The Irvine Ranch by H. Pike Oliver, C. Michael Stockstill - 9781041161615

The Irvine RanchFulfilling the Vision, 1977-2025\nAuthor(s): H. Pike Oliver, C. Michael Stockstill\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041161615, 978-1041161615\nSynopsis\nThe Irvine Ranch: Fulfilling the Vision, 1977?2025 continues the story of the planning and development of the Irvine Ranch under a partnership of high-powered businessmen to the single ownership of Donald Bren.\n\nThe Irvine Ranch transformed from an agricultural empire into the most successful New Town in the United States in less than two generations. Since 1977, some of the most innovative and valuable master-planned residential, commercial, and retail developments have occurred on the Irvine Ranch in the cities of Irvine, Newport Beach, Tustin, and Orange. This book details the Irvine Companys success in planning and its strategic handling of major challenges, including infrastructure needs and responses to anti-growth sentiment and litigation.