From raw land to recorded lots
Apex Development develops its own communities and manages development for clients: landowners, investors and builders. From rezoning through bond release, I run the engineering, build the roads, water and sewer, well and septic, and deliver finished lots.
Services
Development consulting and management
Hire Apex to run your whole project, or just the phase you need help with. One person who has done it 44 times, from the first zoning meeting to the last bond released.
Full development management
Apex runs your project start to finish as your development manager: entitlements, engineering, bidding, construction, bonds and lot sales.
Talk about your project →Consulting by phase
Stuck at rezoning, plan review, VDOT comments, bidding or bond release? Bring Apex in for the part that's holding you up.
Get help with a phase →Site evaluation · $500
My straight opinion on a property before you buy it: zoning, access, RPA, topo, utilities and yield.
Request an evaluation →Rezoning & entitlements
Concept layouts, proffers, staff meetings, and hearings through approval.
Engineering, survey & geotech
Site plans, VDOT and county comments, boundary, topo, and soils work, coordinated with your engineer.
Well & septic
Perc tests, health department permits, drilled wells, and septic and drain field installs for rural lots.
Budgets & bids
Total-price budgets covering 137 development cost items, plus contractor pricing.
Construction management
Clearing, earthwork, storm, water, sewer, curb, and paving, built to plan.
Dry utilities
Power, gas, telecom, and cable coordination and install. Conduit installation by our sister company, Layin Pipe LLC.
E&S and stormwater
Certified RLD and DEQ Qualified Personnel for self-inspection and compliance.
Bonds & acceptance
Punch lists, street acceptance, and bond reductions through final release.
Lot sales
Finished lots delivered to home builders, ready for permits.
How a project runs
Five stages, one manager
Rezoning
Entitle the land for the use and lot count.
Engineering
Site plan, E&S, stormwater, and utility design approved.
Permits & bonds
Land disturbance permit and performance bonds posted.
Construction
Roads, water, sewer, storm, and dry utilities built.
Bond release
Streets accepted, bonds released, lots sold.
Site Evaluation
Know what you're buying before you buy it
Send me a property. I'll walk it on paper and give you my straight opinion on what it can become and what will get in the way.
Send the address or tax map number, plus what you're hoping to build.
- Zoning & useCurrent zoning, by-right uses, and the realistic rezoning path.
- Road frontageAccess, VDOT entrance requirements, and road improvements.
- RPA & wetlandsResource Protection Areas, buffers, floodplain, and streams.
- Topo & drainageGrades, earthwork risk, and where stormwater has to go.
- UtilitiesPublic water and sewer availability, or well and septic.
- Yield & next stepsRough lot count and what to do first.
Track Record
Communities built
44 communities across 12 Virginia localities.
Spotsylvania
- Pelham's Crossing
- River Meadows
- Hazel Run Glen
- Avalon Woods
- Ruffin's Reserve
- Spring Arbor
- Porchlight Commons
- Hatchers Landing
- Mansfield Club
- Ruffin's Pond
- Villas at Salem Church
- Lansdowne
- Dabney Woods
Caroline (Ruther Glen)
- Belmont North
- Belmont West
- Belmont at Carmel Church
- Cool Water Drive
Stafford
- Liberty Hall Estates
- Heather Hills Sec. 5
- Wood Landing
- Highland Homes
- Brooke Road
- Fox Gate
Prince William
- Silver Leaf Estates
- Copper Mill Estates
- Briarwood (2-over-2s)
- Mia's Meadows
- Clarks Crossing
- Fox Lair
- Wilsons Reserve
Chesterfield
- Hancock
- Edge of Westchester
- Ironwood Estates Sec. 4
Henrico
- Spring Hill Estates
- Millers Land
Richmond
- Mason Yards
- Boxwood (condos)
Fredericksburg
- Kensington Hills
Fairfax
- Peach Mill Estates
- Lake Hill Farms
- Lions Gate
Fauquier
- Stonecrest
Loudoun
- Broad Run Farms
Alexandria
- Kent Road
Apex Dirtworks Software
Apps built from the dirt
The math and paperwork I deal with on every site, built into apps for supers, inspectors, estimators, and engineers.
SWPPP RainCheck
iPhone & iPad · Coming to the App StoreE&S and stormwater inspections: due-date clock, rain triggers, BMP checklists, plan-sheet pins, photos, and signed PDF reports.
See the app →
Earthwork Essentials
iPhone & iPad · Coming to the App StoreField calculators for volume, swell and shrink, haul, production, pipe, paving, E&S, runoff, trench safety, and slope.
See the app →
In development
- Daily LogSite diaries with photos and weather.
- VA811 TrackerMiss Utility tickets and expirations.
- Lot CostPer-lot development pro forma.
- Bond TrackerPerformance bonds, reductions, and release dates.
Apex Dirtworks Software is a division of Apex Development, LLC.
Contact
Got a piece of land or a project?
Tell me what you're working on or how I can help, and you'll get a prompt reply from me, Matt.