My dad owned lots of TIC shares in the 80's/90's then they went private... He didn't know much about Irvine but TIC paid a good dividend and had solid financials.
Amazon is making moves and turning companies around.
If you invested in Amazon: 2 years ago your return 96.42% (using the closing price $529.42 7/24/15), 1 year ago your return 40.59% (using the closing price $739.61 7/25/16)
Got word from one of my clients who are on the priority list that the VIP opening got pushed back to Aug 12th from Aug 5th which means that the public grand opening gets pushed back to Aug 19th.