Land Development Manager/Engineering Manager

Phillip S. Luna

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Tempe, AZ ****4

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Experience

Over 25 years experience in managing all phases of land development activities for Master Plan Communities. Duties ranged from assisting in land procurement to initial design and entitlement phases to final construction.

Positions Held

August 2005 – August 2008 Newland Communities

Phoenix, AZ

Vice President, Operations, Mountain Region

Estrella (20,000 Acres) & Union Park (60 Acres)

 Served on Due-Diligence team for Newland evaluating the 20,000 acre Estrella Mountain Ranch Community in Goodyear, AZ. Major responsibilities included entitlements, development costs, constraint studies, environmental studies, surveys and water issues for the community.

 After purchase, responsibilities included overseeing an 8 person staff for all planning, engineering and construction for the Estrella Community.

 Communicated with elected officials and City of Goodyear staff on entitlement of the Estrella Community and regional issues.

 Worked with residential and commercial customers on potential purchase and necessary entitlements of property in Estrella.

 Served as President of the Estrella Homeowner Associations.

 Worked with Las Vegas, NV elected officials and City Staff under a Development Management Agreement for construction of a 60 acre urban infill development to revitalize downtown Las Vegas.

October, 2003 – August, 2005 Newland Communities

Denver, CO

Vice President, Operations

June, 1995 – October, 2003 Terrabrook/MLDC

Development Manager

Stonegate (1,600 Acres), Escavera (230 Acres) & Reata (2,500 Acres) Communities

 Managed all planning, engineering and construction including scheduling, budgeting and supervising the performance of all on-site supervisors, contract administrators, consultants and contractors.

 Acted as direct liaison with governmental agencies regulating land development to obtain entitlements, insure favorable development standards and produce timely approvals.

 Prepared capital budget projections for projects.

 Administered and approved contracts and payments for consultants and contractors performing work related to the development projects.

 Coordinated land development activities with merchant builders and custom builders from contract negotiation through project completion.

 Assisted in the evaluation of potential acquisition projects in the region by providing or reviewing estimates of timelines, soft costs, development costs and phasing.

 Served as director on Metropolitan District Boards.

 Served as developer representative on HOA Boards and Design Review Committees.

November, 1989- June, 1995 Mobil Land Development Corporation

Scottsdale, AZ

Development Manager

Desert Mountain (8,000 Acres) & Red Mountain Ranch (860 Acres) Communities

 Managed all phases of land development, design and construction for these golf communities.

 Resolved unique zoning and water issue challenges.

 Successfully negotiated with the City of Scottsdale the construction of the CAP/non-potable water distribution system to serve 20+ golf courses in Northern Scottsdale.

 Manager for Cave Creek Water & Sewer Company to serve Desert Mountain and participated in negotiations to sell the company to the City of Scottsdale.

 Served on HOA Boards and Design Review Committees.

1980–1990 Mobil Land Development Corporation

Reston, VA

Manager of Engineering

Reston (7,600 Acres), Colonial Village (Condo Conversion) & Colonial Place (10 Acre - 750,000 Sq. Ft. Office) Communities

 Worked with the development team on the budgeting, design and engineering aspects of these multi-faceted projects.

 Oversaw preparation of final plat and construction drawings and processed these documents through governmental agencies for approval.

1977–1980 Fairfax County Government

Fairfax, VA

Review Engineer

Department of Environmental Management

 Reviewed subdivision plans, site plans and plats to insure compliance with county regulations.

 Assisted inspectors in the review of field issues and helped resolve related development issues.

 Worked with state and federal agencies in the review of drainage facilities to insure compliance with regulations.

1973–1977 Dewberry, Nealon & Davis

Fairfax, VA

Civil Engineer

Engineering Department

 Assisted senior engineers in the design of infrastructure.

 Reviewed and corrected studies required for the preparation of Flood Insurance Rate Maps for the Federal Emergency Management Agency

Education

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee

B.S., Civil Engineering.

Licensing

P.E. License, 1977, Commonwealth of Virginia

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