Irvine Ranch Strategic Financial Planning
Strategic Business Planning
Newport Beach, California USA
Stonecreek LLC Principal at one time directed strategic financial planning for The Irvine Company, one of the largest land development organizations, landowners and investment property builders in California. Work occurred shortly after the management buyout implemented by Mr. Donald Bren, where for the first time five-year forward plans for the consolidated company holdings were prepared. The consolidated land development and investment property financial plans were intended as an integral information system for forward planning.
Irvine is the country's largest and best-known planned community. Now a city of over 150,000 people, its housing "villages" and business developments were sculpted from portions of the huge Irvine Ranch, purchased by James Irvine in 1864. Cattle and sheep once grazed the flat valley, but James Irvine began switching from ranching to farming in the late 1800s. Irvine's growth as a residential and employment area was spurred by the decision to build a local University of California campus. In 1960, The Irvine Co. donated 1,000 acres and sold 500 acres to the university system for the new campus. From 1970 to 1980, Irvine was California's fastest growing city.
Client: The Irvine Company. Work completed by Stonecreek LLLC Principal while Executive in charge of strategic planning for The Irvine Company, prior to formation of the firm.
