Julie Johnson

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).

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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.

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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.