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Village Mission Valley " /> The Village Mission Valley Commercial property owner and developer The Irvine Co. has completed a $150 million renovation of its 1,410- unit apartment community in Mission Valley , now known as The Village Mission Valley . Company officials said the property, formerly known as La Mirage Apartments , now has a renovated clubhouse with a wine and beer bar, an indoor- outdoor terrace overlooking its swimming pools, and a Wi-Fi lounge. There are also new poolside cabanas and a private dog park . The renovation marks the largest apartment reinvestment in the 151-year history of the Newport Beach- based Irvine Company , officials said in a statement. Irvine Co. acquired the Mission Valley property in 2013. The Village, at 6560 Ambrosia Drive near Interstate 8, is among several communities owned by Irvine Co. in the local market. The company owns and operates approximately 135 apartment communities in Southern California and Silicon Valley....

It’s hard to stand out in New York’s microcosm of over-the- top real estate , where eight-figure listings are a dime a dozen and co-op boards are as steely as they come. One building, however, has managed to take the cake year after year as one of the city’s most exclusive addresses: 834 Fifth Avenue. The co-op, which sits on Fifth Avenue between 64th and 65th streets overlooking the Central Park zoo , was once described by the New York Observer as “the most pedigreed building on the snobbiest street in the country’s most real estate–obsessed city.” How does a building in a city of millions of buildings get this distinction? As one of its units continues to hold the distinction of most expensive apartment for sale in New York, we thought it was time to understand why. An living area photographed shortly after the building was constructed in 1931. Photo: MCNY/Gottscho-Schleisner / Getty Images Background Designed by Sicilian- American architect Rosario Candela , 834 Fifth was built ...