WHY INVEST IN HOUSTON with arête real Estate & Development Co President & Developer Joe Fogarty since 1966, 44 Years of experience in community development around Houston Texas major sub cities Master community development consisting of 20 different communities in the greater Houston Texas area. Arête Real Estate & Development Company with Wood Creek Mortgage plans to Purchase 20 land tracts of 200 acres each of undeveloped land in unincorporated areas of Houston. Tracts will be along the route of the Grand Parkway between interstate 10 and interstate 45. Currently under construction with completion scheduled for 2014. *EXXON MOBIL *SHELL OIL COMPANY *CHEVRON *SCHLUMBERGER * BP AMERICA
GREATER HOUSTON REGION Houston Sub Cities The Woodlands Sugar Land Katy Baytown Clear Lake Tomball Cypress Loop 610- Main Arete present and future developments
ECONOMY Powerful Job Engine Houston Metro had more jobs (2,762,500) than 35 states GDP Houston Metro had a nominal GDP of $419.7 billion in 2011. Fortune 500 companies Home to many businesses including corporate headquarters for almost two dozen of the Fortune 500 companies
BUSINESS & TRADE International Business 395 Houston area companies have offices abroad in 141 countries and 745 firms in Houston report foreign ownership The Port of Houston The Port of Houston leads the nation in U.S. foreign tonnage Major Corporate Center Houston ranks 3rd among U.S. metro areas in the number of corporate headquarters contained on the 2013 Fortune 500 list.
AEROSPACE & AVIATION Worldwide Leader in the Aerospace Industry NASA s Johnson Space Center A diverse network of research and education organizations with ties to aerospace technology Top Aerospace Employers Jacobs Engineering, The Boeing Company, United Space Alliance and Lockheed Martin Space Operations Industry Leading Firms More than 150 companies involved in aircraft or space vehicle manufacturing, space research and technology, or other air transportation support activities
Banking and Finance Top Employers JPMorgan Chase, VALIC, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Amegy Bank of Texas Financial Industry Houston Metro has 8,646 finance and insurance establishments with a total annual payroll of $7.749 billion. Houston Metro employs nearly 140,000 workers in the financial sector
ENERGY Industry Leading Firms Home to 40 of the nation s 145 publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production firms Oil Refineries Texas Gulf Coast had a crude operable capacity of 4.5 million barrels of refined petroleum products per calendar day 87 percent of the Texas total and 25 percent of the U.S. total. Top Employers ExxonMobil, Shell Oil Company, Schlumberger, BP America, Chevron
TECHNOLOGY Houston Technology Center The largest technology business incubator and accelerator in Texas and serves as the nexus of new ideas, technological innovation, and entrepreneurship. Industry Leading Firms More than 300 of Houston s leading corporations and academic institutions, as well as the Texas Medical Center, NASAJohnson Space Center, and the City of Houston. Nearly 450 companies engaged in data processing, hosting, and related services
BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES Research & Development Houston has more than 190 life science companies, more than 100 hospitals and health clinics, and some of the country s top research facilities. Texas Medical Center The world s largest medical complex by any measure number of hospitals, number of physicians, square footage, patient volume. The Texas Medical Center member institutions have been consistently recognized as some of the best hospitals and universities in the nation
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION Houston Market Houston s 447.2 msf of industrial space in buildings of 10,000 sft or more rank it as the 7th largest U.S. market Houston area the nation s fifth largest office market counted 1,210 general purpose office buildings Top Employers BIS TEPSCO, Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, Tellepsen, D. E. Harvey Builders, W. S. Bellows, Beazer Homes Community Developers
MAKING HOUSTON HOME Cost of Living Index Houston s overall after-taxes living costs are 5.8 percent below the nationwide average Higher Education The Houston region has approximately 380,000 students in more than 60 degree-granting colleges, universities and technical schools Life & Culture The Houston Museum District is one of the most visited and diverse cultural centers with 19 member organizations within close proximity. Parks represent 13 percent of the city s land area.