Senior landscape architect and master planner with extensive experience in land
development and professional design practice including but not limited to master
planning, site and amenity design, marketing, scheduling, and budgeting for residential
communities, mixed-use, resort, commercial, civic, educational and resource-based
recreational developments. Skilled in all aspects of the land development and
entitlement process, from initial site selection and due diligence; through acquisition,
conceptual design, permitting, design development, construction, marketing and the
delivery of finished product to the end-user. Hodges’ diverse professional career spans
more than three decades with a proven track-record of leading professional teams
through the development process to successful project completion. Design experience
includes master planning for marina villages in Dubai, UAE and the master planning for
a five-star beachfront resort hotel complex in the Seychelles, as well as, a contributing
role in a Duany Plater-Zyberk (DPZ) design charrette for the new town of Camana Bay
on Grand Cayman. Current projects and recent engagements include master planning
and urban design for the ULI award-winning mixed-use town center (CollegeTown) for
the Seminole Boosters, Inc. near The Florida State University, a 1,250-acre mixed-use
community in Walton County, Florida, a 700-acre Master Plan for the redevelopment of
the former site of the Panama City Airport as a new bay front community, and master
planning for a 1,000-acre county park on the Tensaw River in Baldwin County, Alabama.
In addition, Hodges recently completed the design for a total renovation of the
landscape and hardscape of the Florida State Capitol grounds creating a new Memorial
Garden at the House of Representatives and a Commemorative Cultural-History Garden
at the Senate