Available on Amazon
HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – In his timely new book, Houston journalist Ralph Bivins explores how Houston evolved into one of the nation’s fastest-growing and most entrepreneurial cities. Houston 2020: America’s Boom Town – An Extreme Close Up examines the forces that have driven rapid expansion and the challenges that now confront the region.
Bivins combines careful reporting and sharp analysis to explain the economic, infrastructural and environmental pressures shaping the city. Leaders must balance explosive growth with persistent problems: stretched transportation systems, recurring flooding, and mounting fiscal and planning questions that could determine whether Houston matures sustainably.
Winner of the Best Column award from the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE), Bivins maps Houston’s distinctive urban geography and the unusual real estate dynamics of a metropolis that sprawls across more than six hundred square miles. His account offers practical insight into how localized markets, development nodes and shifting demographics interact across the region.
The book is available on Amazon and at select bookstores.
Houston 2020: America’s Boom Town – An Extreme Close Up (Fifth Estate Media – $29.99) identifies the projects, people and growth nodes that will shape Houston’s future—revealing whether the city will flourish into a world-class megalopolis or be weighed down by its own rapid expansion.
Dr. James P. Gaines, chief economist at the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, praises Bivins for the scope of his reporting across the 10,000-square-mile Greater Houston area.
“Houston is, indeed, like no other city in the country and maybe the world,” Gaines writes in the book’s introduction. “The fast-paced changes taking place have been witnessed and chronicled by Ralph Bivins over the years and presented in a remarkable work.”
Bivins includes perspectives and foresight from business and civic leaders, including developer Gerald D. Hines, homebuilder David Weekley, and Ric Campo, CEO of Camden Property Trust. Their observations help frame the practical opportunities and risks facing the region as it continues to grow.
Dec. 19, 2019 Realty News Report Copyright 2019
Prepare for the New Year: The New Book by Ralph Bivins, Editor of Realty News Report
Houston 2020: America’s Boom Town – An Extreme Close Up
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