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Old 04-04-2009, 11:09 PM
 
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Huh I was right:

Donald Bren, a real-estate mogul; he’s the son of Hollywood producer and step-son of actress Claire Trevor. At first Bren joined with investors to buy the Irvine Company, then in 1994 he bought all its shares and became its owner. Bren was named one of the wealthiest real estate owners in the US with a net worth of $8.5 billion.


Owners of a Metropolis: The Irvine Company « The Irvine Progressive

Also according to this article this one family owns almost one fifth of Orange County and even donated the land to build UC Irvine.

Hmm, this looks like a monopoly, and would this be the cause of high rents in Irvine.
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Old 04-07-2009, 11:21 AM
 
Location: Yorba Linda, CA
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Yep. Half of UC Irvine is named after him. He's donated A LOT of money to this campus. ^_^

Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
"UC Irvine School of Law, enabled by a generous gift from the Donald Bren Foundation"
Bren Events Center
About the Bren gift
Donald Bren Hall
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Old 05-28-2009, 08:31 PM
 
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BEWARE!!! There is a serious toxic contamination that causes cancer and other things in parts of Irvine. Centered in the Woodbridge community! Google Woodbridge/Irvine toxic contamination for more infomation!!
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Old 05-28-2009, 09:17 PM
 
Location: Flower Mound, Texas
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... And have fun on the 405!! Check out my photo of Irvine in the OC pic thread. Lots of nice white cement everywhere.. I would take the advise of someone else on this thread that said to go check it out first. Good Luck!!
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