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Focusing deeply on understanding the needs and desires of your customer, then using that knowledge to create the most compelling workplace communities possible is key when a newly developed property is leasing up fast, Irvine Co. Office Properties EVP Steve Case tells GlobeSt.com. The firm recently signed six new leasing transactions at its 200 Spectrum Center Dr. property here, bringing the asset up to 93% leased just one year after the 21-story office building’s opening. 

For such a lavish-looking restaurant, the week-old Red O had a relatively subdued opening and is settling quietly and comfortably into its 9,000-square-foot spot across from UTC. Rising in Donovan's former domain, it is the new upscale dining centerpiece of The Plaza by The Irvine Company. 

IRVINE, CA—Governor Brown’s aggressive goals for doubling the energy efficiency of existing buildings by 2030 will continue to drive new technologies, Irvine Co.’s VP of energy management Rich Bluth tells GlobeSt.com. The development firm owns and operates the most ENERGY STAR-certified offices of any building owner in the nation, and three of the company’s new buildings—two at its “NextGen” Sand Canyon Business Center here and Eastgate Terrace (9779 Kettner) in La Jolla, CA—were among only 10 new developments nationwide to become “Designed to Earn the Energy STAR” certified in 2016.

In University Towne Center, diners by the end of May should be seeing the opening of the long-awaited Red O, an upscale Mexican-style restaurant taking the space long occupied by Donovan’s before its move last year to the Village of La Jolla. 

Commercial real estate firms are on the move throughout the West, but no market is more active than San Diego. Some of the industry’s biggest players have decided to upgrade their digs in America’s Finest City in pursuit of happier employees and office prototypes they can be proud of.

Silicon Valley city staff are busy these days. Cities like Milpitas and Sunnyvale have several multifamily, mixed-use and office developments in the works.

Irvine Company's own twist on the creative-office trend is gaining ground.

Irvine Co. purchased the 19-building Alton Plaza as part of its effort to enhance the Irvine Spectrum area. The developer plans to revitalize the 216,000-square-foot campus on Alton Parkway near the Irvine train station. When completed, roughly 700 employees from 25 companies will have modern indoor and outdoor work spaces designed to foster innovation and collaboration, the Irvine Co. stated in a release.

Irvine Company has bought the 19-building Alton Plaza in Irvine Spectrum. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Irvine Co. has acquired the 19-building, 216,000-square-foot Alton Plaza office campus near the Irvine train station and plans to revitalize it into modern indoor and outdoor workspaces designed to foster innovation and collaboration. Roughly 700 employees from 25 companies will enjoy the renovation when completed.