Piscataway Landing is a 297.43-acre estate lot development planned for 112 one-acre and two-acre residential home sites. Three of the planned six phases are complete with 45 estate residences built and sold.

In 2007, Piscataway Landing was engineered and permitted as a single phased development. Permits were issued with posted surety guarantee bonds. The market and project ownership was changing. Stephen Gunn recommended the project be put on hold, the security bonds returned, and that the submitted permit fees be transferred to future phased development permits. His intuitive vision was achieved.

Gunn implemented a vigorous engineering review, which resulted in the 297.43-acres being sub divided into six manageable and self-contained phases. This allowed for smaller financing obligations and insulated the owner, Haverford Homes, from market fluctuations. To preserve costs within existing loan development budgets, grading requirements became a critical factor in completing Phase 2 and Phase 3. The lack of acceptable onsite structural fill materials created dirt shortfalls of 51,828 cu. yds. in Phase 2, and 72,689 cu. yds. in Phase 3.

To overcome these obstacles Stephen Gunn accomplished the following:

• He secured multiple free dirt sources for importing 124,517 cu. yds. of structural and landscape fill material.
• This required 12,452 tandem dump trucks for the 2 year period between October, 2012 to October, 2014.
• This free dirt saved Haverford Homes $1.25 Million in justifiable change orders to furnish, import, and place the required structural fill materials.
• The dirt shortfall would have added an additional improvement cost of $43K to each lot in Phase 2 and Phase 3 and would have required refinancing the development if FREE dirt had not been provided by Stephen Gunn.

 The following results ensued under the direction of Stephen Gunn:

• The first of the six planned phases commenced in 2010 with 16 estate home sites. Phase 2 followed with 15 estate home sites in 2012. Phase 3 followed with 14 home sites in 2014.
• The governmental WSSC SEP permits were preserved and a 1.25 mile sewer outfall was undertaken and successfully completed in 2008.
• Piscataway Landing was held to annual MDE and EPA regulatory inspections, which were approved with the positive collaboration of all parties.
• The development passed every state and federal inspection review each year and no citations of violations or fines were issued on Stephen Gunn's watch.

Piscataway Landing Land Development