Cheney's new duties will include overseeing the leasing teamthat is responsible for One America Plaza, Symphony Towers, WellsFargo Plaza, 225 Broadway, 101 West Broadway and 501 West Broadway– the firm's class A high rises in Downtown San Diego.

Cheney's leasing responsibilities extend beyond the Downtownarea. Cheney and his team will also preside over various otheroffice properties throughout the Mission Valley, Sorrento-Mesa, DelMar Heights and the University Towne Center submarkets, where thefirm recently purchased 22 office buildings that totaled 2.5million sf.

In addition to these projects and the mid-rise and campus-styleoffice properties the firm owns in the La Jolla and Sorrento Mesaareas, the Irvine Co. is also working on a new office tower inDowntown. The 34-story, 680,000-sf marble office tower, whoseconstruction commencement is slated for mid-2008, will go up on thecorner of Broadway and Pacific Coast Highway. The Irvine Co. hasnot revealed the cost of the property, but based on comparisonswith other recent projects, it may surpass $300 million.