Development Associate- Industrial & Commercial Construction/Real Estate
Seattle, WA
Our client, a Seattle-based private real estate investment and development company, is looking for a growth-minded Development Associate to join their Development Team! The Development Associate will be actively engaged in all aspects of project development- working on coordinating preconstruction and construction activities, land acquisition, entitlements, permitting coordination, and more. Initial responsibilities will be focused on the industrial portfolio which will include land development projects that are currently in the entitlement and construction phase. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated with exceptional organization, a BA, and 1-3 years of related work experience with project management in the real estate or construction industry.
Development Associate Responsibilities:
- Assist with land and asset due diligence.
- Overall support with Acquisition and Development processes and coordination, including zoning review, financial analysis, and market research.
- Establish and maintain familiarity with major Puget Sound municipalities, development processes and locate entitlement, permit, and code documents/information/history.
- Track and maintain a database of market lease and sale comps (including land transactions), as well as tracking development pipelines.
- Coordinate and assemble various development proposals.
- Create and assemble development/investment memos and presentations.
- Review, compare and analyze consultant proposals.
- Write, track, and manage consultant agreements for review, including billings and change orders.
- Review construction plans for consistency.
- Organize, update and maintain specific files, systems and processes.
Development Associate Desired Skills + Abilities:
- High level of follow-through and follow up.
- Exceptional organization.
- Maintain and utilize strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong foundation in real estate finance and modeling.
- Some experience in project management is a plus.
- Ability to develop a strong understanding of construction document organization including drawings, ASI’s, submittals and RFIs, and tracking thereof.
- Understand basic consultant roles in a project structure (architect, structural, civil, etc.)
- Understand and track budgets, billing procedures, and payment schedules.
- Familiarity with service agreement contracting and the basics of consultant contracts.
- Ability to analyze and scrutinize service agreement billings and % complete.
Development Associate Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 1-3 years related work experience, including Project Management functions in the real estate industry.
- Must be a self-motivated and team-oriented individual with strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Must be detail-oriented and possess a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and MS Project), Bluebeam, Adobe products. Prior experience with Yardi Project Management is a plus.
- Familiar with a variety of field and industry concepts.
- Basic understanding of the mechanics of a working Pro-forma.
- Must be resourceful and have a strong commitment toward ensuring accuracy in their own work product and the work product of others.
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