Hector Jimenez
520.850.6933
hector@centralbarrio.com

Hector Jimenez is a real estate developer with a passion for adaptive reuse, urban infill development and neighborhood revitalization. Hector holds a bachelor degree in architecture as well as an MBA and a Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

His early experience includes leading the Development Services and Custom Home Divisions of Loreto Bay, a sustainable master-planned resort community later acquired by Citigroup Property Investors. He also served as regional manager of FONATUR, the sustainable resort development arm of the Mexican government, leading 300 employees in the management of 14 business units comprised of a network of marinas, golf courses and an eco-archeological park, among other assets.

Neighborhood revitalization through design and preservation is at the heart of Jimenez’s work. His redevelopment of an abandoned former appliance store from the 60’s contributed to the revitalization of South Sixth Avenue in downtown Tucson. Hector also completed an adaptive reuse project of a Mid-century modern former office building into what is now a vibrant mixed-use project in the heart of the Sunshine Mile in Central Tucson. Through his company Central Barrio Development, Hector is also finding attainable housing solutions and is currently in the planning stages of various micro-unit development projects intended to serve the workforce market segment in Tucson.  

Hector loves his hometown of Tucson and is passionate about promoting what the city has to offer, its community, growth and potential. Through his other company Panoply Haus, which offers short-term vacation rentals throughout Tucson, Hector and his team are boosting the local economy as they host and provide hospitality services to an array of visitors continually staying at any of the 32 rental units currently in its portfolio. 

He is currently a member of the Pima County Real Estate Research Council, the Metropolitan Pima Alliance and the Urban Land Institute. Prior to graduate school, Hector served his community by dedicating a year to counseling youth and helping the poor in Monterrey, Mexico. Hector and his wife Michelle live in Tucson, Arizona along with their three boys.