Cary Stump Cost Consulting LLCConstruction Cost Consultancy of the Year - California 2026

Clients include Macerich, Irvine Company Retail Properties, Kimco Realty, CenterCal Properties, Federal Realty, Summit Properties, Desert Mountain Club, Fidelis, Howard Hughes, Madison Marquette, PREIT, Steerpoint Capital, Taubman.

Cary Stump has earned the designation of Certified Development Professional (CDP) and Certified Retail Executive (CRX) from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

From 2012 to 2017 Cary was Chief Estimator and AVP Preconstruction Services with a group of five preconstruction managers for Macerich, providing preconstruction services for projects from $1 million to $500 million.

From 2004 to 2012 Cary was Chief Estimator and VP of the Project Services Group with up to fourteen estimators and schedulers for U.S. Westfield. During this eight year period estimates were prepared for projects that proceeded to Grand Opening with $1.2 billion of construction cost. Comparing the project construction budget approved early in the design phase to the final construction cost, 81% of these projects were within 5%.

Cary served as Chief Estimator for Bayley Construction from 1999 to 2004. Retail clients included Taubman, General Growth, The Mills Corporation, The Irvine Company, and Excel Legacy.

From 1980 to 1999 Cary held positions of Project Manager, Project Executive, and Director of Preconstruction Services for Centex Golden, the largest general contractor in San Diego. Work included office, residential, hospitality, educational, industrial, and healthcare.

For fifteen years Cary taught coursed in scheduling and estimating as an adjunct professor in the Civil Engineering Department at San Diego State University.

Cary earned a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pomona College.

While in school Cary scored the highest scores awarded (800) on the SAT and GRE tests for mathematical aptitude.