Miami Downtown

Development Authority
Various Planning, Engineering,
Architecture, and Design Services

Response to RFQ #18-19-01

March 1, 2019
 8.1 COVER SHEET

Please make this the first sheet of your application.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Florida LLC

Firm Name:

Contact Person: Kristopher Takacs, AIA, Project Executive

Address: 2001 K Street, NW Suite 200

Washington, DC 20006

Telephone: 202.367.2505

Fax: 202.367.2602

E-Mail: kristopher.takacs@som.com

Website: www.som.com

I certify that any and all information contained in this RFQ is true; and I further certify that this

RFQ is made without prior understanding, agreement, or connections with any corporation,

firm or person submitting an RFQ for the same materials, supplies, equipment, or services and

is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud. Subject to the RFQ qualifications included in

this RFQ response, I agree to abide by all terms and conditions of the RFQ , and certify that I am

authorized to sign for the Proposer firm. Please print the following and sign your name:

Laura Ettelman
Print Name Signature

Partner 28 February, 2019

Title Date

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Response to RFQ #18-19-01

March 1, 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TAB 1
Letter of Interest
Executive Summary

TAB 2
Firm Profile
Organizational Chart
Resumes
Client List
Awards List

TAB 3
Relevant Past Performance
Comparable Projects

TAB 4
Forms

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 8.6 SERVICE AREA SELECTION MATRIX

Submitted this ______

28th day of _______________________,
February 2019.

The undersigned, as Bidder/Proposer, formally submits qualifications toward the indicated

areas.

SUBMITTED SERVICE AREAS

1  Yes  No Archaeological services

2 X Yes  No Architectural services, urban design, and historic preservation

3  Yes  No Aviation planning (e.g., FAA Building height awareness)
4  Yes  No Civil engineering including, but not limited to drainage, stormwater
management, utility management and roadway design
5  Yes  No Computer renderings and three-dimensional modeling
6  Yes  No Construction management related to roadways, buildings, transit and
transportation
7  Yes  No Cost estimating related to roadways, buildings, transit and transportation
8  Yes  No Facilitation/Public engagement
9  Yes  No Funding/Financing analysis
10  Yes  No GIS mapping support services
11  Yes  No Grant writing
12  Yes  No Landscape architecture and environmental services including but not
limited to low impact design and other sustainable design techniques
and lighting design
13  Yes  No Land surveying
14  Yes  No Miscellaneous surveys and/or assessments
15  Yes  No Transit and transportation planning including but not limited to traffic
analysis, congestion management, traffic counts, pedestrian counts,
mobility studies and field investigations
16 X Yes  No Urban planning and master planning services

17 X Yes  No Resiliency

18  Yes  No Environmental impact studies

Signature: ______________________________________________

Laura Ettelman
Printed Name: _________________________________________
Partner
Title: ___________________________________________________

Company Name: ________

Skidmor e, ___ ______
O wing s & Merrill Florida LLC

FAILURE TO COMPLETE, SIGN, AND RETURN THIS FORM MAY DISQUALIFY PROPOSAL.

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 Section 1

Executive Summary +
Letter of Interest
SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILLFLORIDA LLC
2001 K STREET NW, SUITE 200
WASHINGTON, DC 20006

March 1, 2019

Ms. Prisca Tomasi

Miami Downtown Development Authority
200 South Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 2929
Miami, FL 33131

RE: RFP No. 18-19-01 PLANNING

Request for Qualifications for the Purpose of Establishing a List of Pre-Qualified Consultants for Various
Planning, Engineering, Architecture and Design Services
SERVICES OFFERED: Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning, Master Planning, and Resiliency

Dear Ms. Tomasi,

The Miami Downtown Development Authority is Miami’s great agent for design excellence, project delivery, and high
performance design. SOM is excited to join the List of Prequalified Consultants because we are committed to designing
public projects for South Florida. In partnership with the DDA, we hope to undertake some of this important work for the
City of Miami.

For All Aboard Florida’s Brightline, SOM provided planning, urban design, architectural and engineering services for the
train stations and transit-oriented development at MiamiCentral, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach. These significant
urban projects are improving the lives of millions of Florida residents and visitors. We would like to leverage our local
knowledge and relationships with the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County to support the DDA’s mission to strengthen
downtown Miami as an international center for commerce, culture, and tourism.

FIRM PROFILE:
SOM is one of the leading architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban planning firms in the world. Since its
founding more than 80 years ago, SOM has earned a reputation for design excellence with a portfolio that includes
some of the most important architectural accomplishments of the 20th and 21st centuries, and has been a leader in the
research and development of specialized technologies, new processes and innovative ideas, many of which have had a
palpable and lasting impact on the design profession and the physical environment. The firm’s long-standing leadership
in design and building technology has been honored with over 2,000 awards for quality, innovation, and management.
The American Institute of Architects has recognized SOM twice with its highest honor, the Architecture Firm Award—in
1962 and again in 1996. The firm maintains offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C.,
Seattle, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dubai, and Mumbai.

SERVICES:
The Miami DDA’s current group of projects encompasses a wide range of building types, programs, and intended users. As
a large, diverse firm of expert designers, SOM brings original thinking and professional expertise in a plethora of building
types and environments, including large-scale mixed-use developments; civic and government buildings; commercial
and corporate offices; residential and hospitality projects; retail and entertainment venues; aviation and transportation
projects; education, science, and healthcare facilities; and religious and cultural institutions. We bring this wealth of
knowledge to the services we would like to provide to the Miami DDA for future plans and studies throughout Miami.

Architecture and Urban Design

Memorable architecture of any scale is the product of collaboration and innovation—two forces that, along with our drive
for excellence, remain SOM’s defining traditions. Our strong reputation is based on our ability to translate client aspirations
into architecture of both immediate and lasting quality. We have a well-defined commitment to the design and execution
of high-quality, cost efficient buildings. It is our philosophy that excellence in design implies not only aesthetics, but also
requires that a building be functional in its form, have carefully thought-out systems and details, and be contextual to the
surrounding environment. The integration of these elements into the design process requires clearly defined program
requirements obtained through a systematic process and active client participation in all phases of a project. Our objective
is to provide our clients and the community with beautifully planned and designed buildings that employ state-of-the-
art technology and materials, are correctly integrated with their surroundings and will perform functionally, as well as
aesthetically, in the future.
Urban Planning and Master Planning
SOM’s City Design Practice combines award-winning capabilities in urban design and planning with strong, international experience
implementing large-scale development. SOM’s master plans have received worldwide recognition for their vision, innovation,
responsiveness to local cultural traditions, setting, and climate, and their inherent feasibility. Because of this, virtually all of SOM’s
major development projects are being implemented or have been successfully completed. New community planning and design
at SOM encompasses both greenfield and brownfield development -- everything from the establishment of new communities in
suburban and peripheral areas to the redevelopment and extension of existing cities. We design communities at every scale.

Resiliency Planning
To flourish and survive, cities must be designed and developed in accord with nature and the changing climate. It is imperative that
the cities of the world consider their natural assets as multi-purpose environments for placemaking and resiliency. The coastal
ecosystem of urban Miami must adapt to 21st Century realities of climate change and sea level rise. Our approach to resiliency
seeks to integrate, rehabilitate and reimagine urban environments and infrastructure into the fabric of the city in a sustainable way
that builds unique and thriving places for people.

AUTHORIZED SOM REPRESENTATIVES:

Project Executive: Kristopher Takacs, AIA, Managing Director
Managing Partner: Laura Ettelman, AIA, Partner

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

SOM agrees to abide by the terms and conditions of the RFQ based on minor qualifications that we have included at the end of
our proposal.

We are eager to join the Miami DDA in shaping the future of the City of Miami. Please don’t hesitate to contact me at 202.367.2505
or Kristopher.takacs@som.com.

Sincerely,

Kristopher Takacs, AIA

Project Executive
SOM Managing Director

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Proposer Profile
PROPOSER PROFILE
SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP
A LEGACY OF TRANSFORMATIVE DESIGN + PLANNING
With more than 80 years of expertise as a multi-
disciplinary firm, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
(SOM) has developed a portfolio of world-
renowned projects and a reputation for delivering
the highest quality of service and innovation.
History of the Firm
The history of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill begins with the
intertwined fortunes of two young men from Indiana. Louis
Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings took up practice in 1936. The
practice became Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in 1939 when John
Merrill joined the partnership. They developed one of the largest
and most important architectural firms of the twentieth century.
Today, SOM is still one of the leading architecture, urban
planning, interior design, and engineering firms in the world,
with offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Washington, DC, Seattle, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dubai,
and Mumbai.
With over an 80-year reputation for design excellence and a
portfolio that includes some of the most important architectural
and planning accomplishments of the twenty and twenty-first
centuries, SOM continues to look forward to the future of
design, embracing new innovations and technologies. We help
our clients meet challenges head on, and create solutions that
address both current and future needs.
Multi-Disciplinary Services
As a multi-disciplinary firm, SOM fosters a collaborative
environment. The multi-disciplinary approach—one that
SOM helped pioneer—has allowed us to develop new and
unique solutions in our designs and deliver superior, project
management. SOM provides the following services, all in-house:
• Urban Design and Planning
• Architecture
• Interior Design
• Programming
• Structural Engineering
• MEP Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Sustainable (High Performance) Design
• LEED® Consultation
1936 83
YEARS IN BUSINESS
SOM WAS ESTABLISHED
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SOM's Team Organization
SOM works as a partnership of individuals who operate within
a group structure, in which each of the design partners is
supported by a team of professional staff and specialists in
many areas. SOM’s architectural efforts are supported by
comprehensive services in engineering and planning, and more
recently by additional disciplines. This arrangement creates
a system of firm-wide resources that ensures all of the larger
issues of a project can, and will be, adequately addressed.
SOM typically organizes project teams to focus on three
major disciplines: design, project management, and technical
coordination. This integrated approach ensures a design that
will meet the client’s programmatic and esthetic goals (the
design group), an effective flow of communication between all
team members (project management), and a building that can
be constructed using the latest and most economical systems
available (technical team). In fact, SOM’s strength derives from
the interconnections and seamless communication among the
design, technical, and management areas.
SOM Design Philosophy
SOM believes that every project requires unique solutions.
We do not seek to impose a formula or a style on our clients,
either in our planning or our architectural design. We try to
create a process that is responsive. Collaboration, local context,
sustainability—these are the hallmarks of our approach. Our
design philosophy emphasizes solutions that respond to the
unique characteristics of the program, site, and client.
SOM has an important history of creating iconic buildings that
established or reinforced distinctive identities for our clients.
For any project to be successful, it must first satisfy the client’s
needs and aspirations. SOM begins the design process by
working with our client to reconfirm and establish their goals
and objectives for the project. As a research-based practice, we
study and analyze the functionality of the best of the building
type. This benchmarking methodology yields to a conceptual
process that involves transcending and superseding the current
state-of-the-art. Our extensive experience and understanding of
engineering and technical requirements enables our designers
to produce a collaborative, integrated architectural design.
Primary Office
The contract will be serviced by SOM's Washington, DC office
with support from expert resources around the firm including
the New York and Chicago offices. Kristopher Takacs, AIA,
Project Executive, will be the primary contact for Miami DDA.
1,400 2,000+
EMPLOYEES DESIGN AWARDS
One World Trade Center Lincoln Yards MiamiCentral

Millennium Park Burj Khalifa US Census Bureau

Moynhian Station Redevelopment Time Warner Center Cornell Tech Framework Plan

JTI Headquarters 30th Street Station District Plan Michael Reese Redevelopment

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SOM'S INTERNAL MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

Founded in 1936, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP became a Limited Liability Partnership in 1996, wholly
owned by registered architects and engineers. SOM’s partnership is comprised of 25 partners based in
SOM’s three principal offices: Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. Across all offices, SOM’s leadership is
comprised of 39 Directors, including Project Executive, Kristopher Takacs. SOM’s combined staff of over
1,400 professionals, includes architects, engineers, planners and administrative staff.

Adam Semel Colin Koop Kenneth A. Lewis Mark Sarkisian Stephen Apking
Brant Coletta Doug Voigt Kent Jackson Michael Duncan T.J. Gottesdiener
Brian Lee SOM LEADERSHIP
Gary Haney Larry Chien Mustafa Abadan Thomas Behr
PARTNERS
Carrie Byles Jonathan Stein Laura Ettelman Paul Danna William Baker
Colin Koop
Brant Coletta Jonathan Stein Leo Chow T.J. Gottesdiener
Chris Brian
CooperLee KeithKeith
Boswell
Boswell Leo Chow
Mark Sarkisian Scott Duncan
Thomas Behr Adam
Xuan Fu Semel
Carrie Byles Kenneth A. Lewis Mustafa Abadan William Baker Paul Danna
Doug Voigt Kent Jackson Scott Duncan Xuan Fu
PARTNERS Gary Haney Laura Ettelman Stephen Apking Christopher Cooper Larry Chien
Michael Duncan
Alan Lewis Derek Moore Eric Van Epps Kim Van Holsbeke Mark Schwettmann Peter Jackson Thomas Hussey

Ame Engelhart Dmitri Jagish Javier Arizmendi

Daniel Ringelstein Kristopher Takacs
Eric Long KristopherMarla
TakacsGayle Michael Lingertat
Peter Kindel Silas Chiow
Yue Zhu
Ame Engelhart David Horos Eric Van Epps Michael Mann Steven Sobel
Carrie Moore Ellen Lou Jed Zimmerman Lois Wellwood Michael Lingertat Peter Leftkovits Yasemin Kologlu
DIRECTORS Carrie Moore Derek Moore Javier Arizmendi Lucas Tryggestad Nicole Dosso Thomas Hussey
Charles Charles
Besjak BesjakEmily Mottolese
Dmitri JagichJose Palacios
Jed Zimmerman Luke Leung
Lucas Tryggestad Michael MannOlin McKenzie
Sean Ragasa Yue Zhu
Ellen Lou Jose Palacios Mark Schwettmann
DIRECTORS Daniel Reingelstein Eric Kuene Eric Kuene Joseph Ruocco Luke Leung
Joseph Ruocco Nicole Dosso Peter Kindel
Silas Chow

David Horos Eric Long Julia Murphy Mark Nagis Olin McKenzie Steven Sobel

URBAN SUSTAINABLE
INTERIOR STRUCTURAL
ARCHITECTS DESIGNERS & ENGINEERING
DESIGNERS ENGINEERS
PLANNERS STUDIO (SES)

GRAPHIC DIGITAL
RESEARCH LANDSCAPE
DESIGN DESIGN

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TEAM ORGANIZATION

Our project team is comprised of leaders in the design, technical and management disciplines to create
sound, custom design solutions delivered on-time and on-budget. Our team has deep knowledge in the
areas of architecture, urban design and urban, master, and resiliency planning, having worked on some of
the largest, most complex projects in the world. Based on each task, we will formulate the best team for the
exercise at hand. The project team will always be led by Partners and Directors in the fields of design, planning
and project management. Detailed qualifications for each team member can be found in the resumes in the
following pages.

Miami
Downtown
Development
Authority

Kristopher Takacs, AIA

Project Executive

Architecture Urban Design and Urban,

Master, and Resiliency Planning
Laura Ettelman, AIA Doug Voigt, AIA, AICP Doug Voigt, AIA, AICP Keith O' Connor
Managing Partner Urban Design + Planning Urban Design + Planning City Design Practice
Partner Partner Leader

Chris Cooper, AIA Colin Koop, AIA Christopher Hall, AICP, Roger Weber, AICP, CNU,
Design Partner Design Partner MRTPI LEED AP
Urban Strategy Leader Lead Urban Planner

Alex Ayala Angel Rodriguez-Colon Daniel O'Shaughnessy Jennifer Pehr, AICP,

Urban Designer + Urban Designer + Lead Urban Designer MCH
Architect Architect Urban Designer

Susana Arisso, AICP Jenny Joe, AIA

Urban Designer Urban Designer

Cameron Barradale
Project Manager

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PROPOSER PROFILE
KRISTOPHER JON TAKÁCS, AIA, NCARB
Project Executive
SOM Managing Director
Services
• Architecture and Urban Design
• Urban and Master Planning
• Resiliency Planning
Years of Experience
20
Education
Bachelor of Architecture, Pratt Institute,
School of Architecture
Bachelor of Arts in History and Architecture, Lehigh
University
Lady Margaret Hall Oxford Associate Exchange the station precincts to become walkable
Programme, Oxford University
Professional Registration
Registered Architect: District of Columbia, Maryland,
Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia
National Council of Architectural Registration Two MiamiCentral
Boards (NCARB)
Professional Associations
Board of Directors, Secretary, American Institute of
Architects, DC Chapter
Member, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Council Member, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Placemaking and Town Centers Council
Member, Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA),
Design Advisory Council (DAC)
Member, Regional Plan Association (RPA)
US High Speed Rail Association (USHSR)
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Publications/Speaking Engagements
“Leveraging Transportation Investment to Transform
Urban Districts,” Lecture at University of
Tennessee at Knoxville, May 2016
“More than Transit Oriented Development,” Article in
Civil + Structural Engineer, co-author with Peter
Denitz, December 2014
9 of the place, connecting to adjacent
Kristopher Takács leads SOM’s regional
office in Washington, DC. As Project
Executive, Kristopher will be the point of
contact for Miami DDA.
An architect and urban designer, he
brings more than 20 years of professional
experience supporting a broad cross
section of public institutions and
authorities, private-sector developers,
and public-private partnerships. He is
recognized for his leadership in delivering
landmark buildings, innovative urban
districts, city designs and regional plans
whose success is built on design excellence,
high-quality civic spaces and highly
integrated transportation systems.
SELECT PROJECTS
All Aboard Florida’s Brightline
Various Locations
Design and planning for All Aboard
Florida’s Brightline intercity passenger
rail system linking Downtown Miami, Fort
Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Orlando
International Airport. Beyond the new
passenger stations, SOM master planned
mixed-use urban neighborhoods with rich
connectivity to multi-modal public transit,
station-oriented retail, parking and new
civic amenities.
Miami, Florida
This 12-story multi-tenant Class A office
building built in the air-rights above the
SOM-designed MiamiCentral terminal,
with plaza level outdoor amenity spaces,
300-car valet parking garage and
highspeed IT infrastructure, 192,000 rsf,
under construction.
MiamiCentral Residences
Miami, Florida
In downtown Miami, SOM designed an
urban transit-oriented development
and a landmark rail station as part of a
4 million sf urban infill development in
the city’s “Government Center.” The TOD
neighborhood includes 300 apartment
units, 250,000 sf of office space, 250,000
sf of retail and two future mixed-use towers.
SOM has responded to the challenging and
dense site by elevating the railways 50 feet
in the air.
MiLine Framework Plan and Design
Guidelines
Miami, Florida
Master planning for the transformation
of a 6.2 mile abandoned freight rail line
into a recreational trail and linear park,
focused on revealing the natural ecology
neighborhoods, and building a community
brand that can spur investment and new
development. Commercial space and 9
million sf of new rehabilitative housing.
Denver Union Station
Denver, Colorado
Transformation of former rail yards at the
historic Union Station in Lower Downtown
into a mixed-use, urban transit-oriented
district anchoring RTD’s FasTracks
regional transportation network of
commuter rail, airport express rail, light
rail transit, and bus rapid transit. Site was
42 acres, 1.6 million sf. Winner of the 2015
ULI Global Award for Excellence.
Hudson Crossing at Hoboken Yards
Hoboken, New Jersey
Master plan and entitlements to redevelop
the State’s 65-acre NJ TRANSIT Hoboken
Terminal and Yard complex. SOM’s
plan adopted by Hoboken City Council
in 2015 entitles 3 million sf of mixed-
use commercial, residential and retail
space plus 6 acres of new open space.
Separately, the Jersey City portion of the
redevelopment is underway.
Asheville Comprehensive Plan
Asheville, North Carolina
In leading the first Comprehensive Plan
since 2003 for the colorful, tourist-
friendly, 89,000-resident city, SOM
prepared for the City of Asheville a
comprehensive roadmap for confronting
a myriad of complex challenges, including
demographic change, population
growth, climate change, resiliency, and
a multi-modal transportation future.
SOM worked with city leaders to make
the plan an inclusive process, integrate
existing planning efforts and conducting
a meaningful public engagement process
to reach Asheville’s broad population
whilst setting measurable benchmarks
for tracking success. The plan provided
a bold, creative, and empowering vision
to guide the city’s future, bolstering its
commitment to achieving sustainability
and livability goals.
Raleigh Civic Campus Master Plan
Raleigh, North Carolina
Master planning leadership for a multi-
building, mixed-use civic campus
that will house core functions of City
government downtown. The centralized
campus will consolidate approximately
1,200 employees of the City’s workforce,
increase workplace efficiency, enhance
customer service, and support economic
development. The 4-acre site currently
accommodates the Raleigh Municipal
Building, the vacant Police Headquarters
Building, and a multi-story parking deck.
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 DOUGLAS J. VOIGT, AIA, AICP Doug Voigt is a Partner with SOM’s coordinated framework for public and
SOM Urban Design and Planning Partner planning and urban design studio. Doug is private investment decisions, zoning code
focused on a variety of urban design and updates, and practical implementation
transportation issues and has worked on a strategies. The emphasis was to ensure
number of complex, downtown mixed-use the vision remained consistent with
projects, new city designs and large-scale stakeholder goals.
architectural efforts. His work is distinguished
by a passionate sensitivity to each project’s Lakeside Master Plan
unique setting and vision, as well as issues Chicago, Illinois
such as scale, landscape, public space, For the redevelopment of 573-acre
movement, interaction and multi-disciplinary abandoned and cleared industrial site on
collaboration. Chicago’s south lakefront into a mixed
use district incorporating residential,
SELECT PROJECTS commercial, retail and entertainment
uses, infrastructure and open space
Lincoln Yards improvements.
Chicago, Illinois
Services
Master Planning and architecture services for
• Architecture and Urban Design
70 acres of land which will connect Lincoln Park
• Urban and Master Planning
to Bucktown, two of the Chicago’s most vibrant
• Resiliency Planning
urban environments in the US. As the city’s
Years of Experience dynamic River-centered innovation and lifestyle
24 cluster, Lincoln Yards will provide Chicagoans
a mixed-use destination that integrates office,
Education shopping, dining, entertainment, residential
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Master of and hospitality development.
Architecture, 1995
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Bachelor of
Detroit East Riverfront Framework Plan
Science, Architectural Studies, 1993
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Certificate in
Detroit, Michigan
Urban Planning, 1993 A framework plan for Detroit’s East Riverfront
District, a 2 mile long, 450 acre site east
Professional Registration of downtown. The project explores the
American Institute of Certified Planners infrastructural and economic underpinnings
Registered Architect in New York and Chicago for the site, and frames a strategy for future
development through targeted City and
Professional Affiliations
philanthropic investments.
Urban Land Institute, Associate
Society of College and University Planning
(SCUP), Member The 78
American Planning Association, Member Chicago, Illinois
Master planning for a 62-acre mixed-
use development that will anchor a new
Please be advised that neighborhood with a curated mix of residential,
customer lists are exempt commercial, institutional, cultural and
from disclosure. Pursuant recreational uses. The plan included 40 percent
green and open space and a half-mile of
to Section 815.045, developed riverfront that will expand the city’s
Florida Statutes, trade existing Riverwalk.
secret information as
defined in Section Lakeshore East
Chicago, Illinois
812.081, Florida Statutes, Master plan and architectural design for 9.7
which includes customer million sf mixed-use phased development on 26
lists as a trade secret. acres including residential, office, hotel, charter
school and parking surrounding a 6-acre
neighborhood park.
Austin American Statesman
Milwaukee Equitable Growth TOD Planning Master Plan
Study Austin, Texas
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Master Plan for waterfront site including
SOM worked with the City of Milwaukee new city park, street and public realm
to provide a “road map” for the City of framework and mid and high-density office,
Milwaukee that resulted in equitable growth residential, retail and hotel uses for high
and development along Milwaukee’s transit visibility site in Austin’s South Congress
corridors through TOD. The plan provided a neighborhood.
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PROPOSER PROFILE
LAURA ETTELMAN, AIA Ms. Ettelman has a broad range of
SOM Managing Partner experience leading large multidisciplinary
teams. She is an expert in managing large,
technically complex projects with critical
construction, phasing and operational
requirements while fostering a high level of
team work. Her technical and construction
experience, working in every aspect of
overall project delivery including cost and
schedule management, enable Ms. Ettelman
to work with the client and design team to
achieve project goals and vision.
SELECT PROJECTS
Cornell Tech Campus
Services New York, New York
• Architecture and Urban Design Master Plan for a 2 million sf highly
• Urban and Master Planning sustainable technology campus for Cornell
• Resiliency Planning University and Technion-Israel Institute of
Years of Experience
Technology Consortium for 2,500 students,
34 public-private development on 12.7 acres
on Roosevelt Island; master plan completed
Education
Phase One completion: 2 million.
Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and
Planning, Bachelor of Architecture, 1984
Moynihan Station Redevelopment
Professional Registration New York, New York
Registered Architect in New York, Massachusetts, The new Moynihan Station will create needed
Maryland, Washington DC, North Carolina, capacity in the region’s rail system and
South Carolina, Georgia, and Missouri catalyze development of Manhattan’s Far
West Side, while restoring and preserving
Professional Associations
an important historical resource in Midtown
Member, American Institute of Architects
West. The new station transforms the
Farley Building into a new train station while
Please be advised that
preserving the landmark postal hall. The
customer lists are exempt first phase of the project includes five major
from disclosure. Pursuant to transportation and infrastructure-related
Section 815.045, Florida components.
Statutes, trade secret Wellesley College Science Center
information as defined in Renovation, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Section 812.081, Florida Complex phasing, reinvention of the
existing Brutalist Science Center and
Statutes, which includes
careful integration with the historic Olmsted
customer lists as a trade
campus landscape. The renovation and
secret. expansion includes the addition of 90,000
SF of classroom and office space, renovation
of 25,000 sf of teaching labs, vivarium and
student commons.
International Monetary Fund
Washington, DC
Interior design, renovation and replacement of
critical building systems of occupied building
for a global financial organization. Eight
phases for construction for the duration of 4
years. Design for 8 floors office renovation, 3
floors executive offices amenities and back-
of-house refresh totaling 1.9 million sf.
Hosur Master Plan
Bangalore, India
Focused around three district neighborhoods
stitched together by landscape boulevards to
11
create a garden atmosphere, this town plan
features include two new schools, a multi-
function community center, retail shops, a
commercial complex, assisted living center
and three recreational parks with bike paths,
100 acres.
Carmichael Residences
Mumbai, India
New 70 million luxury residential building in
prime location in high-end neighborhood.
The garden-based design concept features
28 4 bedroom units with views to the ocean,
186,000 sf.
LaGuardia Airport Central Terminal
Building Modernization
Queens, New York
Final Planning and Stage I Design for the
redevelopment of the central terminal building
to accommodate 17.5 MPPA. In addition to the
terminal building of approximately 1.3 million
sf, the project includes the associated airside
and the landside areas, as well as two parking
garages, airport access roadways, aprons,
taxilanes, remote aircraft parking areas, and
site utilities, 1.3 million sf.
Newark Liberty International Airport,
Terminal A Replacement
Newark, New Jersey
Planning for PANYNJ for replacement of EWR
Terminal A, including 33 new gates, 2 level
headhouse with 3 concourses; subsequent
peer review of architectural design by others.
Auckland International Airport
Auckland, New Zealand
Business District Spatial Master Plan -
integration of Aviation and Airport city
master plans into a unified approach for
the long-term development of Auckland
International Airport. Planning studies include
the development of options for the creation
of a high-value airport city that can be
implemented in a series of incremental stages
in concert with the development of aviation
infrastructure and facilities.
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 CHRIS COOPER, FAIA, LEED AP
SOM Design Partner
Services
• Architecture and Urban Design
Years of Experience
20
Education
Master of Architecture, Harvard University,
Graduate School of Design
Bachelor of Architecture, Tulane University
Professional Registration
Registered Architect: New York
LEED Accredited Professional
Professional Associations
Fellow, American Institute of Architects
Member, Architectural League of New York
Assistant Adjunct Professor,
Columbia University Graduate School of to the United Nations
Architecture, Real Estate & Development,
2010-2014
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Chris Cooper, Design Partner, leads a
variety of SOM’s most visible and complex
projects internationally. Chris has designed
a wide variety of buildings types including,
supertall structures, large scale mixed-use
developments, residential and hospitality
facilities, educational facilities, and
healthcare facilities. His projects have been
internationally recognized as community
development catalysts and have received
numerous accolades from the AIA, Municipal
Arts Society, Chicago Athenaeum, Architect
Magazine and Architizer.
SELECT PROJECTS
West Palm Beach Office Tower
West Palm Beach, Florida
Class A 300,000 gsf office building with
parking and retail components. Adjacent to
park and waterfront in downtown West Palm
Beach Florida, LEED Platinum.
The Arts Sarasota
Sarasota, Florida
Architectural and interior design for a residential
and hospitality waterfront development.
Atlantic Station
Atlanta, Georgia
Design of 14 story 400,000 sf office tower
for AIG, as part of a “work/live/play”
development on a reclaimed industrial site.
Confidential Greenpoint Development
Brooklyn, New York
Architecture for a residential timber tower
located on the Brooklyn waterfront, with
ambition to be the tallest timber construction
in the US. Project includes retail, event
spaces, and public green spaces, including a
pier. 660,000 sf,
15 West 61st Street
New York, New York
A 34 story apartment-condominium tower
anchoring the corner of Broadway and West
61st Street. The project reinterprets Upper
West Side living by combining a respect
for traditional masonry materiality with a
thoroughly contemporary idea of bright,
luxurious living spaces, 340,000 sf.
250 West 55th Street
New York, New York
Architecture for a mixed-use tower that
includes Class A offices, retail podium, and
community center. LEED CS Gold pre-
certified, 680,000 sf.
101 Warren Street
New York, New York
Architecture for a mixed-use development
featuring luxury condominiums, rental
apartments and retail space, 950,000 sf.
600 Washington Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Architecture for a high-rise mixed-use
tower with office, residential and retail
facilities.
Time Warner Center
New York, New York
Architecture for two-tower, mixed-use
development, including headquarters for
Time Warner, 425 room hotel, residential
condominiums, specialty retail mall, and
food hall; entire project is wrapped around
the 1,000 seat “Jazz at Lincoln Center”
theater and atrium; project is prominently
sited at corner of Central Park, facing
Columbus Circle; 2.8 million sf.
United Arab Emirates Mission
New York, New York
Architecture, including amenities program
and executive floors, for the new UAE
Mission. Amenities include fine dining,
restaurant, outdoor pavilion and cafeteria,
20,000 sf.
7 World Trade Center
New York, New York
Architecture for new 52-story office
tower, with a base that houses a Con Ed
substation. First new building in lower
Manhattan post 9/11. Catalyst for critical
urban design plan decision that informed
the WTC master plan. 1.6 million sf
PMC, Penske Media Corporation,
New York, New York
New headquarters occupies 4
discontinued floors throughout the
vertical stacking (2nd, 3rd, 14th,
16th). SOM created a uniform spatial
identity throughout the 4 different and
discontinuous floors; and combined all
communal spaces in one single floor
to enhance connectivity between the
different brands and their users.
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COLIN KOOP, AIA Colin Koop, AIA, is a Partner and Senior
SOM Design Partner Designer at SOM. Throughout his 16
years at the firm, Koop has developed a
broad body of work defined by a strong
social conscience, a research-driven and
collaborative approach, and purpose-built
results. Koop’s work has been recognized
by the American Institute of Architects,
the Urban Land Institute, the Chicago
Athenaeum, and the Municipal Art Society
of New York. His projects have been
published in A+U, Architect Magazine,
Metropolis, Bauwelt, Fast Company, Wired,
The New York Times, The Washington Post,
and The Wall Street Journal.
SELECT PROJECTS
Services
• Architecture and Urban Design
Cornell Tech Campus Framework Plan
• Urban and Master Planning
New York, New York
• Resiliency Planning
Campus Framework for a highly
Years of Experience sustainable technology campus for Cornell
16 University and Technion-Israel Institute
of Technology Consortium for 2,500
Education
Master of Architecture, Harvard University,
students, public-private development on
Graduate School of Design 12.7 acres on Roosevelt Island; Campus
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Washington Framework completed 2012, Phase One
University completion 2 million sf.
Professional Registration Hudson Crossing at Hoboken Terminal
Registered Architect: New York
Hoboken, New Jersey
National Council of Architectural Registration
Master plan to redevelop NJ TRANSIT’s
Boards (NCARB)
65-acre operating rail yard by weaving
Professional Associations together five fragmented modes of public
Member, American Institute of Architects transit and providing a framework for
significant private investment, economic
expansion, environmental clean-up and
transformational urban design. The plan
envisions over 9 million square feet of new
mixed-use development including a high-
density commercial core in the air rights
behind the terminal, a new residential
district, kilometer-long urban boulevard,
and 8 acres of new parks and plazas, 2
million sf.
One World Trade Center
New York, New York
Design for a prominent 102-story, mixed-
use tower in Lower Manhattan; intended
tenants include the Port Authority of New
York & New Jersey, 3.5 million sf.
Confidential Midtown Office Building
New York, New York
Architectural design for an office building
in Midtown Manhattan. Program elements
include office, retail, and public space, 1.2
million sf.
Barnard College Milstein Center for
Teaching and Learning
New York, New York
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Programming, concept, and architectural
design services for center at the heart of
campus. New library is an academic and
interdisciplinary hub, bookended by the
Computational Science Center and Digital
Commons, which are equipped with a range
of teaching labs and flexible learning spaces
utilizing new media and digital technologies,
132,000 sf.
Wellesley College Science Center
Renovation, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Complex phasing, reinvention of the
existing Brutalist Science Center and
careful integration with the historic Olmsted
campus landscape. The renovation and
expansion includes the addition of 90,000
SF of classroom and office space, renovation
of 25,000 sf of teaching labs, vivarium and
student commons.
One Hudson Place
Hoboken, New Jersey
First building in the new Hudson Crossing
development, including new bus terminal
for NJ Transit and built over a PATH Station,
500,000 sf of office space,
Dia: Chelsea
New York, New York
Architectural design bridging two existing
buildings with a new structure, creating
a gallery, event spaces, library, rooftop
terrace, which returns Dia to its original NYC
neighborhood, 25,000 sf.
LaGuardia Airport Central Terminal
Building Modernization Program
Queens, New York
Planning, architectural, and engineering
services for main terminal building
redevelopment, 1.3 million sf.
Guizhou Culture Plaza Riverfront
Guiyang, China
Architecture and engineering for a mixed-
use project, featuring a landmark tower, on a
25-acre urban redevelopment site; includes
a performing arts center with 3 performance
halls, a retail mall, street-front retail, 2 luxury
SOHO towers, and a residential section,
Phase 1: 2018
Hebin Theater Performing Arts Center
Guiyang, China
A signature civic building and unique
cultural resource anchor for the Guizhou
Culture Plaza development, this multi-venue
performing arts center includes a 1,600-seat
opera house, a 1,000-seat concert hall, and
a 400-seat theater.
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 KEITH O’CONNOR Keith O’Connor brings to SOM more than
SOM City Design Practice Leader 20 years of diverse public, private, and
nonprofit experience leading complex
multidisciplinary planning and urban design
projects. In his previous role at the New
York City Department of City Planning, as
Director of Lower Manhattan and Chief
Planner for Manhattan Special Projects,
Keith advanced major public initiatives,
including the redevelopment of the World
Trade Center site, and the implementation
of the New York Stock Exchange streetscape
and security project, Applied Sciences NYC,
the High Line, and the Eastern Railyards at
Hudson Yards.
Recognized for spearheading public realm
Services projects that elevate and redefine the value
• Urban Design of public spaces in New York and around
• Urban and Master Planning the world, Keith played a critical role in the
• Resiliency Planning World Trade Center redevelopment project
during the second and third terms of the
Years of Experience Bloomberg administration. Additionally,
23 he was instrumental in ensuring the
Education preservation and revitalization of the High
Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Line’s 10th Avenue Spur, shaping plans for
Design (with distinction), Harvard the Eastern Railyards and Hudson Park
University, Graduate School of Design and Boulevard, and the implementation of
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture the city’s ambitious East River Waterfront
(summa cum laude), Ball State Esplanade.
University
O’Connor has presented at Harvard
Professional Associations
Member, American Planning Association
University and Yale University on topics
(APA) such as sustainable infrastructure, and
Member, American Society of Landscape the relationship between climate change
Architects (ASLA) and urban design. Most recently, O’Connor
served as the Senior Field Director at the
National Trust for Historic Preservation,
where he focused on an ambitious initiative
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from disclosure. Pursuant to change, affordability, and equity in cities
across the United States.
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information as defined in
Section 812.081, Florida Boston’s Seaport District
Boston, Massachusetts
Statutes, which includes Set in the historic seaport, WS
customer lists as a trade Development’s 20-acre, 7.6 million sf mixed-
secret. use development is emerging as Boston’s
next food, fashion, and innovation district.
Key to securing new public approvals,
Harbor Way is proposed as a broad
pedestrian promenade running thru the
heart of the district -- anchoring the project,
enhancing connections to the harborfront,
and providing a range of year-round spaces
for gathering, socializing, recreating and
hosting seasonal community events.
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South Street Seaport / General Growth
Properties
New York, New York
General Growth Properties (predecessor
to Howard Hughes Corporation) original
ambitious vision for Pier 17 included
a 1,000,000 sf mixed-use project that
required moving the historic Tin Building to
the end of a newly reconstructed pier and
replacing the Pier 17 mall with a complex of
retail buildings, a dramatically cantilevered
boutique hotel, and a 495’ tall hotel and
residential tower. The project required
multiple public approvals including land use
and zoning approvals from DCP, Certificates
of Appropriateness from LPC, and various
approvals from the City’s PDC, NY SHPO
and NYS DEC.
East River Waterfront Esplanade & Piers
Project
New York, New York
Funded by $150M from LMDC, this
innovative open space project included a
2.5-mile waterfront esplanade, construction
of a new two-level 500’ long pier, dramatic
transformation of an existing pier, and
disposition of city–owned property to
construct and lease enclosed space under
the elevated FDR highway for community,
cultural, and commercial uses. A Text
Amendment to the City’s Zoning Resolution
was also necessary in order to allow for
flexibility in design while meeting waterfront
public access and design standards. The
project underwent extensive public reviews,
including the PDC, the LPC, the SHPO, two
Community Boards, the New York State
DEC, Army Corps of Engineers, State DOT,
and several city agencies.
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CHRISTOPHER HALL, MRTPI, AICP
SOM Urban Strategy Leader
Services
• Urban Design
• Urban and Master Planning
• Resiliency Planning
Years of Experience
25
Education
Master of Urban Planning and Policy,
University of Illinois-Chicago, 1991
BSc (Hons) Government, Politics, History,
Brunel University, London, 1988
Professional Registrations
American Institute of Certified Planners
Royal Town Planning Institute (UK), Member
Lambda Alpha Honorary Land Economics Society
15
Chris is an expert in city renewal, urban
planning and development. He has 25
years of experience and has led multi-
disciplinary teams within community,
design and real estate based organizations
and across private and non-profit
sectors. His experience includes spatial
planning, master planning, investment
frameworks, infrastructure, development
feasibility, strategy, policy planning, and
stakeholder and community engagement.
Chris is recognized for strength in large-
scale, complex projects requiring clarity,
creativity and strategy across data,
infrastructure, economic and social
realms, and an absolute commitment to
implementation.
SELECT PROJECTS
Austin American Statesman Master
Plan
Austin, Texas
Master Plan for waterfront site including
new city park, street and public realm
framework and mid and high-density
office, residential, retail and hotel uses
for high visibility site in Austin’s South
Congress neighborhood.
Virginia Beach 19th Street
Corridor Master Plan
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Master plan for 200-acre beachfront
district recommended preservation
of existing residential character while
carefully integrating new context-sensitive
development. Plan proposed connecting
new Convention Center to beachfront
areas with the creation of a new city park.
Waukegan Downtown and Lakefront
Masterplan and Design Guidelines
Lake County, Illinois
Masterplan for satellite city downtown
district and former industrial lakefront
which identified potential for infill
development, new districts, upgrade of the
public realm, reconfiguration of rail yards
and environmental restoration of ravines
and dunes.
Milwaukee Equitable Growth
TOD Planning Study
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
SOM and a team of consultants worked
with the City of Milwaukee to provide a
“road map” for the City of Milwaukee
that will result in equitable growth
and development along Milwaukee’s
transit corridors through TOD. The plan
provided a coordinated framework for
public and private investment decisions,
zoning code updates, and practical
implementation strategies, with an
emphasis on ensuring that the vision is
consistent with stakeholder goals for their
neighborhoods.
Chicago Central Area Plan
Chicago, Illinois
Creation of 20-year vision and action
plan for next generation of economic and
residential growth; establishment of an
agenda for development of transit, open
space, infrastructure and environmental
systems.
Tempe TOD, Affordable Housing Strategy
and Downtown Master Plan
Tempe, Arizona
Master plan to address regulations,
infrastructure investment, and policies
related to development for an active and
sustainable downtown and urban core,
which aligns with City Council strategic
priorities.
Washington, D.C. Framework Plan
Washington, D.C.
Residential development strategies based
on Washington’s framework of city center,
neighborhoods, waterfronts, major avenues
and transit station districts.
Near North West Side Plan
Chicago, Illinois
Land use, public realm, streetscape and
movement strategy for the Near Northwest
Side from Milwaukee Ave to Western Avenue,
addressing a rapidly changing residential
market, a lagging retail offer and the need to
overcome physical barriers including arterial
streets, the Kennedy Expressway and at-
grade and elevated Metra tracks. Resident
and business led steering group process and
adoption of the plan by the City of Chicago.
Hyde Park Retail District Plan
Chicago, Illinois
Land use, public realm and streetscape
strategy for neighborhood core responding
to community and university expectations
for a higher quality retail offer and the
productive re-use of surface car parks.
Aldermanic and business community led
process and series of community forums led
to adoption by the City of Chicago.
Lakeside Master Plan
Chicago, Illinois
Master plan for the redevelopment of
573-acre abandoned and cleared industrial
site on Chicago’s south lakefront into a
mixed use district incorporating residential,
commercial, retail and entertainment
uses, infrastructure and open space
improvements.
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ROGER WEBER, AICP, CNU, LEED AP Roger Weber is the lead urban designer in
SOM Senior Urban Designer + Planner the Washington, DC office of SOM and leads
SOM’s global Urban Policy practice area. He
specializes in large scale master planning.
He has experience in urban design, project
strategy, guidelines and zoning, global
positioning, and comprehensive physical,
economic, environmental, and technical
planning for some of the largest public and
private development projects in the world.
Roger’s responsibilities include long-term
visioning, economic analysis, schematic land
planning, urban design, master planning,
comprehensive planning, programming,
writing, technical and illustrated drawing,
guideline creation, book and report
generation, plot sheets, coordination between
Services
SOM teams, offices and subconsultants.
• Urban Design
• Urban and Master Planning
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• Resiliency Planning
Great Lakes Vision Plan
Great Lakes Region, North
America
International planning initiative to create a
plan shaped by a global dialogue between
urban designers, scholars, advocates,
politicians, students, and Great Lakes area
residents to preserve and protect North
America’s Great Lakes.
Philadelphia 30th Street Station
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Master plan for the development of the area
surrounding the historic 30th Street Station,
creating an iconic 24/7 destination and
realizing the long-awaited vision of a bold,
fully integrated mixed-use urban district with
a vibrant transportation hub situated at its
core.

Years of Experience
9

Education
Master’s of Science, Finance, Georgetown
University, 2018
Master in Urban Planning, Harvard University
Graduate School of Design, 2012
BA in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania,
2010

Professional Registrations
AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners)
LEED Accredited Professional
Professional Associations
Member, American Institute of Certified Planners
Member, American Planning Association
Accredited Member, Congress for the New
Urbanism
Advisory Council, DC Historical Society
Member, US-Saudi Business Council
Member, US-Arab Chamber of Commerce
Publications
The South’s Big Cities Moment, New Geography,
2017
Why Transit is Driving a New American Dream,
panel conversation, SOM Medium, 2016
What the Midwest can Learn from the Middle East,
RealClearPolicy, 2016
Techno Fixing the Urban Zone, New Geography,
2015
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customer lists are exempt
from disclosure. Pursuant to
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Detroit East Riverfront
Framework Plan
Detroit, Michigan
A framework plan for Detroit’s East
Riverfront District, a 2 mile long,
450 acre site east of downtown. The project
explores the infrastructural and economic
underpinnings for the site, and frames a
strategy for future development through
targeted City and philanthropic investments.
Asheville Comprehensive Plan
Asheville, North Carolina
In leading the first Comprehensive Plan
since 2003 for the colorful, tourist-friendly,
89,000-resident city, SOM prepared for
the City of Asheville a comprehensive
roadmap for confronting a myriad of complex
challenges, including demographic change,
population growth, climate change, resiliency,
and a multi-modal transportation future.
SOM worked with city leaders to make
the plan an inclusive process, integrate
existing planning efforts and conducting a
meaningful public engagement process to
reach Asheville’s broad population whilst
setting measurable benchmarks for tracking
success.
St. Louis Fourth Ward Revitalization
St. Louis, Missouri
This 700-acre revitalization effort for a
struggling neighborhood in north St. Louis.
SOM is working alongside city officials and a
social impact developer to craft a sensitive
strategy for sustainable revitalization,
including reducing vacancy, boosting
opportunity, and elevating land values around
a new neighborhood center and an infusion of
dynamic new growth.
Seat Pleasant Master Plan
Seat Pleasant, Maryland
A comprehensive smart cities master
plan for a small city in Maryland just
east of Washington, DC. The plan, Seat
Pleasant’s first ever, synthesized public and
private prioriteis to shape a policy vision
for attracting new development to the
community.
Barangaroo Central
Sydney, Australia
Urban design and master planning for
the transformation of a 22 hectare vacant
industrial harbor site on the high-visibility
western edge of Sydney’s signature bay. The
evolving design for this strategic waterfront
location combines civic, educational and
recreational uses with spaces for living, work
and leisure,
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DANIEL O’SHAUGHNESSY, AICP Daniel O’Shaughnessy is a Senior Urban
SOM Urban Designer + Planner Designer and Planner in SOM’s New
York office. As a designer, he searches
for creative ways to foster connections
between people,their cities, and the
environment. As a planner, he remains
firmly committed to finding intelligent,
sustainable solutions to today’s most
pressing urban challenges.
His projects range in scale from regional
planning – including a vision for the Great
Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin – to
building-level zoning analysis for dozens
of projects. His recent projects focus on
the nexus between major transportation
Services
hubs, the public realm, and surrounding
• Urban Design
urban communities. He is leading plans
• Urban and Master Planning
to upgrade historic train stations and
• Resiliency Planning
develop adjacent rail yards at both 30th
Years of Experience Street Station in Philadelphia and Hoboken
9 Terminal. Other notable projects into
Education the University of Connecticut’s Campus
Master of Urban Planning, University of Plan and a plan for a new mixed-use
Pennsylvania neighborhood in Southwest Downtown
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Colorado Springs.
Technology
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Professional Registration
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
All Aboard Florida’s Brightline
Various Locations
Design and planning for All Aboard
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Statutes, trade secret mixed-use urban neighborhoods with rich
information as defined in connectivity to multi-modal public transit,
station-oriented retail, parking and new
Section 812.081, Florida civic amenities.
Statutes, which includes
customer lists as a trade MiLine Framework Plan and Design
Guidelines
secret.
Miami, Florida
Master planning for the transformation
of a 6.2-mile abandoned freight rail line
into a recreational trail and linear park,
focused on revealing the natural ecology
of the place, connecting to adjacent
neighborhoods, and building a community
brand that can spur investment and new
development.
expansion, environmental clean-up, and
transformational urban design. The plan
envisions new residential, office, retail, and
business incubator development alongside
8 acres of new park spaces, including
a re-imagined Warrington Plaza at the
historic station entrance. 2.3 million sf.
Lakeside Master Plan
Chicago, Illinois
Master plan and infrastructure strategy for
the redevelopment of 589-acre abandoned
and cleared industrial site on Chicago’s
south lakefront into a mixed use district
incorporating residential, commercial, retail
and entertainment uses, infrastructure and
open space improvements.
Philadelphia 30th Street Station
District Plan
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Master plan for the development of the
area surrounding the historic 30th Street
Station, much owned by Drexel University,
creating an iconic 24/7 destination and
realizing the long-awaited vision of a bold,
fully integrated mixed-use urban district
with a vibrant transportation hub situated
at its core. 18 million sf on 190 acres.
Southwest Downtown Master Plan
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Master planning, development strategies,
and architectural design for the Southwest
Downtown Urban Renewal District. The plan
focuses on creating a walkable, mixed-use
community that incorporates infrastructure
upgrades and public realm improvements
centered on the new US Olympic Museum.
5 million sf on 190 acres.
.

Hudson Crossing at Hoboken Terminal

Hoboken, New Jersey
Master plan to redevelop the northern edge
of NJ TRANSIT’s 65-acre operating rail yard
by weaving together five fragmented modes
of public transit and providing a framework
for significant private investment, economic

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JENNIFER LEIGH PEHR, AICP, MPH
SOM Urban Designer + Planner
Services
• Urban Design
• Urban and Master Planning
• Resiliency Planning
Years of Experience
14
Education
Masters in Urban Planning, Columbia
University Graduate School of Architecture,
Planning and Preservation
Masters in Public Health, Columbia University
Mailman School of Public Health
Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies, Barnard
College, Columbia University
Professional Registrations
AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners)
Professional Associations
Member, American Institute of Certified Planners
Member, American Planning Association
Member, Forum for Urban Design
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Jennifer Pehr is a city planner and urban
designer with experience working for
both architectural firms and nonprofit
organizations. With a background in
urban planning and public health, Ms.
Pehr brings a unique perspective to her
project work and understanding of how
people interact with the built environment.
She has significant urban design, project
coordination and stakeholder engagement
experience with large, complex, and
mixed-use projects in the United States,
Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Ms. Pehr has
also worked as a researcher and educator,
focusing on urban planning, international
development and public health.
SELECT PROJECTS
Hudson Crossing at Hoboken Terminal
Hoboken, New Jersey
Master plan to redevelop NJ TRANSIT’s
65-acre operating rail yard by weaving
together five fragmented modes of public
transit and providing a framework for
significant private investment, economic
expansion, environmental clean-up and
transformational urban design. The plan
envisions over 9 million sf of new mixed-
use development, including a high-density
commercial core in the air rights behind
the terminal, a new residential district,
kilometer-long urban boulevard, and 8
acres of new parks and plazas.
Asheville Comprehensive Plan
Asheville, North Carolina
In leading the first Comprehensive Plan
since 2003 for the colorful, tourist-
friendly, 89,000-resident city, SOM
prepared for the City of Asheville a
comprehensive roadmap for confronting
a myriad of complex challenges, including
demographic change, population
growth, climate change, resiliency, and
a multi-modal transportation future.
SOM worked with city leaders to make
the plan an inclusive process, integrate
existing planning efforts and conducting
a meaningful public engagement process
to reach Asheville’s broad population
whilst setting measurable benchmarks
for tracking success. The plan provided
a bold, creative, and empowering vision
to guide the city’s future, bolstering its
commitment to achieving sustainability
and livability goals.
Philadelphia 30th Street Station
District Plan
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Master plan for the development of the
area surrounding the historic 30th Street
Station, much owned by Drexel University,
creating an iconic 24/7 destination and
realizing the long-awaited vision of a bold,
fully integrated mixed-use urban district with
a vibrant transportation hub situated at its
core. 18 million sf on 190 acres.
Sandy Renewal and Resiliency Plan for
New York City Housing Authority’s Red
Hook Houses*
New York, New York
Part of $3 billion in federal funds to repair
Superstorm Sandy-damaged property to
design interventions that protect the site,
residents, housing and mechanical systems
from future storm events. Responsible
for public outreach efforts, public health
research with institutions and collaboration
with landscape designers on urban design,
GA Mashie Housing and Coastal Master
Plan Development
Accra, Ghana
In collaboration with the Earth Institute’s
Millennium Cities Initiative, designed
conceptual housing for an urban slum and
vision for future coastal development in the
heart of Accra. Served as project manager
and master planner, responsible for existing
conditions analysis, needs assessment, block
plan strategy, development of housing brief,
framework for governance and coordination
of all project stakeholders. AIANY Merit
Award for Urban Design.
Southwest Downtown Master Plan
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Master planning, development strategies,
and architectural design of the 190 acre
Southwest Downtown Urban Renewal District
in Colorado Springs. The plan focuses on
creating a walkable, mixed-use community
that incorporates infrastructure upgrades,
public realm improvements, and 5 million sf
of new development.
Square One Master Plan
Mississauga, Ontario
Master plan for land utilization, development
and future mall expansion of Square One,
one of Canada’s largest shopping malls.
Project includes residential, office and open
space development, as well as phased mall
expansions and parking considerations.
Responsible for transportation and road
networks, open spaces, circulation and
project deliverables.
*Prior to joining SOM
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SUSANA ARISSO, AICP Ms. Arissó has extensive experience government center of Judiciary Square.
SOM Urban Designer in urban planning as well as planning The comprehensive plan accommodates
for high security, high technology 2.2 million sf of mixed-use atop a platform.
military installations. Her experience A 5 building complex is supported by the
includes institutional projects sited platform and conceals the freeway, below
on the ceremonial landmarks of the grade, without affecting its traffic flow. This
Washington monumental core, such as LEED Platinum project involved extensive
the National Mall, Arlington Cemetery community outreach and coordination with
and the Pentagon, as well as on research stakeholders including; NCPC, DMPED,
campuses and military reservations. DDOT and FHWA.
At SOM, she serves as senior designer/
planner, leading projects during the Undisclosed Client
planning, concept and schematic stages. Reuse Plan
Location Confidential
Worked in partnership with government
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agencies to reuse 67 acres of land adjacent
to downtown and a waterfront. Developed
Services Newland Properties River Lights
a long-range plan for a resilient innovation
• Urban Design Cape Fear River, NC
hub to attract development anchors
• Urban and Master Planning Planning of resort neighborhoods to include
and transform an underused area into a
• Resiliency Planning a few thousand residential units. Site total
vibrant part of the city. Provided land use
was 1,200 acres. Project included a new
Years of Experience
and urbanist development scenarios that
urbanist development featuring water front
24 established a connected framework for
and wetlands on the Cape Fear River. Result
phased build-out over time.
Education was Marina Village, a waterfront destination
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Michigan, resort, with a small town feel. Development
US Army Installation Management
Taubman College of Architecture + Urban included lodging, a spa and shops.
Planning Command (IMCOM)
Graduate Level Summer Semester, Prague Fort Leavenworth North and South Area
The Barry Farm Development Plan
Technology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic Development Plans
Washington, DC
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
This urban plan covered 1.5 million sf
Professional Registrations Provided land re-use recommendations
and 27 acres in the historic Anacostia
AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners) and designed a “town center” scheme to
neighborhood. Walkable street grid
upgrade the sustainability and quality of life
included a mixed use main street. Medium
at this military installation. Work involved
to low density development with pocket
synthesizing site data, post issues and
parks, a central village green and urban
stakeholder priorities into development
agriculture community gardens. The plan
plans providing a framework for immediate
aligned main streets with a view of DC’s
and future projects over a 30 year range.
core vistas, placing the parks in high areas.
Project won 2017 APA FPD Honor Award to
One of the plan’s winning ideas embraced
Outstanding Area Development Plan.
the important historic reference.
The Walter Reed Reuse and Small
General Services Administration NCR
Area Plan
J. Edgar Hoover Square / FBI Site
Washington, DC
Redevelopment Studies
A mixed-use development balancing new
Washington, DC
construction with historic buildings, open
Administered guidance on land use,
spaces, destination retail, and residential,
master planning and urban design on a
institutional and office uses. Included
high profile site referred to as “the Nation’s
3.1 million sf on 67 acres. TOD revitalized
Main Street” right on the Washington DC
major segment of Georgia Avenue
monumental core. Developed land use and
corridor. Project was considered one of
building capacity scenarios of over 2 million
DC’s five “ecodistricts”. The development
GSF on 7 acres that reconcile historic
plan included a cutting edge sustainable
regulations with concerns and input
framework, integrating sustainability
from the public and various government
strategies on a district level. This project
agencies.
was awarded 2012 APA NCAC Award for
Outstanding Small Area Plan.
Capitol Crossing Master Plan
Washington, DC
A mixed-use master plan of a cutting edge
sustainable development adjacent to the

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JENNY JOE, AIA Jenny Joe joined SOM as an Urban Designer
SOM Urban Designer in 2012, involved in several international
master planning projects. Her multi-scalar
planning experience includes projects with a
wide range of programmatic requirements,
including large-scale mixed-use projects as
well as with innovative city developments
that respond to unique microclimatic
contexts and future infrastructural needs.
Her ability to connect social, environmental,
and infrastructural systems in a holistic
urban framework makes her an asset to
planning projects.
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Services Philadelphia 30th Street Station
• Urban Design District Plan
• Urban and Master Planning Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Resiliency Planning Master plan for the development of the area
surrounding the historic 30th Street Station,
Years of Experience much owned by Drexel University, creating
10 an iconic 24/7 destination and realizing the
Education long-awaited vision of a bold, fully integrated
Master of Science in Architecture and Urban mixed-use urban district with a vibrant
Design, Columbia University transportation hub situated at its core. 18
Bachelor of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic million sf on 190 acres.
Institute
Professional Registration
Bay City Bahrain
Member, AIA Bahrain City, Bahrain
Design study for a large mixed-use
development for the Crown Prince of
Bahrain, including 55-story office tower,
residential, serviced apartments, and retail,
3,010,000 sf.
Thakher City Master Plan
Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Master planning and architectural design of
a mixed-use project including an extensive
hotel area, luxury residential towers, three
mosques, a main entrance gateway with
capacity to accommodate 200,000 pilgrims,
a transit hub, a mall, retail areas, public
plazas, as well as water and landscape
features, 32,300,000 sf building up area on
76 acres of land.
China Medical University
Taichung Shui Nan Campus
Taichung, Taiwan
Programming and Master Planning for a new
4.2 million sf mixed use campus in a 24 hour
urban district and “University Town” bringing
together education, research, biotechnology,
corporate collocation, housing and retail
with an International Medical Center.
Hong Kong International Airport, North
Commercial District Master Layout Plan
Hong Kong, China
NCD master plan update, which calls
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with extensive dining and entertainment
offerings; seven new hotels at a range
of price points, parking, coach and bus
terminals, and other facilities. The plan
also examines intermodal transportation
interfaces and pedestrian connections with
existing and future facilities, 3 million sf.
Shanghai Vanke South Station Central
Business District
Shanghai, China
SOM’s design for the Vanke South Station
project in Shanghai includes Class A
office and retail center for this expanding
neighborhood south of downtown. The
Shanghai Vanke South Station Business
District will become a new asset for the city
with the highest examples of innovation and
high performance design features. This plan
envisions the transformation of a vacant
site strategically located in adjacency to the
second most important train station in the
city on Shanghai.
Beijing Bohai Innovation City
Beijing, China
Master planning for a 3,640 acre site
representing a new model of compact,
environmentally enhanced urban design
for the rapid development of satellite cities
along Chinese high speed rail corridors.
Shenzhen Qianhai Lot 17 and 19
Master Plan
Shenzhen, China
Master plan and urban design for two
parcels within Shenzhen’s groundbreaking
Qianhai District. The plan focuses on
creating a compact, transit-oriented and
walkable district in this hot and humid
climate. Open spaces shade the district,
frame views and connect people to Qianhai’s
larger park network. Creation of 20-year
vision and action plan for next generation
of economic and residential growth;
establishment of an agenda for development
of transit, open space, infrastructure and
environmental systems.
Wuhan Yangluo New Town
Wuhan, China
Master plan for the 4.6 square mile mixed-
use core adjacent to Wuhan’s primary
shipping gateway, the Yanglou Port. The
plan calls for a unique framework that
perfectly conforms to the site’s topography
and natural drainage; connecting people to
water.
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ANGEL RODRIGUEZ-COLON
SOM Urban Designer + Architect
Services
• Architecture and Urban Design
• Urban and Master Planning
• Resiliency Planning
Years of Experience
8
Education
Harvard University
Master of Architecture in Urban Design,
2011
University of Puerto Rico
Master of Architecture, 2009
University of Puerto Rico
B.S. Environmental Design, 2006
Professional Associations
Member, American Planning Association
21
Angel is an architect and urban
designer with over five years of
experience in the planning and design
of walkable, mixed-use communities,
vibrant civic realms, and transit-
anchored urban neighborhoods.
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MiLine Framework Plan and Design
Guidelines
Miami, Florida
Master planning for the transformation
of a 6.2-mile abandoned freight rail
line into a recreational trail and linear
park, focused on revealing the natural
ecology of the place, connecting to
adjacent neighborhoods, and building
a community brand that can spur
investment and new development.
Cornell Tech Campus Framework
Plan
New York, New York
Campus Framework for a highly
sustainable technology campus for
Cornell University and Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology Consortium
for 2,500 students, public-private
development on 12.7 acres (5.1
hectares) on Roosevelt Island;
Campus Framework completed 2012,
Phase One completion 2 million sf.
Hudson Crossing at Hoboken
Terminal
Hoboken, New Jersey
Master plan to redevelop NJ
TRANSIT’s 65-acre operating rail yard
by weaving together five fragmented
modes of public transit and providing
a framework for significant private
investment, economic expansion,
environmental clean-up and
transformational urban design. The
plan envisions over 9 million sf of new
mixed-use development, including a
high-density commercial core in the
air rights behind the terminal, a new
residential district, kilometer-long
urban boulevard, and 8 acres of new
parks and plazas,
Philadelphia 30th Street Station
District Plan
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Master plan for the development of
the area surrounding the historic 30th
Street Station, much owned by Drexel
University, creating an iconic 24/7
destination and realizing the long-
awaited vision of a bold, fully integrated
mixed-use urban district with a vibrant
transportation hub situated at its core.
18 million sf on 190 acres.
University of Connecticut Master Plan
Storrs, Connecticut
Comprehensive 20-year master plan
for Storrs’ 4,000-acre Campus. The
plan looks at ways to accomodate 2.8
million GSF of new developement into the
campus’ natural setting.
Roche Global Master Planning
Basel, Switzerland
Comprehensive planning principles and
design guidelines to inform the future
development of multiple Roche Diagnostics
sites world-wide, including site-specific
master plans and architectural design
principles.
Bandar Malaysia Transportation Hub
Kuala, Lumpur, Malaysia
Master plan and integrated station
design for the northern terminus of a
high-speed rail line connecting Singapore
and Kuala Lumpur. The station celebrates
a new national gateway to Malaysia with
a sweeping roof structure that marks the
connection with MRT, KLIA, KMT, and
monorail services. It anchors significant
overbuild development in the station
district, the heart of the larger Bandar
Malaysia project. 18 million sf
Southwest Downtown Plan
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Master planning and visioning for the
transformation of 190 acres in Southwest
Downtown Colorado Springs. The plan
focuses on creating a walkable, mixed-use
community anchored by a new US Olympic
Museum, new public infrastructure and
civic spaces, and a framework for 5 million
sf of mixed-use development.
Agra Heritage Study
Agra, India
Framework plan to enhance visitation
of significant heritage sites in the early
Mughal capital’s historic core, anchored by
the Taj Mahal and including buildings and
gardens on both sides of the Yamuna River.
Nuevo Polanco Master Plan
Mexico City, Mexico
Paseo Nuevo Polanco combines 115,000
square meters of world class office space,
five residential towers, 6,000 square
meters of ground-level retail, and 8,000
sm of public open space. Future residents
will be able to live, work, and play in this
district, all within short walking distance
of world-class museums, commercial
centers, and recent investments in open
space.
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SOM Urban Designer + Architect at SOM’s regional office in Washington,
DC. He specializes in comprehensive
and sensitive Urban Design. Alex brings
experience in urban design, land use and
programming for both private and public
projects throughout the world. His primary
responsibility is the synthesis between
architectural design and city design,
and significantly contributes to overall
visioning, master planning, programming,
design guidelines, and the coordination
between design disciplines.
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Services
• Architecture and Urban Design
• Urban and Master Planning
• Resiliency Planning
Years of Experience
4 identifying creative strategies that support
Education
Master of Architecture, University of Virginia, 2015
Master of Urban and Environmental Planning,
University of Virginia, 2015
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, The Catholic
University of America, 2011
Professional Associations
Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA)
National Landing Station Vision
Professional Qualifications
Editor for Catalyst, University of Virginia Yearly Arlington, VA
Publication Crystal City to National Reagan Airport
Editor for Vortex Publications, University of Virginia Feasibility Study” for the BID and many
Translate Editor for “Women Working: Urban public and private stakeholders, including
Assessment Guide from a Gender Perspective,” JBG Smith, to envision a new pedestrian
University of Virginia connection to DCA. A transformational
investment in livability and walkability,
Please be advised that the l connection would enhance
customer lists are exempt economic development, strengthen the
neighborhood’s hotel community, and
from disclosure. Pursuant to link thousands of workers and residents
Section 815.045, Florida to a growing regional rail network. SOM
Statutes, trade secret also supported the design studies for
JBG Smith regarding transit, public
information as defined in
infrastructure and placemaking at
Section 812.081, Florida National Landing, unlocking a vision for an
Statutes, which includes exceptionally integrated, walkable urban
neighborhood surrounding transit.
customer lists as a trade
secret.
Leesburg Gateway
Leesburg, Virginia
Comprehensive development vision for
a new urban live-work-play community
across 120 acres of infill property near
historic Leesburg. The development
connects across the city’s existing urban
fabric, leveraging the site’s unique rolling
topography to shape a new kind of urban
experience. The plan is a model for
compact-transit friendly development in a
thriving exurban locale.
Fairfax Massey Complex Master Plan
Fairfax, VA
Fairfax Massey Complex Master Plan
currently hosts the Massey Building, a
dated landmark on the campus, which
will soon be demolished. With the demo
of the Massey Building, an opportunity
presents itself for a visionary master plan.
SOM is currently working with the County
long-term development, while leveraging
the site’s unique historic character.
Four Bethesda Metro Center
Bethesda, Maryland
Extensive building planning studies and a
strategic placemaking vision to transform
an underutilized public plaza into a vibrant
transit-oriented downtown commercial
development. Project work includes the
design of a new 500,000 sf, 300-foot-
tall tower which will sit atop an existing
below-grade bus and rail transit structure
and parking garage. A redesigned and
reconfigured public plaza will provide
direct access to the public transit stations
and offer an inviting user experience with
innovative placemaking strategies, art
installations, and a retail component to
increase community engagement.
Capitol Crossing
Washington, DC
Urban development plan that conceals a
below-grade interstate and 6 story parking
and loading area, and builds above (in its
air rights space) an innovative LEED ready
platform. This will support a 5 building,
12-to-13-story, LEED Silver mixed used
complex. Includes innovative planted
eco-chimneys that cleanse car exhaust
and toxins; green roofs and gardens;
cisterns; and sustainable infrastructure.
2.2 million sf on three city blocks near the
U.S. Capitol.

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CAMERON BARRADALE, RLA, LEED AP Cameron Barradale is a registered
SOM Project Management landscape architect and project manager
in the City Design Practice at SOM. He
has over eight years of varied experience
in urban design, campus planning and
landscape architecture projects, both
internationally and throughout the
Midwest and Eastern United States.
Cameron’s approach emphasizes
landscape and ecology as a driver for
placemaking in urban environments.
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Lincoln Park Lagoon Revitalization
Chicago, Illinois
Landscape strategies to revitalize and
re-envision the park’s historic rowing
lagoon with wildlife habitat and more
Services
resilient infrastructure.
• Urban Design
• Urban and Master Planning
University of Chicago Campus Plan
• Resiliency Planning
Chicago, Illinois
Years of Experience Master plan to guide the future growth of
8 the University of Chicago and connect the
South, West and Main Campuses. The plan
Education
Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design,
also looks to increase amenities and revive
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, with the 53rd Street Corridor as a supporting
Distinction, 2012 business district to the University and
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Clemson surrounding Hyde Park neighborhood.
University, 2005
Urban Design Semester, Universitat Politecnica de Denver VA Medical Center Landscape
Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 2004
Construction Administration
Denver, Colorado
Professional Registrations
Registered Landscape Architect in Illinois, South
Lead Landscape Architect overseeing
Carolina coordination with client and general
LEED Accredited Professional contractor to ensure successful
implementation of site and landscape
design for a 30 acre, $1.5 billion hospital
campus. Elements included in the project
include site walls, hardscape, plantings,
grading, irrigation and stormwater
collection and drainage.
Shanghai Lujiazui World Trade Center
Public Realm Design
Shanghai, China
Transit-based mixed-use development of
over 2.4 million square meters in the heart
of Shanghai, consisting of three distinct
districts: a Financial City Complex to the
west, a Villa District to the north, and an
International District to the southeast.
Jinan Yellow River Ecological
Landscape Belt
Jinan, China
Planning study that envisions an ecological
national park for China to enhance and
protect the natural systems of the Yellow
River, create an ecological engine for the
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region, connect the people of Jinan to their
cultural heritage and establish a sensitive
framework to guide the urban growth of the
City of Jinan.
Jinan Daming Lake Surrounding Area
Concept Master Plan
Jinan, China
230 hectare conceptual master plan for
the historic center of Jinan that defines five
neighborhoods of distinctive character and
a Daming Lake Scenic Area surrounding Old
Town with the best of old and new.
Seagull Island Master Plan
Guangzhou, China
This 36-square-kilometer master plan offers
strategies to strengthen Seagull Island’s
natural assets, reverse degradation, and
create sustainable residential districts.
Focusing on six core components—water,
ecology, new economies, agriculture,
community, and mobility—the plan seeks
to create resilient infrastructure and spur
economic development.
Pearl River Framework and Vision Plan
Guangzhou, China
Plan intended to set the course for
the next 100 years of development
along Guangzhou’s Riverfront. Totaling
approximately 60 kilometers of riverfront
planning, the vision seeks to re-focus the
cities energy on the Pearl River Corridor.
Shanghai Sanlin Green Streets
Shanghai, China
A public realm and streetscape design for
a new Eco-district design in Shanghai. The
street typologies of Sanlin were designed
specifically to emphasize ecological and
sustainable infrastructure systems to
improve the public realm, reduce waste, and
decrease water and energy consumption,
all the while providing a unique character
and vibrant public realm for the people of
Sanlin.
Hubei Wuhan Jiangnan Core Area Public
Realm Design
Wuhan, China
Planning for a 457-hectare urban center
located in the heart of the Wuchang District.
Centered around a large central park and
retail promenade; the district provides a
wide range of program uses and densities
for the financial sector and residents.
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Below is a representative list of architecture and planning clients from SOM's Washington, DC, New York, and
Chicago offices from the past five years. Please be advised that customer lists are exempt from
disclosure. Pursuant to Section 815.045, Florida Statutes,
trade secret information as defined in Section 812.081,
Florida Statutes, which includes customer lists as a trade
secret.

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REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT LIST

Please be advised that customer lists are exempt from
disclosure. Pursuant to Section 815.045, Florida Statutes,
trade secret information as defined in Section 812.081,
Florida Statutes, which includes customer lists as a trade
secret.

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Please be advised that customer lists
are exempt from disclosure. Pursuant
to Section 815.045, Florida Statutes,
trade secret information as defined in
Section 812.081, Florida Statutes,
which includes customer lists as a trade
secret.

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PROPOSER PROFILE

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT LIST

Please be advised that customer lists are exempt
from disclosure. Pursuant to Section 815.045, Florida
Statutes, trade secret information as defined in
Section 812.081, Florida Statutes, which includes
customer lists as a trade secret.

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Please be advised that customer lists are
exempt from disclosure. Pursuant to
Section 815.045, Florida Statutes, trade
secret information as defined in Section
812.081, Florida Statutes, which includes
customer lists as a trade secret.

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PROPOSER PROFILE

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT LIST

Please be advised that customer lists are
exempt from disclosure. Pursuant to Section
815.045, Florida Statutes, trade secret
information as defined in Section 812.081,
Florida Statutes, which includes customer lists
as a trade secret.

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 Please be advised that customer lists are
exempt from disclosure. Pursuant to Section
815.045, Florida Statutes, trade secret
information as defined in Section 812.081,
Florida Statutes, which includes customer lists
as a trade secret.

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FIRMWIDE AWARDS + RECOGNITION

Since the firm’s inception, SOM has

received over 2,000 design awards—
more than any other design firm in
the country.

SOM is also the only firm to twice receive the American

Institute of Architect’s (AIA) Firm Award for distinguished
architecture, first in 1962 and again in 1996, when the AIA
noted that SOM exemplifies “mastery of the changes of
time, cultural values, technologies, business practice, and
economics,” qualities that have undoubtedly contributed
to the firm’s enduring success. In addition to our two firm Fast Company, 2009, 2010, 2017
awards, SOM has won 45 AIA National Honor Awards and six
prestigious National 25 Year Awards, which recognize projects
of enduring architectural significance.

SOM has developed a portfolio of world-renowned projects

and a reputation for delivering the highest quality service and
innovation. Fast Company magazine ranked SOM first in its list
of Most Innovative Companies in Architecture and 32nd in its
index of Most Innovative Companies worldwide. In 2010 and
2017, Architect Magazine named SOM Number One of the top
50 architects. SOM has also been recognized for interior design
excellence, winning a number of International Interior Design
Association (IIDA) Awards.

45 6
2,000+ DESIGN
AWARDS
AIA National
Honor Awards

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SOM ascended to the top of the Architect 50 in 2017, becoming
the first firm to be ranked Number One twice. The design judges
highlighted SOM’s “beautifully detailed public work” with
“sculptural surfaces and façades and structural forms.”

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URBAN DESIGN + MASTER PLANNING AWARDS
18 18 9 13 14 15
2008
1. Urban Land Institute
GM RENAISSANCE CENTER
2. FIABCI (Intl. Real Estate
Federation)
LAKESHORE EAST
3. AIA Chicago
LOS ANGELES RIVER - A
PLAN FOR THE NEXT 100
YEARS
4. Chicago Athenaeum
(America)
ALEXANDRIA
WATERFRONT
5. Chicago Athenaeum
(International)
ALEXANDRIA
WATERFRONT
6. AIA California Council
BEIJING FINANCE STREET
7. AIA San Francisco
BEIJING FINANCE STREET
8. Architectural Record
BEIJING FINANCE STREET
9. Chicago Athenaeum
(America)
BEIJING FINANCE STREET
10. Chicago Athenaeum
(International)
BEIJING FINANCE STREET
11. Urban Land Institute (Asia
Pacific)
BEIJING FINANCE STREET
12. Urban Land Institute
(Global)
BEIJING FINANCE STREET
13. AIA Hong Kong
FOSHAN LINGNAN TIANDI
14. ASLA (Northern California)
TRANSBAY DESIGN FOR
DEVELOPMENT
15. AIA California Council
TREASURE ISLAND
16. California Environmental
Protection Agency
TREASURE ISLAND
17. AIA California Council
TIMISOARA 2020
18. ULI Global Award for
Excellence
TOKYO MIDTOWN
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152
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
19. AIA Chicago 37. AIA California 46. AIA National 59. AIA Illinois Urban Design 73. AIA National
CHICAGO 2016 OLYMPICS TIANJIN BEIJING CBD EAST Merit Award GREAT LAKES VISION PLAN
FINANCE CITY EXPANSION TIANJIN BINHAI
20. AIA Chicago NEW AREA CBD 74. AIA National
CHICAGO RIVERWALK 38. AIA California 47. AIA Chicago PARK MERCED VISION
MAIN BRANCH PARK MERCED VISION GUANGZHOU 4 VILLAGES 60. “Sustainia 100” Top PLAN
FRAMEWORK PLAN Sustainable Solution City
39. Friends of the 48. AIA Chicago Award 75. AIA National
21. AIA Boston Chicago River PANAMA GOVERNMENT LAKESIDE MASTER PLAN NANHU NEW COUNTRY
LAKESIDE MASTER PLAN CHICAGO RIVERWALK CITY VILLAGE MASTER PLAN
MAIN BRANCH 61. “Sustainia 100” Community
22. AIA National FRAMEWORK PLAN 49. AIA Chicago Award 76. AIA California
LAKESIDE MASTER PLAN GREAT LAKES VISION PLAN LAKESIDE MASTER PLAN Merit Award
40. Cityscape Awards NANHU NEW COUNTRY
23. Chicago Athenaeum for Real Estate in 50. AIA San Francisco 62. ULI Global Award for VILLAGE MASTER PLAN
(International) the Middle East BAIETAN GUANGZHOU Excellence
LAKESIDE and North Africa SAIGON SOUTH 77. Congress for the
ALEXANDRIA 51. Guangzhou Planning Bureau New Urbanism
24. AIA Chicago WATERFRONT BAIETAN GUANGZHOU 63. ULI Global Award for Charter Award
ALEXANDRIA Excellence Finalist GREAT LAKES VISION PLAN
WATERFRONT 41. SCUP 52. Chicago Athenaeum Green WUHAN TIANDI
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Good Design 78. ASLA Professional Award
25. World Architecture News CAMPUS BEIJING CBD EAST 64. ASLA GREAT LAKES VISION PLAN
ALEXANDRIA EXPANSION KAFD CONFERENCE CENTER
WATERFRONT 42. LEAF Awards 79. Virserum Art
BEIJING CBD 53. Chicago Athenaeum Green 65. China National Museum Architecture of
26. AIA California Council EAST EXPANSION Good Design BAIETAN GUANGZHOU Necessity
FOSHAN LINGNAN TIANDI GREAT LAKES VISION PLAN TREASURE ISLAND
43. Urban Land institute 66. Guangdong Province MASTER PLAN
27. AIA San Francisco THE NEW BEIJING 54. Chicago Athenaeum Green BAIETAN GUANGZHOU
FOSHAN LINGNAN TIANDI POLY PLAZA Good Design 80. Chicago Athenaeum
PARK MERCED VISION 67. Guangdong Municipality International Architecture
28. AIA National 44. AIA Illinois BAIETAN GUANGZHOU Award
FOSHAN LINGNAN TIANDI LAKESHORE EAST 55. Chicago Athenaeum/ GREAT LAKES VISION PLAN
MASTER PLAN Europe Intl. Arch. 68. Chicago Athenaeum Intl. Arch.
29. Chicago Athenaeum TIANJIN FINANCE CITY PARK MERCED VISION PLAN 81. Virserum Art Museum
FOSHAN LINGNAN TIANDI 45. AIA Illinois Architecture of Necessity
BEIJING CBD EAST 56. MIPIM Asia 69. APA Northern California NANHU NEW COUNTRY
30. MIPIM / Architectural EXPANSION SAIGON SOUTH TREASURE ISLAND VILLAGE MASTER PLAN
Review
FOSHAN LINGNAN TIANDI 57. Metropolitan Planning 70. AIA Hong Kong 82. AIA Hong Kong
Council NANHU NEW BEIJING BOHAI
31. AIA San Francisco LAKESHORE EAST COUNTRY VILLAGE INNOVATION CITY
PARK MERCED VISION MASTER PLAN
71. ASLA National 83. WAN Urban Design Awards
32. ASLA Northern 58. The Waterfront Center NANHU NEW NANJING XIAGUAN
California RIVERSIDE SOUTH COUNTRY VILLAGE RIVERFRONT
PARK MERCED VISION
72. Society of Arch. Historians 84. Paulson Prize for Cities of
33. AIA National GREAT LAKES VISION PLAN the Future
TREASURE ISLAND NANHU NEW
COUNTRY VILLAGE
34. Chicago Athenaeum
UNIVERSITY OF 85. Spark Award
CALIFORNIA, MERCED NANHU NEW
COUNTRY VILLAGE
35. AIA Hong Kong
TIANJIN COFCO 86. MIPIM Asia
NANHU NEW
36. Rudy Bruner Award COUNTRY VILLAGE
MILLENNIUM PARK
87. Spark Award
DENVER UNION
STATION
Total
Awards
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2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

88. AIA National 102. Architect’s Newspaper, 111. Congress for New 122. AIA National 138. MIPIM Asia, Silver
SON TRA PENINSULA Best of Design Awards Urbanism - Charter PHILADELPHIA 30TH
STRATEGIC VISION AMIE 1.0 Awards STREET STATION ONE BANGKOK
PLAN NANHU NEW COUNTRY DISTRICT PLAN
103. AIA, National 25 Year VILLAGE 139. Fast Company
89. AIA National Award 123. Los Angeles Business INDIA BASIN
DENVER UNION BROADGATE - 112. APA CA Northern Council
STATION EXCHANGE HOUSE Section Awards LONG BEACH CIVIC
140. AIA – San Francisco
THE PLANT MASTER CENTER MASTER PLAN
UNIVERSITY OF
90. MIPIM Asia Award 104. SEAOI, 50 Significant PLAN
CALIFORNIA SANTA
WUHAN JIANG’AN Structures in 50 Years 124. Architect Magazine
BARBARA, SAN
RIVERFRONT BUSINESS BROADGATE - 113. MIPIM Asia AMIE 1.0
JOAQUIN APARTMENTS
DISTRICT EXCHANGE HOUSE KNOWLEDGE
AND PRECINCT
AND INNOVATION 125. Fast Company
IMPROVEMENTS
91. MIPIM Asia Award 105. Architizer, A+ Award COMMUNITY AMIE 1.0
PLUIT CITY CENTRAL BARANGAROO
MASTERPLAN 114. American Society of 141. APA – California
126. AIA – California
106. Spark Award Landscape Architects UNIVERSITY OF
UNIVERSITY OF
92. AIA Middle East Chapter CHRIST HOSPITAL CALIFORNIA MERCED
Merit Award CALIFORNIA MERCED
BAHRAIN BAY 2020 PROJECT
GUIYANG NANMING 2020 PROJECT
MASTERPLAN 107. Architizer A+ Award RIVERFRONT CULTURE
CHRIST HOSPITAL CBD MASTER PLAN 142. Architizer
93. AIA - Hong Kong 127. APA – California
CORNELL TECH
BEIJING TIANQUIAO 108. Spark Award UNIVERSITY OF
CAMPUS FRAMEWORK
PERFORMING ARTS CHRIST HOSPITAL 115. AIA – Chicago CALIFORNIA MERCED
PLAN
DISTRICT MASTER CENTRAL 2020 PROJECT
PLAN 109. SEAOI, 50 Significant BARANGAROO
143. MIPIM/Architectural
Structures in 50 Years 128. AIA – California
94. AIA Illinois Honors KING ABDULAZIZ 116. American Planning INDIA BASIN Review
Awards INTERNATIONAL SHANGHAI OLD TOWN
Association - California
GREAT LAKES VISION AIRPORT - HAJJ MASTER PLAN
Chapter 129. AIA – California
PLAN TERMINAL SAN JOSE - SANTA
THE PLANT MASTER
CLARA REGIONAL 144. MIPIM/Architectural
95. DBIA Project of the year 110. Urban Land Institute PLAN
WASTEWATER FACILITY Review
Award Global Award MASTER PLAN SHANGHAI OLD TOWN
DENVER UNION for Excellence 117. American Planning
MASTER PLAN
STATION DENVER UNION Association 130. Spark Awards
STATION THE PLANT MASTER INDIA BASIN
96. American Planning 145. AIA – New York
PLAN
Association - Northern DENVER UNION
131. Spark Awards STATION
California Chapter
118. American Planning UNIVERSITY OF
NANHU NEW COUNTRY
Association - California CALIFORNIA MERCED
VILLAGE MASTER PLAN 146. AIA –California
2020 PROJECT
Chapter UNIVERSITY OF
97. Chicago Athenaeum LONG BEACH CIVIC CALIFORNIA SANTA
132. Architect’s Newspaper
Green Good Design CENTER MASTER PLAN BARBARA, SAN
INDIA BASIN
Award JOAQUIN APARTMENTS
DENVER UNION 119. P3 Awards AND PRECINCT
STATION 133. PropertyGuru. IMPROVEMENTS
LONG BEACH CIVIC TANJONG PAGAR
CENTER MASTER PLAN CENTER
98. Chicago Athenaeum 147. AIA – New York State
Green Good Design DENVER UNION
Award 120. USGBC (Emerald Green 134. PropertyGuru. STATION
LAKESIDE MASTER Building Innovation TANJONG PAGAR
PLAN Award) CENTER 148. MIPIM Asia
AMIE 1.0 ROCHE DIAGNOSTIC
99. Chicago Athenaeum Green
135. Built Environment SUZHOU CAMPUS
Good Design Award
121. Architizer Industry
NANJING XIAGUAN
AMIE 1.0 TANJONG PAGAR 149. Hong Kong Institute of
RIVERFRONT MASTERPLAN
CENTER Urban Design
100. Chicago Athenaeum SEAGULL ISLAND
International MASTER PLAN
136. AIA – Chicago
Architecture Award
BEIJING BOHAI AMIE 1.0
150. USGBC – Los Angeles
INNOVATION CITY UNIVERSITY OF
137. P3 Awards, Best Social CALIFORNIA SANTA
101. AIA – Hong Kong
Infrastructure Project BARBARA, SAN
BEIJING BOHAI
UNIVERSITY OF JOAQUIN APARTMENTS
INNOVATION CITY
CALIFORNIA MERCED AND PRECINCT
2020 PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS

151. AIA –Santa Barbara

UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA SANTA
BARBARA, SAN
JOAQUIN APARTMENTS
AND PRECINCT
IMPROVEMENTS

152. Spark Awards

CHENGDU TIANFU
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT CITY

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 Section 3

Proposer's Experience
PROPOSER'S EXPERIENCE
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN
SOM urban designers and architecture teams are
in constant collaboration—and this is particularly
important for large, complex projects where a mix
of uses have multi-dimensional implications for the
built expression of the master plan.
ARCHITECTURE
Solution-based design
Creating mixed-use buildings, where different functions are
stacked on top of each other, can be a very intricate puzzle.
SOM is extremely adept at solving exactly those types of issues,
re-envisioning the overall section and reworking plans to arrive
at just the right configuration. SOM’s architecture, planning,
and engineering teams are in constant collaboration—and this is
particularly important on large, complex projects where a stacked
mix of uses can involve shifting floor plates and transferred loads.
We also team with our vertical transportation and building system
consultants from the onset of a project to make sure that the
building will be properly serviced. Way finding through a complex
mixed use development requires organizational clarity in the
assembly of the disparate program components, including site
access from the adjacent neighborhood, below grade parking,
access to above grade retail and open plazas, and direct access to
the office work place—a prime example of this is our work at Time
Warner Center (pictured to the right). The entry sequence into a
major development forms the first impression that is instrumental
in the success of our mixed use projects.
Site-specific design
SOM doesn’t just provide architecture for today—we plan for the
future, accommodating physical expansion while safeguarding
significant cultural and natural assets. With a special focus on
incorporating public areas and open space, our large-scale
mixed-use projects address not just the site’s particular physical
constraints, but its contextual opportunities.
We begin by examining climactic factors, such as sun angles and
wind conditions, as well as existing infrastructure and roadways,
to determine the most advantageous building orientation. Then,
based on the prevailing environmental conditions, our architectural,
structural, and sustainable engineering teams collaborate to find
a series of sustainable strategies that best suit the project and its
specific locality.
Building-specific design
SOM is renowned for designing highly efficient commercial office
towers with building cores and office floor plates that respond to
local real estate markets throughout the world. Our integrated
interiors group collaborates with our base building team early in the
design process to test-fit office layouts such that lease spans are
optimized in response to office and furniture layouts to provide a
flexible arrangement of both open and enclosed office spaces. This
design approach enables the design team to design a building core
and floor plate that is sized for tenants that will change throughout
the life of the building.
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SOM is committed to providing sustainable best practices to the
design of our commercial buildings that result in a high performing
work environment. A fundamental attribute of the building is the
enclosure that affords tenant office work stations access to natural
daylight and views.
URBAN DESIGN
Urban Design Capabilities
SOM provides complete planning and urban design services.
Planning studies are essential to large-scale neighborhood
development and to the integration of individual projects within
existing urban fabrics. SOM’s experienced staff combines
knowledge with creativity to develop effective and innovative
programs and physical solutions. The SOM Team believes in
committing to an open planning process. We believe that the
inclusion of a variety of stakeholders is not only necessary to
build consensus, but it contributes positively to the design of
the plan.
Building Livable Communities
Over time, we have recognized that the best way to approach
city design problems is by studying the connections between
development patterns, human purposes and the sensory
qualities associated with great and memorable places. A deep
understanding of place guides our analytical and inclusive design
approach. Historically, the best and most renowned cities have a
distinctive character, a memorable feel and an ability to function
well. It is a distinction that is desirable not only for livability, but for
economic success as well. Livability creates value in a variety of
ways, including increasing the worth of real estate. We believe that
out of necessity and self interest, the quality of the environment
is of mutual interest for both public and private builders of our
communities.
Placemaking
Great places are more than the sum of their parts. Planning is
successful when human vitality finds expression in activities that
give urban life purpose and pleasure.
SOM designed Millennium Park’s 17-acre master plan, which recalls
Beaux Arts-style public spaces through its central promenade,
great lawn, and monumental limestone peristyle. At the same time,
many of Millennium Park’s features — Frank Gehry’s stainless-
steel bandshell, Jaume Plensa’s interactive video installation and
fountain, and Anish Kapoor’s captivating Cloud Gate sculpture —
create a decidedly contemporary feel. SOM’s comprehensive plan,
completed in 2002, also addressed pragmatic concerns. Below
the great lawn, two new levels of parking were built, bus stops were
added, and rail stations were renovated and expanded. These three
systems of transit converge in an efficient, multi-modal center
that has reduced traffic congestion. The park, which opened to the
public in 2004, revitalized a blighted downtown site and marked
the completion of Daniel Burnham’s 100-year vision for the area.
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Denver Union Station C.H. Robinson Midwest Headquarters Time Warner Central

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PROPOSER'S EXPERIENCE
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
MIAMICENTRAL
MIAMI, FLORIDA
All Aboard Florida’s Brightline is the only privately owned,
operated, and financed project of its kind being developed in
the United States today. Brightline’s 235-mile network of rail
lines connects South Florida to Central Florida by operating on
the existing Florida East Coast (FEC) corridor and creating new
tracks to Orlando. The unprecedented infrastructure project
provides a vital new service for Florida residents, business
people, and visitors and eliminates more than three million car
trips from the region’s roadways each year.
In downtown Miami, SOM designed an urban transit-oriented
development and a landmark rail station as part of a 4 million sf
urban infill development in the city’s “Government Center.” The
TOD neighborhood includes 300 apartment units, 250,000 sf of
office space, 250,000 sf of retail and two future mixed-use towers.
SOM has responded to the challenging and dense site by
elevating the railways 50 feet in the air. Retail spaces are
vertically layered beneath the soaring tracks, and ample use of
glass gives the station a shimmering, lightweight quality. This
innovative solution allows thru-streets to remain open to traffic
and for valuable streetfront real estate to remain leasable.
Moreover, this bold architectural gesture creates a landmark
terminal—a symbol of a 21st-century Miami.
All Aboard Florida’s Miami terminal serves as its primary,
multimodal hub and a true “live-work-play-commute” urban
environment. Situated on a 9-acre urban site at NW 1st Ave
between NW 3rd Street and NW 8th Street, originally the site
of Henry Flagler’s FEC MiamiCentral Station, MiamiCentral
welcomes visitors to Miami’s growing downtown and has
become a defining landmark on the Miami skyline.
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It connects with existing public transportation systems
(Metrorail, Metromover, Dade County bus, and City of Miami
trolley systems) and allows quick and easy access to renowned
beaches, world-class sporting events, outdoor and water
recreation, nature and wildlife tours, shopping, museums and
more. It also enhances the attractiveness and accessibility of
existing employment centers, facilitates improved access to
cultural and entertainment districts in and around downtown
Miami, and stimulates new retail, commercial, and residential
demand.
MiamiCentral features a mix of premiere and unique dining
options, shopping, and entertainment beneath the tracks, while
the through streets remain open to traffic and pedestrians. It
serves as a podium for approximately 2 million sf of Class A
commercial office development and approximately 1 million
sf of residential development, including adequate parking to
support the mixed-use development.
2 MiamiCentral features 10 floors of office space (190,000
rsf) and 300 parking spaces above the tracks and platforms.
MiamiCentral Residences includes 800 luxury rental units
in two overbuild towers above the tracks and platforms.
3 MiamiCentral is a multi-use gateway complex located
on a 1.89-acre lot located at the corner of NW 2nd Avenue
and NW 6th Street, two blocks west of MiamiCentral, in
Historic Overtown. It was designed by AECOM and shows the
development sparked by the MiamiCentral station. It includes
90,000 rsf of office space, a 35,000 rsf grocery store, and
1,100 parking spaces to serve the MiamiCentral mixed-use
project and adjacent historic Lyric Theater.
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Scope: Architecture, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, Plumbing Engineering
Client: Florida East Coast Industries
Size: 4,000,000 sf
Date: 2012 - 2018
Reference: Scott A. Sanders, Florida East Coast Industries
scott.sanders@brightline.com, 305.520.2346

Comparable services provided in bold.

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PROPOSER'S EXPERIENCE
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

DENVER UNION STATION

DENVER, CO

Denver’s historic Union Station is a Beaux Arts masterpiece
located on the edge of the city’s central business district. SOM was
commissioned to expand and transform this station into a major
regional transportation hub and dynamic mixed-use development.
To do so, the firm converted 20 acres of former rail yards into an
urban transit district that orchestrates light rail, commuter and
intercity rail, bicycle and bus routes, and pedestrian pathways into
an intuitive intermodal hub.
The focal point is the open-air Train Hall, which was conceived as
an efficient and formally expressive means of sheltering multiple
railway tracks. Its primary structural system comprises 11 steel
“arch trusses” spanning nearly 180 feet, clad in tensioned PTFE
fabric. In profile, the canopy rises 70 feet at either end and
descends in a dynamic sweep to 22 feet at the center, a gesture
that allows the structure to protect the passenger platforms below
while providing views of the historic station.
A bustling, two-block-long pedestrian promenade links the Train
Hall to the SOM-designed Denver Union Station Light Rail Terminal.
An enhanced network of pedestrian and public spaces within and
around the site seamlessly integrates the hub into the LoDo (Lower
Downtown) district to the east and residential neighborhoods
to the south, west, and north. Underground, the 22-gate Union
Station Bus Concourse services 16 regional, express, and local bus
routes. The terminal, measuring 980 feet in length, serves a dual
purpose as a pedestrian concourse that connects the constellation
of transportation programs distributed across the site. Vivid
colors and natural lighting help passengers orient themselves
while handsome terrazzo floors and sparkling yellow glass
tilework elevate the ambience of terminal beyond the often
unimaginative depot experience. A series of skylights and glass
pavilions flood the hall with daylight, infusing the station with a
sense of motion and spaciousness.
One of the largest of its kind in the United States, the
redevelopment of the former rail yards at Denver Union
Station is a case study of the power of transit-oriented urban
design. This substantial public investment has catalyzed an
unprecedented wave of private-sector activity. Sensitive to
its historic location, but fundamentally forward looking in its
technical sophistication and city-building spirit, Denver Union
Station sets the standard for 21st-century intermodal hubs.
The success of the project was recognized by the Urban Land
Institute earning its prestigious Global Award for Excellence in
2015.
Project Facts + Reference
Scope: Architecture, Historic Preservation, Urban
Design, Structural Civil Engineering, Planning
Client: Union Station Neighborhood Company
Size: 1,600,000 sf
Date: 2007 - 2014
Reference: Bill Mosher, Trammell Crow Company
bmosher@trammelcrow.com, (303) 628-7439
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PROPOSER'S EXPERIENCE
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LINCOLN YARDS
CHICAGO, IL
The Lincoln Yards development is a major component of the
Mayor of Chicago’s North Branch Framework Plan. The project
is led by developer Sterling Bay, with a master plan by SOM and
CBT. Located on more than 70 acres along the Chicago River’s
North Branch, the development will connect two of the city’s
most vibrant neighborhoods, Lincoln Park and Bucktown. By
transforming a former industrial site, Lincoln Yards will create a
dynamic place for Chicagoans and visitors alike.
Lincoln Yards is designed to meet the changing needs of
Chicago’s business community and hospitality industry. It
features contemporary office buildings flanked by a diverse
offering of restaurant, retail, and outdoor amenities. The
design of Lincoln Yards celebrates the site’s industrial past. It
combines historic elements, such as trussed steel bridges, with
contemporary buildings and amenities, including a soaring,
glass-enclosed transit center, expansive public plazas, and
green space. Closing existing gaps in the Chicago Riverwalk,
the project will create unbroken public access between the
city’s North and South Side neighborhoods.
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A new multimodal transit center will make the most of the
project’s location, where Chicago’s transit and interstate
highway networks intersect. The transit center will include a
relocated Metra rail station, shuttle service to nearby Chicago
Transit Authority stations, new water taxi stops, Divvy bike
share stations, and an extension of the city’s 606 pedestrian
and bike trail. Infrastructure improvements will streamline
access to the site, especially from downtown and from nearby
airports, and reduce congestion in nearby neighborhoods.
Incorporating advanced sustainable infrastructure, Lincoln
Yards is targeting LEED Neighborhood Development
certification.
Project Facts + Reference
Client: Sterling Bay
Date: 2018
Services: Architectural Design, Master Planning,
Sustainable Design, Urban Design
Size: 70 acres
Reference: Andy Gloor, Sterling Bay
agloor@sterlingbay.com, 312.543.5707
Comparable services provided in bold.
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PROPOSER'S EXPERIENCE
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
URBAN PLANNING AND MASTER PLANNING
Big Vision Meets On-the-Ground Realities
Our planning strategy seeks to strike a balance between big vision
and pragmatic execution of city planning at all scales and scopes.
Drawing both from our international expertise and comprehensive
experience executing world-class built projects, our team is highly
qualified to deliver comprehensive visions grounded in the unique
sense of place that each project demands.
Focused on Placemaking and Quality of Life
Urban planning studies should not be conceived as a mechanism
to “check the boxes”. Rather, we are intent on creating living
documents that establish frameworks and set into motion
processes that encourage creating livable places and high-quality
environments. To achieve this, we work with the community
and City leadership to understand the unique identity of and
recommend strategies to strengthen the cities where we work.
A Cross-disciplinary, Collaborative Team
We believe that the collaborative structure of our firm is directly
relational to the cohesiveness of the planning studies we produce.
We see our entire team as one collection of individuals that possess
talents encompassing many fields, a group of practitioners that
are adept at crossing disciplinary boundaries, ensuring that
each component of the plan, whether planning, urban design,
landscape architecture, civil engineering, architecture or graphic
communications is completely complementary of all others.
Ready to Build Consensus
SOM works with a comprehensive outreach strategy in mind to
ensure citizens and stakeholders are heard, amplified and kept
updated throughout the planning process. We have a strong
history of many different agendas and forging accord. Gathering
information, forming task forces, encouraging public input,
maintaining an open process and ensuring participation from
all stakeholders and users are skills we have refined through
completing hundreds of projects for cities and public institutions
worldwide.
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SOM's Policy Analysis Toolkit
SOM has developed a wide range of innovative, proven policy tools
that are among the most effective policy weapons for a city to
induce change in the physical environment.
Peer City Analysis
As part of all planning efforts, SOM conducts extensive analysis
of cities relative to peers with similar demographic and economic
characteristics across a wide array of physical and quantitative
benchmarks. Comparing attributes like scale, urban form, physical
densities, population demographics, economic and developmental
factors, as well as emergent trajectories related to growth
and urban investment, SOM is able to quickly establish deep
understandings about where cities’ strengths and weaknesses are
from an analytical perspective.
Review of Local Tools and Regulatory Authority
SOM is experienced working in both expansive and constrained
regulatory environments, including both Dillon’s Rule and Home
Rule environments. As part of every policy plan, SOM conducts
an exhaustive internal review of the extent to which a City has th
authority to implement physical changes, including an assessment
of how those tools relate to other comparable cities with which a
place is most competitive. Regulatory analysis helps establish from
the outset what the most powerful mechanisms for change can
be, from zoning to annexation, public-private strategies to tax-
increment financing.
Economic Analysis
SOM conducts analyses of socioeconomic information, including
current local and regional economic drivers, housing, including
affordable housing issues, projected trends in future population
and economic growth and projected implications on the city, and
land use projections as a baseline tool to ensure design strategies
can establish frameworks for strengthening the economy and
addressing housing affordability sustainably.
Analytical Mapping
SOM is a pioneer in the development and usage of software
technologies that advance design innovation, sustainable analysis,
and project delivery. SOM has long leveraged technology to
successfully deliver exceptional projects. SOM is able to link
detailed three-dimensional models to existing city databases, a
dynamic capability that facilitates a stronger understanding of
existing conditions and in modeling future interventions. These
types of analytical tools are critical in understanding existing trends
as well as the implications of key decisions such as the impacts
of changes in density, housing distribution, transportation and
other infrastructure systems. Innovative Technology can be utilized
by our team as an interactive three-dimensional framework plan
for the future of the city – mapping development scenarios and
documenting the evolving urban fabric as it may change over time,
particularly with regard to livability and the pedestrian experience.
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Detroit East Riverfront Framework Plan India Basin Master Plan

Millennium Park Canary Wharf Master Plan

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PROPOSER'S EXPERIENCE
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

MILINE: LUDLAM TRAIL FRAMEWORK PLAN

MIAMI, FLORIDA

SOM provided master planning services for the transformation

of a 6.2-mile abandoned freight rail line into a recreational
trail and linear park. The plan, led by SOM New York's City
Design Practice, focuses on revealing the natural ecology
of the place, connecting to adjacent neighborhoods, and
building a community brand that can spur investment and new
development.
A vision for a transformative outdoor trail and linear park, the
MiLine: Ludlam Trail, envisions threading together the hearts
of a diverse array of Miami neighborhoods, and proposes a new
network of civic and quality-of-life spaces and destinations.
Brought together into a connected system with its own
unique ethos, the project seeks to become a place for people,
health, and change that connects spectrum of distinctive
communities, open spaces, and cultures that define the City’s Project Facts + Reference
urban core.
Scope: Urban Planning + Master Planning
It has been 15 years since trains last ran on this 6-mile stretch Client: Florida East Coast Industries
in western Miami. In that time, the corridor has trans-formed Date: 2016 - 2017
from an active corridor into a place of almost quiet respite of Reference: Alex Vargas-Vila, Florida East Coast Industries
abandoned property being slowly reclaimed by nature. alex.vargas@feci.com, 305.877.4819

Comparable services provided in bold.

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PROPOSER'S EXPERIENCE
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

RALEIGH CIVIC CAMPUS MASTER PLAN

RALEIGH, NC

SOM worked with the City of Raleigh to provide master planning
leadership for a multi-building, mixed-use civic campus that
will house core functions of City government downtown. The
centralized campus will consolidate approximately 1,200
employees of the City’s workforce, increase workplace efficiency,
enhance customer service, and support economic development.
The 4-acre site located on the block north of Nash Square
currently accommodates the Raleigh Municipal Building, the
vacant Police Headquarters Building, and a multistory parking
SOM led the overall project and oversaw the creation of an urban
design vision and implementation roadmap for the new campus,
documented in the SOM-produced Master Plan. The project is
expected to be built-out within the next five to seven years.
RALEIGH
CIVIC
CAMPUS
MASTER Seven Principles for a 21st-Century Civic Campus

deck. At full build-out, the site will be a mixed-use, walkable PLAN Inviting
• Physically welcoming and accessible
• Open and transparent
Mixed-Use
• A home for people beyond government
• Centralized amenities for employees

destination with public-facing government functions, expanded

• Accessible to employees and the public • Collaborative and informal spaces

Integrated Sustainable

municipal departmental space, and pedestrian connected public

• A campus of consolidated facilities • Designed to accommodate growth
• Shared amenities for collaboration • Resilient to alternative futures
• A shared campus brand and identity • Adaptable to changing best practices

spaces. The master plan was guided by seven core principles Flexible
•
•
An efficient, modern workplace
Accommodates departmental needs
Cost-Conscious
•
•
A high-quality facility
Balances economy and aspiration

for a 21st Century Campus: inviting, integrated, flexible, secure,

• Reflects 21st-century best practices • Maximizes return on investment
• Heightened municipal customer service
Prepared by:

Secure

mixed-use, sustainable, and cost-conscious.

• Design reflects gravity of government
• Visibly and functionally secure
in association with: • Designed strategically to ensure safety
HH Architecture
RCLCO
Planning Communities
DAVENPORT

This project is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to imagine

Cummings
Raleigh
Civic Campus
a thriving urban redevelopment anchored by a 21st-century Master Plan
government hub that represents the values of Raleigh. The
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Document
repositioned Civic Campus will be a transformational investment
in one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities. Project Facts + Reference
SOM collaborated with civic leaders to build consensus on Scope: Urban Planning + Master Planning
the near- and long-term needs of the City administration and Client: City of Raleigh
alternative development strategies to activate the downtown Date: 2016 - 2018
block through potential introduction of retail, residential, Reference: Roberta Fox, City of Raleigh
commercial, and open space. The project will showcase the roberta.fox@raleighnc.gov, (919) 996-4638
City’s commitment to transparency, inclusive stakeholder
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Guiding Principles

STATE
CAPITOL

SITE

West Hargett Street

WAREHOUSE NASH
DISTRICT SQUARE

UNION

Fayetteville Street
STATION West Martin Street

EXISTING SITE IMAGINE A PUBLIC CIVIC HEART

CONNECT DOWNTOWN PLACES AND DESTINATIONS REINFORCE AND EXPAND DOWNTOWN’S PEDESTRIAN NETWORK

CREATE SYNERGY WITH AN IMPROVED NASH SQUARE REALIZE AN EXTROVERTED PUBLIC REALM AROUND CITY HALL

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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LIVING ASHEVILLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
ASHEVILLE, NC
The Comprehensive Plan for the City of Asheville, North
Carolina is a boldly aspirational, ideas-based, and democratic
comprehensive plan. The plan lays out an environmentally- and
socially-aware framework for responsible community growth.
Building upon a foundation of deep and expansive public
engagement, the plan envisions a 20-year growth horizon for this
mountainous city of 90,000 residents. More than just a physical
framework, the plan identifies synergistic overlaps between key
areas of focus - a livable built environment, a resilient economy,
harmony with the natural environment, healthy communities,
interwoven equity, and responsible regionalism.
Among its ideas for the City, the Plan charts a strategy for growth
shaped around the City’s emergent transit corridors as a tool for
achieving stronger communities. The strategy, known as “transit-
supportive” and “transit-ready” development, sets the stage
for future transit investment and is a pioneering approach to
community formation around incremental transit improvements.
Recommendations reflected six major themes supporting
environmental sustainability, economic vitality, and individual
health and opportunity. The policies developed emphasized
enhanced walkability and safety (embracing Complete Streets
and Vision Zero); effective parking strategies; encouragement
of transit-supportive development; and optimization of existing
infrastructure capacity.
As a tool for ensuring transparency with the public and a
commitment to implementation, the plan establishes an online
dashboard for monitoring progress toward achieving the
plan’s strategies, as well as tools for matrixing progress on the
strategies with progress toward achieving broader aspirational
outcomes for the city as a whole.
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SECTION II: FOCUS AREAS
Comprehensive Plan
Renewing Asheville’s
June 2018
Planning Tradition:
The Purpose of
Living Asheville
Living Asheville: A Comprehensive Plan for Our Future is the latest contribution to Asheville’s comprehensive
planning tradition and an essential step toward shaping the next chapter of the city’s future. Built upon a planning
foundation first developed through the adoption of the city’s first comprehensive plan in 1924, the 2018 iteration is
the city’s fourth comprehensive plan that provides a visionary framework to help guide the pattern of development,
land use policies, development decisions and investments in public infrastructure. It presents a vision for the city for
the next 10-20 years with long-range goals and strategies for activities that affect the local government, while out-
Final Comprehensive Plan lining an ambitious agenda and toolkit of ideas that will be used across the city’s many departments. In this sense,
the comprehensive plan is a local government’s primary planning tool that can help inform respective department
work plans and capital improvement planning and prioritization.
Document produced and While the comprehensive plan in and of itself is not regulatory in nature, it will be used as an advisory document for
published by SOM.
the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council in the consideration of zoning map amendments or zoning
text amendments to the city’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), which includes zoning, subdivision and
other development regulations. Per Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes, the Planning and Zoning
Commission and City Council are required to consider the comprehensive plan and other adopted plans when
reviewing zoning amendments. Further, Asheville’s UDO plays an important function in implementing the compre-
hensive plan goals and strategies.
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Project Facts + Reference
Scope: Urban Planning + Master Planning
Client: City of Asheville
Date: 2016 - 2018
Reference: Todd Okolichany, City of Asheville,
tokolichany@ashevillenc.gov, 828.259.5840
Comparable services provided in bold.
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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
RESILIENCY PLANNING
DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT CITIES
Our City Design Approach
To flourish and survive, cities must be designed and
developed in accord with nature and the changing climate.
This represents a shift in the business-as-usual development
practices of the past 100 years and is a hallmark of our City
Design Practice.
SOM’s work with the Great Lakes Century Vision Plan
(pictured below) is an example of our successful and
continued commitment to researching resiliency in a
sustainable future. The Great Lakes in the United States
contains one-fifth of the fresh-water on the world’s surface.
The goals of the Plan included creating a Great Basin Park,
greening surrounding cities, promoting a shift from coal to
renewable energy, developing water-based economies, and
committing to ecosystem agriculture. The project featured a
collaboration with more than 100 mayors in Canada and the
United States.
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Ecology and Environment as a Driver
It is imperative that the cities of the world consider their
natural assets as multi-purpose environments for placemaking
and resiliency. The coastal ecosystems, rivers, streams,
creeks, forests and wetlands of Miami should become drivers
for a 21st Century public realm. Our approach seeks to
integrate, rehabilitate and reimagine these environments into
the urban fabric of the cities where we work in a sustainable
way that builds unique and thriving places.
SOM HPD Methodology
Our High Performance City Design methodology outlines
detailed design strategies and key performance indicators
for balancing urban systems: energy, water, waste, livability,
ecology, food, mobility, economy, and resiliency. As a multi-
disciplinary firm, SOM is structured to solve complex urban
problems. Using advanced analytical tools, we are able to
identify the most ambitious sustainability targets.
Re-imaging Infrastructure
Re-imagining infrastructure is a key element in building
sustainable cities. SOM’s level of experience in assembling the
technical and creative teams needed to integrate state-of-the-
art infrastructure into city design is well proven throughout the
world.
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PROPOSER'S EXPERIENCE
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

DETROIT EAST RIVERFRONT FRAMEWORK PLAN

DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Building on a ten-year initiative led by the Detroit RiverFront

Conservancy, SOM developed a framework plan for Detroit’s
East Riverfront District, which lies adjacent to one of the world’s
busiest international border crossings along the Detroit River.
Designed to preserve more riverfront land for public use,
generate greater community access to the Detroit River, and
spur investment along the East Riverfront, the project seeks
to continue the transformation of the East Riverfront area
from a blighted, industrial area into a vibrant public waterfront
accessible to all Detroit residents.

The strategic framework plan was realized after an intensive six-

month program of community meetings, workshops, tours, and
interviews. The plan outlines the addition of eight acres of park
space to the East Riverfront and envisions keeping significant
portions of the waterfront free from private development in
perpetuity. The Beltline, a new greenway, will directly connect Web and app-based platforms designed to increase engagement
inland neighborhoods to the Detroit River, while the existing
Joseph Campau Greenway will receive new lighting, paving, and
Project Facts + Reference
landscaping. Improvements along Jefferson Avenue seek to
reduce vehicular accidents, improve walkability, and beautify Scope: Resiliency Planning, Master Planning,
the corridor—improvements that are designed to boost local Community & Stakeholder, Engagement, Graphic
businesses and facilitate safer access to the waterfront. Design
Client: Detroit Riverfront
Date: 2016 - 2017
Working with City of Detroit and the Detroit RiverFront Reference: Ritchie Harrison, Detroit Riverfront
Conservancy, the project team included urban economic ritchie.harrison@detroitriverfront.org,
development specialists HR&A Advisors, landscape architects 315.566.8206
Michel Desvigne and Inessa Hansch, and local firms McIntosh
Poris, Giffels Webster, Kraemer Design Group, AKT Peerless, Rich
& Associates, and E. Austell Associates. Comparable services provided in bold.

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PROPOSER'S EXPERIENCE
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
HUDSON CROSSING AT HOBOKEN TERMINAL
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Since 2005, SOM has been working with NJ TRANSIT and
its appointed Master Developer LCOR Inc. to re-envision the
Hoboken Terminal transit complex and strategize the highest
and best use for portions of the 65-acre yard that are available
for redevelopment.
Located on the Hudson River waterfront opposite
the West Village in Manhattan, the waterfront development
required multiple layers of resiliency planning and state-of-
the-art sustainable design. The historic Lacawana station
in Hoboken is one of the nation’s most robust multimodal
hubs and the transportation crossroads for daily commuters
on NJTRANSIT trains and buses, as well as PATH and ferry
riders crossing the Hudson between New Jersey and New
York. However, over the years, ridership has increased and
maintenance has not kept pace with growth, resulting in many
operational challenges. Additionally, several public spaces
have fallen into disrepair, and the once-celebrated Beaux-
Arts terminal has become a utilitarian place commuters rush
through, rather than linger and enjoy.
SOM’s design takes the 1907 facility forward for the next
century of service by weaving together the fragmented
modes of public transit and setting out a framework for
significant transit-oriented development, infrastructure
investment, economic expansion, environmental clean-up and
transformational urban design.
The plan includes:
• 2.3 million square feet of office, residential (both market
rate and affordable), retail and public spaces;
• The transformation of Observer Highway into a
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boulevard-like atmosphere to improve circulation,
walkability and cycling opportunities;
• Significant improvements to NJTRANSIT’s bus operations;
and
• Rehabilitation and activation of key, disinvested
NJTRANSIT assets, such as the Ferry Terminal Building
and Warrington Plaza.
SOM prepared conceptual architectural designs for several of
the proposed development sites within the
City of Hoboken, including a new intercity bus terminal;
significant improvements to the PATH (subway) station; a
mid-rise, build-to-suit office building; and several high-rise
towers (residential, office and mixed-use). SOM continues
to support LCOR, NJ TRANSIT and the City of Hoboken
through the community outreach process and as entitlements
are negotiated with the City. For the portion of the yards
lying within the municipality of Jersey City, SOM prepared
a Redevelopment Plan currently under review by the City’s
Division of Planning.
Project Facts + Reference
Scope: Resiliency Planning, Master Planning,
Architecture, Urban Design
Size: 2,300,000 sf
Client: LCOR
Date: 2011 - 2018
Reference: Brian Barry, LCOR
bbary@lcor.com, 212.760.0060
Comparable services provided in bold.
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PROPOSER'S EXPERIENCE
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
CORNELL TECH CAMPUS FRAMEWORK PLAN
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
In collaboration with Cornell University, Technion Israel
Institute of Technology, and the City of New York, SOM is
master planning and building Cornell Tech, a new applied
science university. Free of academic departments, the school
will feature an open and collaborative community of designers,
engineers, entrepreneurs, and scientists who are blurring the
boundary between the academic and commercial world.
Such an ambitious program requires a campus that actively
fosters interaction, creativity, and multiple layers of resiliency
planning. SOM’s scheme emphasizes the open nature of the
pedagogy with a boundary-free, 12.4-acre campus knit into the
promenades and green spaces of Roosevelt Island. The campus
will offer expansive views of the Queens waterfront and the
iconic Manhattan skyline.
A key feature of the master plan is Techwalk, a car-free pathway
lined with outdoor “rooms,” each uniquely programmed.
Buildings are organized along this central spine. The plan
calls for learning venues with open interiors and amenities
such as cafes and exhibition spaces. Sustainability is also
a driving force behind the design, with Phase I including
the construction of New York City’s largest net-zero energy
building.
The SOM master plan involved a full ULURP in which Cornell
sought a zoning amendment allowing commercial uses
compatible with the University’s desire to create education-
commercial, co-location buildings.
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The ULURP agreement established rules for the location of the
SOM-designed Tech Walk and big green, which are privately
owned public spaces. Rules were also created concerning the
provision of street furniture, public access to the waterfront,
and hours of public access to open spaces. While the
community has generally been supportive of the project, the
EIS disclosed various traffic and construction impacts that
became points of later negotiation.
An agreement between Cornell and the community, beyond the
rules dictated by ULURP, was brokered by City Councilwoman
Jessica Lappin governing security, parking, recycling, waste
management, and the support of STEM teaching in the City’s
public school system. In particular, the agreement addressed
and mandated the community’s desire for debris from the
demolition of the former Goldwater Hospital to be barged off
the island, rather than trucked.
Project Facts + Reference
Scope: Resiliency Planning, Master Planning,
Architecture
Size: 2,300,000 sf
Client: Cornell University
Date: 2011 - 2017
Reference: Andrew Winters, Cornell Tech
acw224@cornell.edu, 212.255.8560
Comparable services provided in bold.
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Forms
FORMS

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 8.3 INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

INDEMNIFICATION
Successful Proposer(s) shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Miami DDA and its
officials, employees and agents (collectively referred to as “Indemnities”) and each of them
from and against all loss, cost, penalties, fines, damages, claims, expenses (including attorney’s
fees) or liabilities (collectively referred to as “Liabilities”) by reason of any injury to or death of
any person or damage to or destruction or loss of any property arising out of, resulting from, or
in connection with (i) the performance or non-performance of the services contemplated by the
Contract which is or is alleged to be directly or indirectly caused, in whole or in part, by any act,
omission, default or negligence (whether active or passive) of Successful Proposer(s) or its
employees, agents, or subcontractors (collectively referred to as “Proposer”), regardless of
whether it is, or is alleged to be, caused in whole or part (whether joint, concurrent, or
contributing) by any act, omission, default or negligence (whether active or passive) of the
Indemnities, or any of them or (ii) the failure of the Successful Proposer(s) to comply with any
of the provisions in the Contract or the failure of the Successful Proposer(s) to conform to
statutes, ordinances or other regulations or requirements of any governmental authority,
federal or state, in connection with the performance of the Contract. Successful Proposer(s)
expressly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnities, or any of them, from and
against all liabilities which may be asserted by an employee or former employee of Proposer, or
any of its subcontractors, as provided above, for which the Successful Proposer(s)’s liability to
such employee or former employee would otherwise be limited to payments under state
Workers’ Compensation or similar laws.

Successful Proposer(s) further agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indemnities
from and against (i) any and all Liabilities imposed on account of the violation of any law,
ordinance, order, rule, regulation, condition, or requirement, in any way related, directly or
indirectly, to Successful Proposer(s)’s performance under the Contract, compliance with which
is left by the Contract to the Proposer, and (ii) any and all claims, and/or suits for labor and
materials furnished by the Successful Proposer(s) or utilized in the performance of the Contract
or otherwise.

Where not specifically prohibited by law, Successful Proposer(s) further specifically agrees to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indemnities from all claims and suits for any liability,
including, but not limited to, injury, death, or damage to any person or property whatsoever,
caused by, arising from, incident to, connected with or growing out of the performance or non-
performance of the Contract which is, or is alleged to be, caused in part (whether joint,
concurrent or contributing) or in whole by any act, omission, default, or negligence (whether
active or passive) of the Indemnities. The foregoing indemnity shall also include liability
imposed by any doctrine of strict liability.

The Successful Proposer(s) shall furnish to Miami DDA, Certificate(s) of Insurance prior to
contract execution which indicate that insurance coverage has been obtained which meets the
requirements as outlined below:

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I. COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY

A. Limits of Liability
Bodily Injury and Property
Combined Single Limit
Each Occurrence $1,000,000
General Aggregate Limit $2,000,000
Personal and Adv. Injury $1,000,000
Products/Completed Operations $1,000,000

B. Endorsements Required
Miami DDA included as an Additional Insured
Employees included as insured
Contractual Liability
Waiver of Subrogation
Premises/ Operations
Care, Custody and Control Exclusion Removed

II. AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS

A. Limits of Liability
Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability
Combined Single Limit
Any Auto
Including Hired, Borrowed or Non-Owned Autos
Any One Accident $1,000,000

B. Endorsements Required
Miami DDA included as an Additional Insured
Employees included as insured
Waiver of Subrogation

III. WORKER'S COMPENSATION

Limits of Liability
Statutory-State of Florida

IV. PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY/ERRORS AND OMISSIONS COVERAGE

Combined Single Limit
Each Occurrence $2,000,000
General Aggregate Limit $2,000,000
Deductible- not to exceed 10%

The Miami DDA is required to be named as additional insured. BINDERS ARE UNACCEPTABLE.

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 The insurance coverage required shall include those classifications, as listed in standard liability
insurance manuals, which most nearly reflect the operations of the Successful Proposer(s).

All insurance policies required above shall be issued by companies authorized to do business
under the laws of the State of Florida, with the following qualifications:

The Company must be rated no less than “A” as to management, and no

less than “Class X” as to financial strength, by the latest edition of Best’s
Key Rating Insurance Guide or acceptance of insurance company which
holds a valid Florida Certificate of Authority issued by the State of
Florida, Department of Insurance, and are members of the Florida
Guarantee Fund.

Certificates will indicate no modification or change in insurance shall be made without thirty
(30) days written advance notice to the certificate holder.

NOTE: Miami DDA RFQ NUMBER AND/OR TITLE OF RFQ MUST APPEAR ON EACH CERTIFICATE.

Compliance with the foregoing requirements shall not relieve the Successful Proposer(s) of his
liability and obligation under this section or under any other section of this Agreement.

The Successful Proposer(s) shall be responsible for assuring that the insurance certificates
required in conjunction with this Section remain in force for the duration of the contractual
period; including any and all option terms that may be granted to the Successful Proposer(s).

—If insurance certificates are scheduled to expire during the contractual period, the
Successful Proposer(s) shall be responsible for submitting new or renewed insurance
certificates to the Miami DDA at a minimum of ten (10) calendar days in advance of such
expiration.

—In the event that expired certificates are not replaced with new or renewed certificates
which cover the contractual period, the Miami DDA shall:

A) Suspend the Contract until such time as the new or renewed certificates are received
by the Miami DDA in the manner prescribed in the RFQ.

B) The Miami DDA may, at its sole discretion, terminate the Contract for cause and seek
re-procurement damages from the Successful Proposer(s) in conjunction with the
violation of the terms and conditions of the Contract.

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FORMS

The undersigned Proposer acknowledges that they have read the above information and
agrees to comply with all the above Miami DDA requirements.

Proposer: Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP Signature: **

(Company name)

Date: 28 February, 2019 Printed Name: Laura Ettelman

FAILURE TO COMPLETE, SIGN, AND RETURN THIS FORM MAY DISQUALIFY YOUR RESPONSE.**

** Execution of this form is subject to the RFQ qualifications included in this RFQ response.

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(a) Authority and requirement to debar and suspend:

After reasonable notice to an actual or prospective contractual party, and after
reasonable opportunity to such party to be heard, the City Manager, after consultation
with the Chief Procurement Officer and the City Attorney, shall have the authority to
debar a contractual party for the causes listed below from consideration for award of city
contracts. The debarment shall be for a period of not fewer than three (3) years. The City
Manager shall also have the authority to suspend a contractor from consideration for
award of city contracts if there is probable cause for debarment. Pending the debarment
determination, the authority to debar and suspend contractors shall be exercised in
accordance with regulations which shall be issued by the Chief Procurement Officer after
approval by the City Manager, the City Attorney, and the City Commission.

(b) Causes for debarment or suspension include the following:

1. Conviction for commission of a criminal offense incident to obtaining or attempting
to obtain a public or private contract or subcontract, or incident to the performance
of such contract or subcontract;
2. Conviction under state or federal statutes of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery,
falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property, or any other
offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty;
3. Conviction under state or federal antitrust statutes arising out of the submission of
bids or Responses;
4. Violation of contract provisions, which is regarded by the Chief Procurement Officer
to be indicative of non-responsibility. Such violation may include failure without
good cause to perform in accordance with the terms and conditions of a contract or
to perform within the time limits provided in a contract, provided that failure to
perform caused by acts beyond the control of a party shall not be considered a basis
for debarment or suspension;
5. Debarment or suspension of the contractual party by any federal, state or other
governmental entity;
6. False certification pursuant to paragraph (c) below; or
7. Any other cause judged by the City Manager to be so serious and compelling as to
affect the responsibility of the contractual party performing city contracts.

(c) Certification:
All contracts for goods and services, sales, and leases by the City shall contain a
certification that neither the contractual party nor any of its principal owners or personnel
have been convicted of any of the violations set forth above or debarred or suspended as
set forth in paragraph (b) (5).

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The undersigned hereby certifies that neither the contractual party nor any of its principal
owners or personnel have been convicted of any of the violations set forth above, or
debarred or suspended as set forth in paragraph (b) (5).

Company Name: Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP

Printed Name: Laura Ettelman

Signature:
Date: 29 February, 2019

FAILURE TO COMPLETE, SIGN, AND RETURN THIS FORM MAY DISQUALIFY YOUR RESPONSE

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8.5 NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST, NON-COLLUSION CERTIFICATION

Submitted this ______ February

28 day of _______________________, 2019.

The undersigned, as Bidder/Proposer, declares that the only persons interested in this
Bid/Response are named herein; that no other person has any interest in this Bid/Response or
in the Contract to which this Bid/Response pertains; that this Bid/Response is made without
connection or arrangement with any other person; and that this Bid/Response is in every
respect fair and made in good faith, without collusion or fraud.

The Bidder/Proposer agrees if this Bid/Response is accepted, to execute an appropriate Miami

DDA document for the purpose of establishing a formal contractual relationship between the
Bidder/Proposer and the Miami DDA, for the performance of all requirements to which the
Bid/Response pertains.

The Bidder/Proposer states that this Bid/Response is based upon the documents identified by
the following number: Bid/RFQ No. ____________.

The full names and residences of persons and firms interested in the foregoing bid/Response,
as principals, are as follows:

Name Street Address City State Zip

The Bidder/Proposer further certifies that this Bid/Proposal complies with Section 4(c) of the
Charter of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief,
no Commissioner, Mayor, or other officer or employee of the City of Miami, Florida or the
Miami DDA, has an interest directly or indirectly in the profits or emoluments of the Contract,
job, work or service to which the Bid/Proposal pertains.

Laura Ettelman
___________________________________ _______________________________________
Print Name Signature

Partner
___________________________________ Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP
_______________________________________
Title Company Name

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 QUALIFICATIONS TO THE RFQ RESPONSE

SOM has signed the Cover Sheet certification stating that it agrees to abide by the terms and conditions
of the RFQ based on the following qualifications. These qualifications also apply to the sample contract
provided by the DDA:

- Intellectual Property: We seek further negotiation on the statement that SOM’s deliverables
will become Work Product owned by the DDA. As is consistent with standard industry practice,
SOM would seek to retain ownership of its intellectual property produced in connection with
any given Task Order and would grant the DDA a license to use same in line with Clause 9 of the
standard AIA B103 2017. (See RFQ General Conditions; see also sample contract clause 12).
- Indemnity: SOM has signed the insurance and indemnity form only to the extent the form is
consistent with SOM’s standard market professional liability insurance policy. We hereby seek
to qualify the form to remove the defense obligation and limit the indemnification obligation so
that it only extents to claims directly arising out of SOM’s professional negligence. We also seek
to modify the indemnity clause in the sample contract for consistency with our insurance policy.
(See clause 10)
- Insurance SOM has signed the insurance and indemnity form with the qualification that,
consistent with industry standard worker’s compensation, employer liability and professional
liability policies, SOM cannot name additional insureds on those policies and we seek to remove
this requirement. This comment also applies to Clause 13 of the sample contract. In sample
contract clause 13, we would also seek to include aggregated policy limits for each required
insurance policy.
- Limitation of liability We would seek to include a market limitation of liability commensurate
with our scope of services in a professional service agreement with the DDA.
- Standard of care We would seek to include a standard of care consistent with our professional
liability insurance policy and omit uninsurable warranties in a professional service agreement
with the DDA. (See, for example, sample contract clause 3).

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Kristopher Takacs, AIA
Project Executive

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

2001 K Street NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006