Mason Greens Joint Venture CONCEPTUAL PROPOSAL PURSUANT TO THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE EDUCATION FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACT TO INCLUDE A NEW OR RENOVATED GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL, EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING MARY ELLEN HENDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT RFP NO. 0730-15GMHS-PPEA DUE: OCTOBER 30, 2015 Table of Contents Cover Letter Letter of Submittal Executive Summary 1. Qualifications and Experience A. Structure - Partially Redacted, See Confidential Binder B. Experience of Entities C. Firm and Major Subcontractor Experience D. Persons Directly Involved with Mason Greens Development - Partially Redacted, See Confidential Binder E. Financial Statements F. Disqualified Persons G. Plans for Obtaining Qualified Workers H. VA DGS Form 30-168 I. SWaM Business Participation 2. Project Characteristics A. Project Vision - See Confidential Binder B. School Board, City and Public Entity Involvement C. Permits and Approvals D. Anticipated Adverse Impacts - Partially Redacted, See Confidential Binder E. Schedule - See Confidential Binder F. Contingency Plans for Addressing Public NeedsSee Confidential Binder G. Risk and Liability - Partially Redacted, See Confidential Binder H. Ownership and Management - See Confidential Binder I. Phasing - See Confidential Binder J. Architectural, Building and Engineering Standards H. Involvement of Adjacent Owner and Tenants 3. Project Financing - See Confidential Binder 4. Project Benefits & Compatibility A. Economic Impact on Local Community - Partially Redacted, See Confidential Binder B. Community Engagement Strategy - Partially Redacted, See Confidential Binder C. Unique Benefits D. Compatibility with Existing Plans Appendices Partially Redacted, See Confidential Binder This Proposal contains appropriately marked proprietary and/or confidential information. __No __Yes9 The City of Falls Church and its Public Schools are committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability or that this document be made available in an alternate format, call 703-248-5007, (TTY 711). The City of Falls Church and its PPublic Schools do not discriminate against faith -based organizations in accordance with the Code of Virginia, § 2.2-4343.1 or against any Proposer because of race, religion, color, sex, naational origin, age, disability, or any other basis prohibited by state law relating to discrimination in employment. Mason Greens Joint Venture C/O REPUBLIC PROPERTIES CORPORATION 1280 M ARYLAND AVENUE, SW, SUITE 280 WASHINGTON, DC 20024 October 30, 2015 Mr. George R. Armstrong, Purchasing Agent The City of Falls Church 300 Park Avenue Falls Church, Virginia 22046 RE: RFP No: 0730-15GMHS-PPEA Dear Mr. Armstrong, On behalf of Mason Greens, LLC (MGLLC), an entity in formation, we are pleased to submit the attached Conceptual Proposal for “A New or Renovated George Mason High School, Expansion of the Existing Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School and Commercial Development” pursuant to the cited solicitation. Serving as point of contact for MGLLC is Mr. Stacy Hornstein. Requested contact information per Section 4.3 A follows: Mr. Stacy Hornstein Senior Vice President, Republic Properties Corporation 1280 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 280 Washington, DC 20024 Phone: 202-552-5300 Fax: 202-552-5320 Email: [email protected] In response to Section 4.3 B, please know that MGLLC will have as its managing members: Republic Properties Corporation and James G. Davis Construction Corporation. Those corporations and/or their respective principals will have financial responsibility for the Project and joint and several liability for work required by the Project as agreed in a Comprehensive Agreement. Under our proposal, financing for the schools component and certain public works would be provided by the City through its bonding mechanisms, with the support of our payments for redevelopment parcels and fiscal returns generated from economic development of the parcels. We will provide performance and payment bond(s) for work obligations we assume for the Project. Per Section 4.3 C, the James G. Davis Construction Corporation will serve as lead contractor. Perkins Eastman Architects, DPC will be the lead designer. Mason Greens Joint Venture C/O REPUBLIC PROPERTIES CORPORATION 1280 M ARYLAND AVENUE, SW, SUITE 280 WASHINGTON, DC 20024 For purposes of this Conceptual Proposal and pursuant to Sections 4.3 D and 10.4 of the RFP, this is to request all sections of this response -- with the exception of the Executive Summary -- be held as confidential and withheld from disclosure (specifically including the following sections: Tab 1 Qualifications and Experience, Tab 2: Project Characteristics, Tab 3: Project Financing, Tab 4: Project Benefit and Compatibility, and Tab 5: Appendix). At this juncture, we consider the requested sections commercially sensitive and privileged, and disclosures to potential competitors and the public could cause damage to intellectual and other properties of our team. Respectfully submitted, Stacy Horstein Matthew N. Weirich Senior Vice President Vice President - Education Republic Properties Corporation James G. Davis Construction Corporation Certain proprietary materials and information are retained exclusively in the Confidential Binder pursuant to Va. Code Ann. 56-575.4(G) and 2.2-3705.6(11B) Executive Summary Mason Greens will transform the existing George Mason High School and the Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School campus into a dynamic, mixed- use community that achieves all of the objectives presented by the City of Falls Church and the Falls Church City School Board. Vision and Program The transformation begins by replacing and relocating the obsolete high school and expanding the middle school with modern facilities meeting the tests of best practices, design excellence and sustainability. The new high school will be constructed on the western portion of the campus in a compact, elegant and efficient design. This approach will best avoid disruption to existing students’ educational experience while also delivering facilities more quickly and at lower cost. The program will result in vastly improving the respective schools operating effectiveness and efficiencies, thereby ensuring the high standards of community are met well into the 21st Century. Following the new school construction the former high school site will be harvested for a mixed-use development. Importantly, the guiding vision of Mason Greens plan is predicated on an understanding that its relationship with the schools, and indeed the greater Falls Church community, is mutually beneficial and supportive. It intentionally incorporates playing fields, parks and open spaces as common elements. Gymnasium and performing art theatre facilities are located and designed to foster community co-use after classroom hours. RFP NO. 0730-15-GMHS-PPEA | THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH AND FALLS CHURCH CITY SCHOOL BOARD 1 Executive Summary, continued This approach recognizes that Falls Church’s greatest asset is its people. Increasingly, retaining and attracting highly creative and productivecitizens requires an environment that integrates employment spaces with living places, shopping with dining, recreation with continuing education, and providing transportation choices -- making places where people want to live and work, and to come to share in the experience. In keeping with that vision, the project’s buildings are organized around the new George Mason’s soccer field and the aquatics center that transforms into community recreation facilities when not being used by the schools. The mixed use buildings will be five stories over podia to capture economic benefit while increasing open space. The Haycock Road, at grade, frontage will be primarily commercial and employment uses, with sidewalk level restaurants and shops with office and hotel use on upper floors. Flanking the soccer pitch will be diversified residential offerings of active aging, assisted living as well as market rate housing. This program will provide Falls Church’s 55 and over households an opportunity to transition from single-family homes and to continue to be involved in their community as well as younger persons and couples to find housing in their town. A final mixed-use tower will be located on the north end of the campus between the schools campus and the West Falls Church Metro Station and garage, providing a transition space between it and that redevelopment sector when it comes on line. Development Team and Approach Mason Greens will be developed by a venture between two of the metropolitan area’s leading real estate firms: Republic Properties Corporation and the James G. Davis Construction Corporation. Republic has developed some of the region’s most innovative, complex and successful commercial and mixed use projects, including Potomac Mills, Georgetown Park, Washington Harbor, Market Square and the Portals to name a few. Republic is proud that many of its projects involve public-private partnerships. Republic will have lead responsibility for redevelopment of the former high school site into a vibrant mixed use project. DAVIS has constructed commercial, institutional and residential buildings through- out the region and beyond, for five decades. It enjoys a great reputation for integrity, craftsmanship, safety and on-time/on-budget delivery. Its education contracting division has extensive experience with ground-up, additions and renovation projects. DAVIS will have lead