JIM PIERI
President / CEO
James Vincent Pieri (Jim) first became involved in San Diego Real Estate in 1975 and opened MountainWest in Chula Vista Real Estate in 1981. His company has developed over $1B in real estate projects including the first Class "A" office buildings in Chula Vista. Mr. Pieri's projects have had the esteem privilege of winning the Chula Vista Beautification award five times including winning the coveted City of Chula Vista “Mayor’s Award of Excellence”. His project, “Urbana, urban apartment living in Chula Vista” received an Orchid Award nomination for 2020. One of his largest redevelopment projects, Gateway Chula Vista which is a three building 275,000sf class “A” office/retail project, received the “Golden Nugget Award” of Merit at the annual awards ceremony held in San Francisco. His commitment to Chula Vista has been evident throughout his career and his company has been involved in bringing over 450 notable businesses as tenants to projects he has developed. These Tenants employ over 2,000 people at buildings in Chula Vista developed by Mr. Pieri and they generate annual business revenues in excess of $15 Billion.
Mr. Pieri’s is currently President and CEO of MountainWest Real Estate and MountainWest Properties, which has its main offices at 496 Third Ave, Chula Vista. MountainWest specializes in property management, commercial leasing, project management and asset management. MountainWest offers consulting expertise in all of Mr. Pieri's Development Projects through Project Management for Pre Development, Permit Processing, Construction, and Lease Up.
He is currently COO of HSMC LLC (HSMC Builders) which is a California licensed General Contracting Company. HSMC projects over $180,000,000 in volume for 2020-2021. Mr. Pieri has been a B.O.M.A. judge. He has been chairman of the Rancho Santa Fe Farms Architectural Review Association for three years, and a member of the Board of Directors for four years. He has been a Board of Director of Westport Village at Stonecrest in San Diego and a Board of Director of The Carmel Valley Planning Board, which he served for over eight years. He has served as a Board of Director to The Santaluz HOA and currently serves as a Board of Director of the Santaluz Maintenance Association (SMA). He was a founding director of The Chula Vista Urban Development Corporation which was instrumental in the formation of a Center City Development Corporation for the City of Chula Vista.
Mr. Pieri was President of Unico National, the largest Italian American organization in the United States, and also served as District Governor for the same organization. He is a life member of the California Highway Patrol 11-99 organization. He served as an advisory board of director to Scripps Mercy in Chula Vista. He recently completed a 135 Unit seven story apartment project known as Urbana, urban apartment living in Chula Vista which is in the Western urban core valued at $78M. In September 2020 he completed the South Bay Veterans Administration Clinical facility on H Street next to the Gateway 2 Project. This Project will provide state of technology providing clinical care for the large volume of Veterans residing in the South County.
Currently Jim is developing a 142 Unit six story apartment project known as Casa Estílo, Active Living Project for tenants aged 55+ in Western Chula Vista valued at $78M. This will be a prototype for more Active Living Projects to be developed by MountainWest. Also in development is a 266 Unit Mixed Unit Urban Core Development (“Vida en Tercera”) in the Third Avenue Village valued at $146M. This three building mixed-use urban development will have retail units as well as apartment living.
Mr. Pieri has over 40 years of Real Estate experience he has contributed a long lasting impact to the communities he has had the good fortune to work in. His commitment to quality and community service is his top priority. His motto, "Success Built on Commitment" certainly is demonstrated throughout the numerous projects, which adorn the urban streets of Chula Vista and San Diego.