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Firm Profile

Firm Background Stearns Associates LLC is a professional services firm that specializes in land planning, landscape

architecture and real estate due diligence. The firm is a general practice firm and is active in the following markets: Higher Education, K-12, Private Schools, Health Care, Religious Institutions, Multi-family Residential, Single-family Residential, Corporate office, Investment office, Retail and Entertainment, Restaurants, Parks and Recreation.

The firm was established in February 2004 by Tom Stearns after a 16 year career at Hillier-Architecture as

a Studio Principal and Director of Hillier’s Land Planning Studio.

Stearns Associates LLC, a domestic limited liability company, was duly filed in accordance with New Jersey State Law on February 5, 2004 and was assigned identification number 0400048642.

The firm is registered as a Category 1 & 4 Small Business Enterprise (SBE) by the NJ Commerce & Economic Growth Commission, Office of Development for Small Business and Women and Minority Businesses. Certification Number: 26337-20

Benefits Tom Stearns’ over 30 years of experience brings to clients:

Experience with residential projects including: single family, townhouses, multi-family, high

rise, mixed-use and multi-use, active adult, senior housing and CCRC.

Experience in collaboration with other professionals, and many notable architects.

Knowledge in the development, approvals and building process with emphasis on large, complex and fast-tracked projects.

Experience with municipal site plan approval process on numerous housing projects.

Diverse residential experience across a wide variety of project types and locales.

A portfolio of significant planning and executed landscape architectural projects.

Experience with LEED and sustainable design.

A design philosophy that respects the site and it’s history yet is balanced by clear, strong architectural ideas.

Expediency, responsiveness and personal service.

Adherence to schedule and budget.


D. Thomas Stearns AICP, PP, ASLA, LEED AP

Tom Stearns has 30 years of experience as a land planner and landscape architect. He was a Studio Principal with Hillier in Princeton, NJ where he worked for 16 years and was Director of Hillier’s Land Planning Studio. He has been with Stearns Associates LLC now for 10 years. Mr. Stearns understands how project planning and design must respond to market conditions, physical and environmental constraints, and financial and operational objectives, while not compromising the design integrity. Tom’s success over the years has been based on listening to his clients, being responsive and meeting their expectations for design, approvals, schedule and budget. His background includes a range of commercial, institutional and residential project types. Residential projects include: single family, townhouses, multi-family, high rise, mixed-use and multi-use, active adult, senior housing and CCRC. Commercial projects include corporate, office, research & development, industrial, retail and mixed-use. Institutional projects include health care, higher education and K-12. He has worked nationally and internationally for some of the most respected developers, corporations and institutions. Mr. Stearns is a licensed professional planner and landscape architect. Through his extensive experience, he is familiar with federal, state and local land use regulations and knows what it takes to get a project through the governmental approval process. He is especially familiar with the approval process for Plainsboro Township. Tom brings a design philsophy to planning and landscape architecture that explores historical precedent, theory and strong architectural ideas. Employment History

Stearns Associates LLC Hillier, Princeton, NJ CUH2A, Princeton, NJ Mark Morrison Associates, New York, NY Thomas Balsley Associates, New York, NY HOK, Dallas TX Landplus West, Indianapolis, IN

Education Pennsylvania State University, BS Landscape Architecture, 1974 Continuing Education and studies but no degress conferred:

Ball State University, Graduate Studies, Business & Architecture New York University, Diploma Program in Real Estate Investment & Analysis Rutgers University, Graduate Studies, Planning Law Princeton University, Studies in History of Architectural Theory

Professional Licenses

Professional Planner: NJ AICP American Institute of Certified Planners Landscape Architect: NJ, NY, CT, PA, DE, MD, OH, KY, KS, NC, TX LEED Accredited Professional


Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

Stearns Associates LLC is corporate member of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). We are also members of the New Jersey Chapter and the Delaware Valley Chapter (DVGBC) of the USGBC.

Tom Stearns is a LEED® Accredited Professional (LEED® AP). based on LEED NC Version 2.2.

Mr. Stearns has served on the DVGBC Educational Committee, which sponsors educational talks on

suistainablility in the greater Phildalphia Area.

Mr. Stearns presented at the 2008 NJASLA annual convention on an overview of the USGBC, LEED rating system, becoming a LEED AP and the Sustainable Sites Initiative sponsored by the ASLA, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the US Botanic Garden.

Mr. Stearns is a member of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, the green roof industry association.

Mr. Stearns has taken the two design courses for Green Roofs including: Green Roof Design 101, and Green Roof Infrastructure 201, which focuses on design and installation.

Stearns Associates is currently working on some institutional projects that are pursuing LEED Certification, and have worked on integrated design teams to think and work across disciplines on sustainable solutions.

Sustainable & LEED Projects

Palmer Square, Princeton, NJ - Intensive Green Roof for 100 units of luxery housing. Roof deck covered an

acre with half an acre in mixed plantings of perennials, shrubs, groundcovers and trees. Rider University, West Village Student Apartments, LEED Silver Burlington County College, Culinary Arts Center, LEED Silver (anticipated) The Lawrenceville School, Health & Wellness Center, LEED Silver The Lawrenceville School, Carter House – Girls Residence Dorms, LEED Silver (anticipated) Stormwater and Best Management Practices

Tom Stearns is familiar with the The New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual (BMP

manual) and has recently designed the landscapes for constructed wetlands, bio-retention systems and infiltration basins with Van Note-Harvey Associates PC.

Tom Stearns has a 20 year working relationship with Van Note-Harvey Associates. He has worked with them on a number of project types in Mercer County and Central New Jersey.

Mr. Stearns has worked on the following BMP projects with Van Note-Harvey Associates: Pine River Village, Lakewood, NJ - Infiltration Basin. Cedarbridge Office , Lakewood, NJ – Infiltration Basin Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ - Bio-retention Sharbell Development, Hamilton, NJ – Constructed Wetlands, & cisterns for roof runoff Rosecliff Independent Living , Lawrenceville, NJ - Constructed Wetlands and rain gardens. RG Office, West Windsor, NJ – Constructed Wetlands

Sustainable Design


Land Planning Services Site Analysis/Zoning Analysis Feasibility & Conceptual Planning Due Diligence Studies & Reports Sustainable Design Master Planning Design Guidelines Permitting & Approvals Assistance Scheduling & Estimating Expert Testimony C & D Variance Testimony in NJ ADA & Code Review Landscape Architecture Services Planting Sustainable Design Lighting Grading Hardscape (walls, steps, paving, furnishings) Pools & Fountains Details Specifications Cost Estimating Scheduling Project Types Streetscapes & People Places Plazas & Outdoor Dining Green Roofs Motor Courts & Courtyards Daycare Playgrounds Parks & Recreation Campuses Parking Entry Features Site Renovations 3D Modeling Photorealistic Computer Renderings Photomontage

Services


Advance Realty Group Aegis Property Group Boston Properties Brandywine Realty Trust Beazer Homes Cedarbridge Development Corporation Cushman & Wakefield Fentell Development The Gale Company The Garibaldi Group George E. Michael Inc. Hendon Properties Hillier Properties Hines Insalaco Development Keating Partners K. Hovnanian Homes Koll Matrix Development Group Mills Corporation Nexus Properties NJ HAND V. Paulius & Associates Pinnacle Properties Pond View Associates Premier Homes ProLogis Prudential Ryan Homes Scarborough Properties Sharbell Development Corporation SJP Properties Somerset Development Staubach Steiner Equities Toll Brothers Townsend Properties Trammell Crow Zimmer Management Company

Developer Clients

Most of the above clients were clients of Tom Stearns and the Land Planning Studio while at Hillier. Some clients were previous to Hillier. Recent Stearns Associates LLC clients are listed in bold.


Architect: J. Robert Hillier Civil Engineer: Van Note-Harvey

24 acre site 8 DU Townhouses 7 DU Single Family Land Planning Landscape Architecture

The Institute for Advanced Study is one of the world’s leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. Affordable housing for the permanent Faculty in the immediate neighborhood of the Institute is in very short supply. In order to sustain its residential community of scholars, the Institute seeks to build 15 housing units on its campus, immediately to the west of its academic buildings. Stearns Associates assisted with the cluster plan and landscape architecture for Township approvals.

Institute for Advanced Study Faculty Housing Princeton, NJ


Landfall Lawrenceville, NJ

Architect: Hillier Developer: J. Robert Hillier 7 Units 21 acre site Custom Single Family 1.5 to 2.0 acre lots Landscape Architecture

Conversion of former Roebling Estate into custom single family homes architecturally themed off the Roebling estate home. Previous work while at Hillier


Pond View Princeton, NJ

Architect: Hillier Developer: Pond View Associates 54 Units 76 acre site Single Family & Attached 3/4 acre lots Land Planning & Landscape Architecture

Custom Single family and attached homes in the Princeton market.

Previous work while at Hillier


Cedarbridge Town Center Lakewood, NJ

Developer: Cedarbridge Development LLC Arena 6,000 seats Retail 500,000 sf Office 400,000 sf 750 DU Residential 400 acres Mixed Use Town Center Retail & Entertainment Land Planning

Planning for a mixed use town center that had an existing Triple A baseball stadium and proposed hockey arena as anchors.


3D Image by Solomon Bauer Architects

Grey Fox Estates Mannington Township Salem County, NJ

Developer: Tony Volpe Assisted Living 85 DU Retail 40,000 sf 530 DU Residential 280 acres Active adult Land Planning


River Mills Borough of Frenchtown Hunterdon County, NJ

Developer: George E. Michael Architect: Minno & Wasko Engineer: Studer & McEldowney 32 DU 3,500 sf retail 2.2 acres 14.5 DU/Acre Townhouses Flats Single family Market Rate Landscape Architecture Elevations by Minno & Wasko

An urban infill project that provided landscape and hardscape for walkways and streetscapes.


Rosecliff Senior Housing Lawrenceville, NJ

Owner: Morris Hall/St Lawrence, Inc. Developer: Aegis Property Group Architect: SFCS Engineer: Van Note-Harvey 184 Units Independent Living As Part Of Morris Hall CCRC 30 Acres Landscape Architecture

A constructed wetlands and rain gardens were sustainable solutions used on this CCRC project.


K. Hovnanian Homes Redevelopment Plan Borough of Hightstown Mercer County, NJ

Architect: RTKL Engineer: Schoor DePalma Developer: K. Hovnanian 400 Units 38 acres 10.5 DU/Acre Market Rate Housing Retail & Office Land Planning Perspective by Anderson Illustration

This plan was a response to a developer RFP issued by Coca-Cola who was looking to dispose of the real estate asset. The redevelopment concept envisioned a mixed use new urbanism plan at a former industrial site. The residential types included: multi-family, townhouses, stacked townhouses and duplexes. The plan created a central green surrounded by retail and residential uses.


Estate Home Bedminster, NJ

Architect: Hillier 25,000 sf Custom Estate Home with Carriage House Planning & Landscape Architecture

Design for a 35 acre estate home with carriage house. The design focused on the landscape and hardscape of the classical gardens and courtyards. The project required several variances from the zoning board of adjustment.

Previous work while at Hillier


TND Plan Borough of Pine River, NJ

Developer: Somerset Development Redevelopment Plan 4 acres 4 DU/Acre 16 small Lots 9,000 sf Land Planning

This plan was in response to a municipal Developer RFP for redevelopment of an old boarding school site located on Tom’s River. The concept featured small lots with traditional styled homes to recapture the Jersey shore vernacular. Garages were set to the rear of the lot so as not to face the street.


Farnsworth Avenue Redevelopment Plan Bordentown Township, Burlington County, NJ

Developer: Beazer Homes Architect: Angelo Alberto Engineer: Everland Shourds 34 Acre site 180 DU Townhouses 5.3 DU/Acre Land Planning

Prepared Redevelopment Plan for a 180 DU neo-traditional project for Beazer Homes.

Renderings by Angel Alberto Associates


High Bank Somers Point, Atlantic County, NJ

Developer: Alex Kazmarck Architect: Curtin Design Group Engineer: Dixon Associates 12 DU Luxury Townhouses 2.5 acres Market Rate Landscape Architecture Sketches by Curtin Design Group


K. Hovnanian Homes Four Seasons at Princeton Princeton, NJ

Architect: K. Hovnanian Engineer: Van Note-Harvey Developer: K. Hovnanian 140 Units, 21 acres Active Adult Land Planning

Land planning for 140 units of active adult housing on a very constrained site in Princeton Township. This was the first project designed under the Township’s new senior housing overlay zone. Multiple building types and designs from multi-family to single family were studied on this site. The site plan shown is an earlier concept illustrating a test of a 15 DU per building concept with 3-stories with parking in the basement garage.

An Initial Concept with 15 DU Buildings


K. Hovnanian Homes Parkside Village Ewing Township, Mercer County, NJ

Developer: K. Hovnanian Homes Engineer: Najarian Architect: Kaplan Gaunt DeSantis 3.6 Acres 50 DU/acre Land Planning & Landscape Architecture

Land planning for market rate stacked townhouses.


K. Hovnanian Homes Redevelopment Plan Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ

Developer: K. Hovnanian Land planning for Market Rate Housing Stacked Townhouses Retail


K. Hovnanian Homes Kuser Road Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ

Developer: K. Hovnanian 38.24 Acres 54 Units, 10,000 sf lots 1.65/DU/acre Single Family & Clubhouse Market Rate Housing

Stearns Associates assisted with preparing color renderings of the civil engineer’s plans for marketing and site plan approvals for R-10 zone.


K. Hovnanian Homes Redevelopment Plan Princeton Borough, Mercer County, NJ

Developer: K. Hovnanian Homes 9 acres Stacked Townhouses, 24’ wide 74 DU Density: 8.15 DU/acre Land Planning


K. Hovnanian Homes Redevelopment Plan Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ

Developer: K. Hovnanian 136 acres 560 units 90,000 sf retail 4.09 DU/acre Market Rate Housing Stacked Townhouses Regular Townhouses Flats over Retail Retail Land Planning


K. Hovnanian Homes Four Seasons at East Windsor East Windsor Township, Mercer County, NJ

Developer: K. Hovnanian 79.5 Acres 177 Units, 50’ x 125’ lots 2.22/DU/acre Single Family & Clubhouse Active Adult Community

Stearns Associates assisted with preparing color renderings of the civil engineer’s plans for marketing and rezone from Research Office to Planned Adult Community.


Sommers Tract Lakewood Township, Ocean County, NJ

Developer: Cedarbridge Development 18.42 Acres 50 Duplex Units 21,000 sf commercial Land Planning

Stearns Associates assisted with preparing concept color plan renderings for rezone residential/commercial use.


Farm Acres Branchburg Township, Somerset County, NJ

Developer: Farm Acres LLC 53 Acres 400 Units 7.5/DU/acre COAH Units Stacked Townhouses Townhouses Land Planning

Stearns Associates assisted with preparing land plan concepts and color plan renderings to assist in rezoning from Industrial zone to High Density Residential zone.

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