Leasing Representative (L-6936)

Our Client is seeking a Leasing Representative to join the Leasing team. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, with an enthusiasm to grow their career within the commercial real estate industry.  Their energized team is accomplishing this goal by building a best-in-class, location-driven core real estate portfolio with meaningful concentrations of assets in the nation’s most dynamic urban and street-retail corridors, including those in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, Dallas, and Boston. At the same time, they manage opportunistic and value-add investments through their investment management platform.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Negotiating letters of intent, new leases, lease renewals and other documents for new and existing shop tenants.
• Assisting the Senior Leasing Director with the negotiation of national anchor tenant leases.
• Canvassing local retailers to generate new leads.
• Tracking and monitoring lease expirations, lease options, and notice dates.
• Qualifying prospective tenants by analyzing financials, business plans and references.
• Coordinating with Legal to ensure the timely processing of lease documents, tenant defaults, and eviction notices.
• Researching and closely monitoring market conditions (i.e. average occupancy, new vacancies, rents).
• Working with Marketing/Communications to maximize company’s participation in all industry-related events (i.e. ICSC conventions) and developing appropriate marketing materials.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 2+ years of retail leasing experience.
• Working knowledge of MS Office, particularly Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to prioritize challenging work schedule/ multitask.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to travel to visit properties.