The Irvine Company
For more than 100 years, The Irvine Company has been entrusted with the stewardship of some of the most beautiful and valuable land anywhere.
Rich in The Irvine Company’s history has been a tradition of viewing our Orange County land as a precious and nonrenewable resource; and as an asset not to be sold or squandered for short-term gain, but rather as a long-term investment to be held and utilized in a way that benefits both The Irvine Company and those who choose to live, work and grow on the land with us.
The forces of history and the changing nature of man have precipitated different uses of The Irvine Company’s land: from cattle ranching to agriculture to master-planned community development, on a scale of size and success unmatched anywhere else in the world.
The primary mission of The Irvine Company is to actively manage this so as to continually enhance its value as a long-term investment for The Irvine Company, and to enhance its value for those who have chosen to live and work here. We believe that the thoughtful, deliberate and prudent management of The Irvine Company's properties is a sound investment strategy, both in financial terms and in terms of maintaining the quality of life of the region in which our land is located.
We at The Irvine Company pursue this mission through our basic business: as large scale, comprehensive masterplanners and community builders committed to the highest standards of quality. Within this basic business, The Irvine Company is a planner, builder, landlord, investor, community partner, employer and neighbor. The Irvine Company employs the most talented, motivated people available, and encourages them to apply their full potential in the pursuit of excellence.
We insist that our business goals serve both the owners of The Irvine Company and those who share an investment in our land by locating their businesses or buying homes on our property. The Irvine Company seeks to enhance the long-term equity values of all properties through the creation of vibrant, well-planned new communities, as well as the development and management of our own growing portfolio of premium quality investment properties. These properties include retail centers, industrial centers, commercial office buildings and residential apartment complexes.
The Irvine Company's corporate values are rooted in our awareness that what we do potentially impacts the lives of many people and will leave a legacy that will be visible for centuries to come. Our challenge, then, is to make decisions that reflect community attitudes and desires, and that earn the respect of both current and future generations.
In a broad sense, those who do business with The Irvine Company who have purchased a home, leased office space, rented a boat slip, or taken an apartment have become investment partners with us. These neighbors--customers, if you will--have a shared interest in how our land is utilized. Therefore, The Irvine Company has an obligation to explain to them our plans and goals, to listen to and consider their thoughts, to modify our plans when it makes sense to do so, and to vigorously defend the benefits of our long-term vision.
Our respect for our land causes us to recognize that major portions of it should remain as we inherited it, preserved and-where appropriate, improved-for future generations because of its environmental sensitivity, value for recreational use, or as planned aesthetic relief from surrounding development. In this sense, the case for conservation will always be a consideration given equal status to competing land uses.
The Irvine Company is a citizen with a tradition of activism. We are willing to commit our knowledge, energy, resources and a fair share of our rewards of success where they will help address problems of the county that extend beyond our property line and our immediate self-interest.
In all these things, we at The Irvine Company determined to conduct our affairs honestly, fairly, forthrightly and ethically.
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