About
Professional Summary
Julie Johnson, CCIM, is an executive vice president with Colliers and an industry leader in providing comprehensive healthcare, life sciences and seniors housing real estate services throughout the greater Phoenix region.
Her specific areas of specialization include single- and multi-tenant medical office buildings, surgery centers, hospitals and specialty hospitals, life sciences, behavioral health facilities, and seniors housing (skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care and independent living).
Julie represents landlords, tenants, investors and owner/users, providing acquisition, disposition, leasing, sale/leaseback, site selection, consulting, and development services.
Visit the Arizona Healthcare Team website to learn more about the team’s services and expertise.
With extensive experience and long-standing relationships throughout the healthcare industry, Julie has a comprehensive understanding of the complex challenges of healthcare clients, enabling her to bring a unique perspective to address their individualized needs.
Clients rely on Julie’s in-depth knowledge of healthcare delivery, hospitals, providers, managed care and seniors housing to guide them in strategic real estate decisions. Additionally, her strong analytical skills in financial proformas enable her to help clients mitigate risk and maximize returns.
Recognized locally and nationally as one of the industry’s foremost thought leaders and most qualified healthcare real estate specialists, Julie serves as a valuable resource and member of her clients’ teams. She is committed to providing the highest level of service to achieve her clients’ business and real estate objectives.
Julie was one of the first brokers to specialize in healthcare, developing the unique skillset needed to serve this industry. For more than 30 years, she has been a leader in healthcare real estate and integrally involved with the growth and evolution of healthcare during her career.
Prior to joining Colliers, Julie was a principal with Avison Young and co-leader of its national healthcare practice group, tasked with growing the healthcare business line.
Accomplishments
- 2023 – AZRE AZ Big 100 - #6
- 2022 – Globe St National Healthcare Influencer
- 2021 – Phoenix Athena Nominee
- 2019 – Friend of the Phoenix Union Award for consistent support of the Phoenix Union High School District
- 2019 – Women of Influence Award – Real Estate Forum & GlobeSt.com
- 2018 – National Women in Real Estate Award – Connect Media
- 2017 – Most Influential Women in Commercial Real Estate Award – AZRE Magazine
- Earned the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation, for leaders with a proven record of success and demonstrated mastery of financial, market and investment analysis
Education
- Bachelor of Science, Engineering, Arizona State University
Memberships & Involvements
- Colliers Healthcare Services & Steering Committee Member
- Colliers Seniors Housing Group
- NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association
- Urban Land Institute (ULI)
- AZCREW
- CCIM Institute
- Central AZ CCIM
- Lambda Alpha International Phoenix
- Valley Partnership
- Arizona Humane Society, Board of Directors
- New Pathways for Youth, Board of Directors
- Social Venture Partners Arizona, Board of Directors, an innovative approach to philanthropy
- Friends of National Public Radio Arizona, Board of Directors
- TGen Ambassador, supporting biomedical advances
Clients
Partial client list
- AZ Vein and Vascular
- Arizona Digestive Health
- Arizona State Urology
- Banner Health
- Cardiovascular Consultants
- CORE
- Encompass Health (HealthSouth)
- HonorHealth
- IASIS Healthcare/Steward
- Irgens Development Partners
- LNR Real Estate
- The Opus Group
- OrthoAZ
- PMB Real Estate Services
- Ventas
Testimonials
“It is with pleasure I offer this recommendation for Julie Johnson of Colliers. Julie assisted ClearSky Health in navigating the challenges of the pandemic to implement our national expansion plans in the Phoenix area. She did an excellent job for us and we appreciated, not only her deep knowledge of the entire healthcare industry, but also her personal commitment to ClearSky. She leveraged her many long-term relationships, locally and nationally, to our benefit during the entire acquisition process. Her attention to detail and focus on our goals was truly appreciated and resulted in an exceptional result for ClearSky Health. She has created a long-term relationship with me and all of the ClearSky C-suite.”—Danny Banks, Chief Real Estate Officer, ClearSky Health
“I have known and worked with Julie for several years. She has been in the healthcare field for over 30 years and worked with physician practices of all sizes, as well as corporate healthcare users and hospital systems. She is extremely knowledgeable and has a deep understanding of the Arizona medical real estate market. One of the projects we worked on together was the VA Outpatient Clinic in Gilbert, Arizona. She located ±9-acre sites to meet the needs of the VA and assisted in the selection and acquisition, providing valuable insights. Throughout the RFP process, we relied on Julie’s expertise to help secure the award. I am pleased to recommend Julie.”—Sean D. Cummings, Opus Development Company, L.L.C.
“While listing our property, Julie proved she is honest, diligent and hard-working in the pursuit of her listing assignment. I found her opinion of the value of the property to be accurate and realistic. She is extremely diligent and works very hard in handling her listing-related duties. Julie put our interests ahead of her own and is a model in the execution of a broker’s fiduciary duties. I have been involved in commercial real estate for over 30 years and have had occasion to work with a significant number of real estate brokers. Julie is in a separate class and is head and shoulders above the rest of the pack. I would strongly recommend Julie in the handling of any listing (sale or lease).”—David Norouzi, Principal, Fenix Development, Inc.
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My Team
My Team
Philip Wurth, CCIM, is an executive vice president with Colliers, specializing in the acquisition, disposition and leasing of healthcare and life sciences properties, including medical office buildings, surgery centers, hospitals, behavioral health and seniors housing facilities (skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care).
Visit the Arizona Healthcare Team website to learn more about the team’s services and expertise.
With more than 18 years of experience and over 1,000 transactions completed, Philip is recognized as one of Colliers’ top brokers in Arizona.
His nuanced knowledge of medical requirements enables him to assist clients in not only securing the right location for their investments, but also negotiating the maximum value for their properties. Through strategic representation, Philip delivers portfolio gains to his clients during challenging market highs and lows. He maximizes the value of his clients’ investments through an approach built on trust, in-depth market knowledge, first-rate financial acumen, and expert negotiating skills.
Philip provides clients with market and financial analyses, trend forecasts, and targeted marketing designed to identify and attract buyers and tenants. With his proven track record of success, institutional and private investors, landlords and tenants can rely on Philip to achieve their real estate and financial objectives.
Providing best-in-class service, Philip brings an extensive knowledge of the healthcare real estate market and a profound dedication to client relationships. He epitomizes the core values of integrity, honesty, trust and good old-fashioned hard work.
Prior to joining Colliers, Philip was a vice president at Sperry Van Ness, specializing in owner/developer and tenant representation, and site selection services for small business commercial office space solutions.
Philip began his real estate career at Logan Commercial in 2003, where his creative marketing efforts and grassroots approach to client contact generated over 200 sale and lease transactions, totaling 550,000 square feet. He served on Logan’s Broker Advisory Board, providing strategic direction and current market expertise.
Bettina Hunt is a senior vice president with Colliers and is a member of the Arizona Healthcare Team, specializing in new business development and tenant representation in the healthcare and medical office product sectors.
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Bettina is an accomplished real estate broker with more than 23 years of experience and a proven commitment to her passion for helping others.
As one of the most influential women in real estate, Bettina has an earned reputation for going out of her way to strategize on multifaceted solutions to complex client needs. Having experience working with both tenants and landlords, she fully understands the expectations from both sides, as well as perceptions from neighboring tenants, the safety of clients, aesthetics of the building, and building code compliance. Creative in her approach and professional in her delivery, Bettina is astute in her ability to accurately assess situations and deliver solutions that are mutually advantageous to all parties.
Clients and colleagues who work with Bettina describe her as kind, positive, driven, hardworking, optimistic, reassuring, intelligent, creative, articulate, graceful, and lighthearted. She is dedicated to establishing trust, building long lasting relationships, and representing each client with a positive attitude and warm, personalized approach.
Prior to Colliers, Bettina served as the senior director of leasing, director of operations, and the designated broker for Healthcare Realty, formerly Healthcare Trust of America. In her time there, she managed all leasing responsibilities for 3.7 million square feet of medical office buildings across a nine-state portfolio.
While gaining experience as a real estate broker, Bettina completed her designation training to become a Certified Property Manager (CPM), giving her an in-depth understanding of property management from both the landlord and tenant perspectives. She also completed her designation as a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and continues to hold both designations through continuing education.
Bettina’s career path also includes her time on the Banner Del E. Webb and Boswell Medical Center Campus where she served as director of leasing and operations.
Sam Torres is a dedicated client services coordinator for the Arizona Healthcare Team, working with Phil Wurth, executive vice president, Julie Johnson, executive vice president, and Bettina Hunt, senior vice president.
Visit the Arizona Healthcare Team website to learn more about the team’s services and expertise.
As a diversly talented graphic designer with an in-depth understanding of search engine optimization and integration of digital and social platforms, Sam has taken her team to the next level in terms of marketing support. She works well in a fast-paced, multi-project environment, always staying ahead of trends in the digital landscape of marketing.
Sam provides her brokers and their clients with valuable insights and increases visibility in the market by analyzing and dissecting analytics and data while simultaneously and efficiently producing high-end marketing designs to support their efforts. Fully fluent in Spanish, she is also able to extend her team’s reach to Spanish-speaking communities by offering translation services.
Colleagues describe Sam as energetic, self-motivated, dependable, unwavering, hardworking, discerning, kind, and highly intelligent. She is always mastering new skills and quickly adapts to the needs of those around her. She has impeccable communication and organizational skills and is a natural problem solver.
Sam brings with her 8 years of digital marketing and design experience. Prior to Colliers, she served as a marketing administrator for the Scottsdale Community College where she coordinated marketing events, scheduled auditions and tours, conducted research and analysis, prepared presentations, designed and oversaw email marketing campaigns, managed social media platforms, and improved operational organization.
Prior to Scottsdale Community College, she served as the director of marketing for Queryon, an information technology company in Phoenix. There, she developed her skills in accessing, visualizing and communicating data in meaningful ways. She was also able to hone her design skills by designing graphics, newsletters, presentations, sales collateral, and client websites.