While working for Ryan Companies US Inc., Peter lead a three-year effort to develop a research center for excellence in Kansas City, MO that is nestled at the heart of a pedestrian friendly, walkable mixed-use community with a focus on agrarian urbanism.

Working with Ryan’s development team and the owner, Peter worked to secure Duany Plater-Zyberk Co Design, a nationally recognized planning firm, as the town planning consultant. Peter lead a week-long on-site design charrette to masterplan 1M SF of S&T lab space specializing in human genomic research embedded in a sustainable community with abundant green space, active farming and an indoor commercial greenhouse.