Desert West's strategic vision

Real Estate Weekly, August 13, 2008

At Desert West Management, Inc., property management means more than keeping parking lots cleaned and landscaping trimmed. The company has developed an innovative "strategic vision," process that brings added value to property owners by tracking industry trends, reviewing and making recommendations based on individual exit strategies and business goals, tracking retail sales of tenants to determine profitability and solvency, analyzing tenant mix as well as tracking other information that can impact the owner's bottom-line and protect their interests.

This strategic vision process, as well as a host of other internal procedures and processes, was developed by company founder and president, Carrie Temple. Because of the extensive number of details that incur each time a new tenant lease is secured, Temple has devised a detailed plan that consists of checks and cross checks to make sure that no detail is overlooked. For those that engage with Desert West Management during the build out stage, the company will provide recommendations, preferred vendors and help guide them through the process of signage, tenant mix and other key initiatives that are so important to make a property a financial success. The company prefers to be part of the mix early on to troubleshoot potential problems further down the road. "Desert West Management, Inc. has managed a 90,000 square foot shopping center we own in Phoenix for the past three years. We have been very impressed with the high quality of service," said Dana Haynes, a property owner that has been working with Desert West Management.