Z20-09 Application Package 4.19.2020SCOTT D. STEWART RLA ASLA
Real Estate Developer / Landscape Architect / General Contractor / Realtor
6933 Running Brook Terrace; Wilmington, North Carolina 28411
scottstewart6933@yahoo.com 1-910-231-2428
Education: Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University 1976
College of Agriculture & Environmental Science, New Brunswick, NJ
Licenses: Landscape Architect, North Carolina; License # 1128 2000 - 2006, 2013 -
Landscape Architect, New York; License #0836 1981 - 2000
Landscape Architect, New Jersey; License # 0033 1984 - 2000
General Contractor, Commercial/Residential, N.C. #72619 2013 -
North Carolina Real Estate Broker; License # 279570 2014 -
Associations: Member, American Society of Landscape Architects 1981 - 2006, 2013 -
Member, National Association of Realtors 2014-
Member, Wilmington Cape Fear Home Builders Association 2018-
2018 Calabash Waterfront Community Park Master Development Plan, Grant Acquisition
2017 Demarest Landing Board of Directors Member, Architectural Review Committee Member
2016 “Stewardship Champion Award”; Pioneering LID, Sustainable Growth and TND Program Models in South Eastern N.C.
2016 “Stewardship Outstanding Achievement Award”; Demarest Landing, Wilmington, N.C.
2016 “Stewardship Special Recognition Award”; Compass Pointe, Leland, NC
2015 Committee Member, Architectural Review; Compass Pointe, Leland, NC
2014 Guest Lecturer, “Demarest Neighborhoods”, First NC Example of Smart Growth & LID; LID Summit, Raleigh, N.C.
2013 Guest Lecturer, “Low Impact Development Basics for Water Quality Protection”, Wilmington, NC
2012 Calabash Community Park Dedication/Recognition, Town of Calabash, NC
2011 1st “Stewardship Award for Exceptional Contributions & Services”, Town of Calabash, NC
2011 “Calabash’s Good Friend & Neighbor Award”, Calabash Community Park, Calabash, NC
2010 Long Range Planning Committee Member; Calabash Community Park Design, Calabash, NC
2009 Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Committee Member; Calabash, NC
2008 Philanthropic Financial/Planning Restructure “Tidal Walk”, Wilmington, NC
2007 Low Impact Development Guest Lecturer; Coastal Federation; Moorehead City, NC
2007 Low Impact Development (LID) Steering Committee; New Hanover/Brunswick County, NC
2006 “Stewardship Significant Achievement Award”; Demarest Village, Devaun Park, NC
2005 “Central Business District Streetscape Appreciation Award” 1998-2005; Calabash, NC
2005 Volunteer Of The Year Award” Laney High School, Wilmington, NC
2004 “Volunteer Of the Year Award” Laney High School, Wilmington, NC
2003 “Tree Preservation Award”: Tidal Reach, Demarest Village/Landing, Wilmington, NC
2002 Committee Member; Streetscape/Central Business District, Calabash, NC
2001 Guest Lecturer, “Smart Growth”, Save our State Summit, Wilmington, NC
2001 Expert Consultant, “Paving the American Dream” Documentary, UNCW, Wilmington, NC
2000 Traditional Neighborhood Design “Expert Endorsement”, NC Governors Task Force
2000 Committee Member, Mixed Use Development Ordinance, Wilmington, NC
1999 Committee Member, Main Street Revitalization, Calabash, NC
1998 Guest Lecturer, “New Urbanism”, New Hanover/Brunswick/Pender/Onslow County, NC
1997 Philanthropic Planning Consultant: Corbet Family: Arlie Gardens to Wilmington, NC
1997 Founding Member, Board of Directors, Wilmington Country Day School, Wilmington, NC
1996 Founding Member, Board of Directors, Cape Fear Tomorrow, Wilmington, NC
1995 Charter Member, Congress for New Urbanism, Charleston, SC
1994 CNU Member, Congress for New Urbanism Summit, Los Angeles, California
1993 CNU Member, Congress for New Urbanism Summit, Alexandria, Virginia
1992 Guest Juror, Cocolaba Island Master Plan, Virgin Islands, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1991 National Accreditation Review Committee, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1990 Guest Lecturer, CADD Applications in Practice, Rutgers University 25th Anniversary
1989 Harvard Graduate School of Design, Golf Course Design, Cambridge, Mass.
1989 Rutgers University, Advanced Irrigation Design, New Brunswick, NJ
1988 1st Qualified Interdisciplinary Coordination Expert/Landscape Architect, NJ Superior Court
1988 NJASLA Merit Design Award (residential site design), “Stanford Village, West Milford, NJ
1988 NJ Builders Assoc. SAM award, Best Pre-Sales Center, “Cambridge Heights”, Ramsey, NJ
1988 Harvard Graduate School of Design, Housing/Health Care for the Elderly
1988 Harvard Graduate School of Design, Urban Waterfront Development
1987 Guest Juror, P.U.D. Site Design Critic, Rutgers University Landscape Architecture Program
1985 NJASLA Merit Design Award (urban design) “Weehawken Waterfront Development Plan”, Weehawken, NJ
Experience
1994-2019 Real Estate Developer [1]; Landscape Architecture [2]; General Contractor [3]; Realtor [4]
Expedite all business development programming, land assembly/acquisitions, design, implementation and tasks including:
Legal; Accounting; Financing; Support Appraisal Documentation; Payables/Receivables; Declaration of Protective Covenants
and Restrictions; Landscape Architecture; Land Planning; Regulatory Approvals; Regulatory Permits; Tax Planning/ Returns;
Surveying; Preliminary Maps; Final Maps; Civil Engineering; Environmental; Architecture; Construction Budgets/
Permits/Management; Bank Financing Construction Draw Requests; Clearing; Grading; Utilities; Horizontal Infrastructure;
Roads; Sidewalks; Park Construction; Marine Construction; Landscaping; Irrigation; Lighting; Signage; Site Gazebo’s;
Arbor’s; Sales Center; Clubhouse; Pool; Fountains; Maintenance; Marketing Materials, Programs, Sales, Events;
Architectural Review for Community Associations. Tasks performed for the following Real Estate Development endeavors:
Demarest Landing Wilmington NC [1, 2, 3] 1993 - 2000
Demarest Village Wilmington NC [1, 2, 3] 1997 - 2009
Tidal Reach Wilmington NC [1, 2, 3] 1997 - 2002
Devaun Park Calabash NC [1, 2, 3] 1997 - 2013
Overlook at Pages Creek Wilmington NC [1, 2, 3] 1999 - 2011
Middlesound Pointe Wilmington NC [1, 2, 3] 2004 -
Riptide Aquatic/Fitness Center Wilmington NC [1, 2, 3] 2005 -
Barclay West; Forks; Courtyard Wilmington NC [2,3] 2013 - 2014
Compass Pointe Leland NC [1,2] 2014 - 2016
Hyatt Place; Fairfield Inn Durham NC [2,3] 2014 - 2015
Homewood Suites Pinehurst NC [2,3] 2014 - 2015
Llewellyn Park (Mayfair) Wilmington NC [2] 2014 - 2017
Demarest Park Brunswick County NC [1,2,3,4] 2015 -
Wrightsville Beach Park Wilmington NC [1,2] 2016 -
Arboretum West, Arboretum Village Wilmington NC [2] 2017 - 2018
1989-1994 Stewart/Burgis Professional Planners & Landscape Architects, Saddlebrook NJ
Founder-Vice President - 50% Owner - Full Service Planning firm consulting to 17 NJ Municipalities
Code Compliance, Urban Planning, Central Business District Studies
1982-1995 Stewart Group Landscape Architects, Highland Park, NJ
Founder –President - 100%Owner-Full Service Landscape Architectural/Land Planning Firm
30 Masterplan Communities
1979-1982 Capibianco & Zemsky AIA, Secaucus, NJ
Senior Landscape Architect – Master Town & Community Planner
1976-1979 Tectonic Engineering, Sommerville, NJ
Landscape Architect/Civil Draftsman
Articles:
Wilmington Business Journal 11-16-18 Wilmington Firm Proposes 2 Projects on Military Cutoff Road
Lumina News 10-04-16 Ambitious Plan for Wrightsville Beach Park includes promenade, pier
Wilmington Business Journal 02-26-16 Recent And Past Development Projects Honored With Stewardship Awards
Brunswick Beacon 08-11-16 Compass Pointe Adds Land To Create Mixed Use Development
Wilmington Buisness Journal 03-13-15 Compass Pointe Reboots With New Master Plan Incorporating TND Principles
Coastal Federation 04-07-14 LID Draws a Packed House In Raleigh/Stewart Recognized as First LID Pioneer
Brunswick Beacon 11-22-12 Stewart Recognized at Calabash Community Park Dedication
Brunswick Beacon 03-09-11 Stewart Bestowed Calabash’s First Stewardship Award
Prevision Company 02-10-10 Riptide Aquatic Center 3D Visualization Achievement
Brunswick Beacon 04-25-07 Environmental Recognition – Demarest Landing/Village; Devaun Park
Wilmington Star 03-30-07 Opinions - Good Design/Soil Conservation Supervisor –Demarest/Devaun Park
Wilmington Star 03-11-07 Eco-Friendly Developments Catching On- Demarest Landing - Devaun Park
Wilmington Star 02-03-07 Stewardship Council Awards Green Developments-Demarest-DevaunPark
Wilmington Star 03-23-05 Laney Parent Digs Deep-Stewart donates Campus Face Lift to Laney High School
UNCW 05-02-01 Stormwater Commendation/Demarest Village
Penderwatch News 10-18-00 Demarest Village- Low Impact Design Stormwater Achievements
Town of Calabash 10-17-00 NCDOT Enhancement Grant Approval – River Road Revitalization, Calabash, NC
Wilmington Star 09-02-00 Scott Stewart Profile – TND - Demarest Landing, Demarest Village
Wilmington Star 06-03-00 Demarest Landing, Wilmington, NC - Profile of completed TND Achievements
Wilmington Star 04-06-00 Demarest Village (Governor’s Commendation)
Wilmington Star 04-04-00 Demarest Landing/Village (Smart Growth)
Wilmington Star 09-15-99 Devaun Park Commendation-Land Planning-Low Impact Stormwater Design
Coastal Report 06-01-98 Demarest Landing Stormwater Commendation
Wilmington Star 05-11-97 Demarest Landing, Wilmington, NC - Profile of Precedent Design Achievements Wilmington Star 06-22-96 New Urbanism - Andres Duany reveals TND practices at sold out UNCW program
Wilmington Star 06-13-96 New Urbanism - Cape Fear Tomorrow- Stewart brings Duany to Wilmington
Wilmington Star 03-24-93 Demarest Landing, Wilmington, NC – First TND Neighborhood in Wilmington
Rutgers University 12-07-93 Teaching Commendation - Senior Landscape Architecture Program
Scott D. Stewart RLA ASLA, Landscape Architect, Real Estate Developer, Real Estate Broker, Commercial General Contractor is a career
Landscape Architect for 42 years. A 1976 Rutgers’s University Graduate in Landscape Architecture, Scott apprenticed for three years at a civil
engineering firm, land planning large PUD’s, and three years with an architectural firm designing large scale high rise projects along the New
Jersey Hudson River corridor that have now matured and define it’s skyline between the George Washington Bridge and the Lincoln Tunnel.
In 1982, SGLA - “Stewart Group Landscape Architects” was formed and blossomed from 1982-1994 into three offices, with twenty-three
employees executing over 400 projects, including 30 master planned communities. Stewart Burgis Professional Planners, founded in 1987, a
complimentary five person planning firm to SGLA, consulted to 17 N.J. Municipalities expediting township masterplans, development
regulations, low income housing compliances, urban revitalization, central business district studies & design, Planning Board and Board of
Adjustment consultation specific to the review of development applications. The firms were recognized with several Merit Design Awards by
the local ASLA Chapter during the 1980’s with specialization in waterfront development together with attendance for numerous personal
certifications from Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Office of Special Programs.
Introduced to the “Traditional Neighborhood Design” (TND) New Urbanism movement in 1989, a focus to transition from design and marketing
consultant in the northeast tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut prompted the move to Wilmington, N.C. in 1993 promoting
TND models as the “precedent new model” for alternate, future growth. Since 1994, as an owner/developer, Scott has designed/developed
four TND neighborhood programs: Demarest Landing, Demarest Village, Tidal Reach and Devaun Park collectively creating: 383 single family
lots, 222 multifamily units, 220,000 sq. ft. commercial space and a 46 slip marina, realizing gross sales in excess of 45 million.
Demarest Landing commenced in 1993 and implemented Low Impact Development (LID) techniques prior to establishment of the current BMP
design standards and LID programs popular today. Demarest Village was the first High Density/Low Density stormwater program implemented
in North Carolina in 1998 promoting LID techniques, voluntarily demonstrating and exploring practical, responsible, cost effective solutions as
an alternate for managing stormwater while preserving and enhancing existing natural features woven among his communities. The Demarest
neighborhoods, named after “William Demarest Stewart”, in the Middle Sound Community of Wilmington, N.C., became the southeast regions
first examples of “Smart Growth” and “Low Impact Development” endorsed by the N.C. Governor’s Task Force for “Smart Growth “in 2000.
Demarest Landing and Demarest Village in Wilmington, N.C., and the Devaun Park development program in Calabash, N.C. under Scott’s
leadership, were among the first to receive the Lower Cape Fear Stewardship Coalition (LCFSC) Awards for “Significant Achievement” in 2006
for land planning, storm water management with creative, precedent design programs. LCFSDC 10th anniversary in 2016 awarded Scott the
first “Champion Award” to an individual for pioneering the first sustainable growth models in south eastern North Carolina and “Outstanding
Achievement” award for Demarest Landing for being the first model program.
Philanthropic and personal recognitions include: “Tree Preservation Award” from the City of Wilmington, N.C. in 2003; “Volunteer of the Year”
in 2004 & 2005 by New Hanover County Schools, Wilmington, N.C. for “Laney High School Campus Renovation”; “Main Street Revitalization”
in 2005, “Good Neighbor” and the first “Stewardship” award honors received by the Town of Calabash in 2011 for contributions to assist
Calabash to grow responsibly over the past 17 years, including the first “Calabash Community Park” that was completed in 2012.
During the execution of the four TND neighborhoods Scott has developed, he has: served on the Board of Directors, authored all Design
Guidelines, Covenant & Restrictions; managed all aspects of development design, approvals, /infrastructure, construction, created and
directed all sales and marketing programs. Scott has served, in the City of Wilmington, on the “Mixed Use Development Ordinance
Committee”; in the Town of Calabash, on the “Unified Development Ordinance Committee” and serves on the “Long Range Planning
Committee” in Calabash 2004 - 2019.
Demarest Park- A TND Pattern Sustainable Mixed Use Community, Brunswick County, NC and Riptide Aquatic Center, Wilmington, N.C. are
the focus of current development efforts. Scott is Owner & Principle of: “Demarest Company Landscape Architects” (DCLA), a Landscape
Architectural Firm for all land planning, marketing ventures; “Peninsula Capital Group”, a Commercial General Contracting Firm for
construction of selected Commercial and Residential projects; Demarest Realty, a Real Estate Brokerage and Management Company. In
addition to his own development ventures, Scott has consulted to:
CP Brunswick LLC as Advisor, Landscape Architect, General Contractor for Compass Pointe, Leland, N. C. Master Planning and Development
of 2,200 acres, remaining 1808 units, 555,825 sq.ft. commercial, 18-hole golf course. CP Brunswick was awarded by LCFSDC in 2016 for a
“Special Recognition” due to Scott’s new Master Plan program for Compass Pointe.
Cameron Management as Advisor/Landscape Architect overseeing the design development of the last remaining developable 500 acres in the
City of Wilmington, NC including: Barclay West/The Pointe mixed use community of 1.48 million sq. ft. commercial/1,375 residential units on
300 acres; “The Forks” TND pattern of 133 residences on 46 acres; Henry’s Restaurant Site Renovation@ Barclay Commons;
Summit Hospitality Group LTD, Raleigh, N.C. as Advisor/Landscape Architect /General Contractor for the completion of “Hyatt Place” and the
renovation of the “Fairfield Inn & Suites”, Durham, N.C.; “Homewood Suites”, Pinehurst, N.C.
Mayfair 1LLC as Landscape Architect for Mayfair (Weeks), Mixed Use, 45 acres, 325 units, Mayfair, Wilmington, N. C.
.
Town of Wrightsville Beach as Landscape Architect for the Wrightsville Beach Park Masterplan
Tribute Properties as Landscape Architect for Arboretum West, Arboretum Village, 360 Multifamily, 98 Townhomes, 18,500 sq. ft. Commercial