JEREMY LASTER
PRESIDENT
RANCHO MISSION VIEJO
WHY: Leads development of 14K homes on a 23K-acre site, hailed as Orange County’s last frontier of development. The project is also planned for 5.2M square feet of commercial space when completed in the next 15 years.
IN THE NEWS: Company made $50M donation to Providence Mission Hospital; company in June won the Longevity Award at the Business Journal’s 26th annual Family-Owned Business Awards.
NOTABLE: Implementing innovative techniques to fireproof a community that sits in the middle of a high fire hazard zone.
QUOTABLE: “We’ve been worried about fires for a long time. We’ve implemented lots of measures to harden our communities. We have drought tolerant but fire-resistant landscaping. We have designed our communities to not have the open eaves that allow the embers that cause fires. We’ve tasked our planning teams with coming up with designs that are the most fire retardant possible.”
