Douglas Brown and Jeffrey Dinkin

“The San Fernando Valley’s high income levels and employment base make it a desirable place to develop our type of project.”--Douglas Brown.

“Particularly when you have cities like Burbank that work hand-in-hand with you in promoting growth.”--Jeffrey Dinkin.

Names: Douglas S. Brown, left, and Jeffrey A. Dinkin

Ages: 40

Home: Santa Monica (two blocks apart)

Profession: Managing partners, Beverly Hills-based Regent Properties Inc.

Latest Accomplishment: Opened 40,000-square-foot office building in Burbank’s Media District in September; leased more than two-thirds of West Hills Corporate Village, a $100-million low-rise office complex and won an award from the New York-based International Council of Shopping Centers for the design of the Glendale Marketplace.

Goals for 2000: To move forward with construction of Burbank Plaza, a $100-million mixed-use project that will include retail, office space and a Marriott hotel; to continue to slowly grow the company and to “teach our 5-year-olds how to ride their two-wheelers,” said Brown.