rita Mountains, and Sendero Pass, a 500-acre community located along the Ajo Highway in the Southwest Tucson submarket.

Bambauer is actively involved in several charitable organizations, and he is currently on the Board of Directors of Fighter Country Partnership, a non-profit organization dedicated to support the men, women, families and mission of Luke Air Force Base.

Sunbelt Holdings has been a recognized leader in real estate development, management and investment throughout the Southwest since 1979. Over the years, the firm has gained an understanding of the area’s unique characteristics that only time and experience can teach. Sunbelt entered the local market more than 30 years ago with a strong presence in commercial development and asset management. Early projects like the Phoenix Gateway Center remain successful icons. Recent acquisitions of turn-around assets have provided unique opportunities to add value in the ‘Class A’ office market with the Marina Heights project in Tempe, and the PV|303 industrial project in the West Valley. Sunbelt also developed some of the Valley’s most beloved residential communities including McDowell Mountain Ranch in Scottsdale, Power Ranch in the East Valley and Vistancia in the Northwest Valley. In all, Sunbelt has developed more than 50,000 acres of land during the past 30 years. For more information, please visit www.sunbeltholdings.com.