Catalina Vista - Exploring a Central Tucson Neighborhood

June 15, 2007

Welcome to Historic Catalina Vista, a neighborhood in Central Tucson.

Catalina Vista is bounded by Campbell Ave, Grant Road, Tucson Blvd, and Elm St. The land that created Catalina Vista was subdivided in 1940, and the neighborhood is nearly all single family homes on nice large size lots.

Catalina Vista is within eyesight of the University Medical Center, and within a mile of the University of Arizona, which keeps values high in this neighborhood.

What I like best about Catalina Vista is the winding streets and the large lots. It looks like very gracious, serene living. There are palm tree lined streets, a round-about or two, and a small-but-nice park.

Here’s a map from the assessor’s office. You can see the nice circular roads. For being off of Campbell Avenue, there aren’t too many people taking shortcuts through the neighborhood when traffic gets busy. I think we can thank the curvy street plan for that!

Here’s the park. I like that many of the streets and medians are lined with palm trees.

The average house is about 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and was built in the 1950s. House sizes average to around 2230 square feet (but range between 800 and 5000 sq ft), and quarter acre lots are fairly common, with much larger and smaller parcels scattered inbetween. As of today, lower priced homes in the Catalina Vista are around $350,000, and the high end of the range is around $800,000. You can search for Catalina Vista homes currently on the market here.

This little guy (or girl, I can’t tell) was hopping along the road, aiming for one of the green lawns around the corner. At least, that’s where I assume he was headed.

Catalina Vista neighborhood kids attend Tucson Unified School District schools: Blenman Elementary, Doolen Middle, and Catalina High School.

Interested in an area like this? There’s plenty of others, in a variety of price ranges. Send me an email and we can talk about this and other Tucson real estate neighborhoods.

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