Real Estate Asset Manager

We are seeking a dedicated Commercial Real Estate Lease Negotiations and Assets Manager to join our team. This role involves managing our extensive portfolio of real estate leases, ensuring option notice deadlines are met, and rents align with the current market. The Commercial Real Estate Manager will oversee the lease renewal process by negotiating directly with landlords and their representatives, such as real estate agents, lawyers, and property managers, to achieve reductions in rent liability and other beneficial lease modifications. They will draft and modify legal documents to reflect agreements between landlords and tenants, interpret and advise management on all terms of real estate leases and related documents, and prepare and compose supporting documents, including leases, subleases, exhibits, addendums, tenant improvement work letters, and amendments/extensions. Additionally, this role will ensure all final documents are approved and executed by multiple levels of management. 

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in independently drafting and negotiating commercial real estate leases and related documents, as well as the ability to coordinate, negotiate, and track lease drafts from LOI to execution. Join us and leverage your expertise to make a significant impact on our real estate portfolio!

• Intensive and creative negotiations (both written and verbal) with the company’s landlords to achieve desired modifications to real estate leases.
• Draft legal documents for review (typically amendments to leases).
• Provide updates on the status of leases and negotiations to various in-house parties.
• Ensure various legal documents are recorded and returned to county clerks/recorders.
• Financial knowledge - knowledge of financial terms and principles as applies to commercial real estate.
• Ability to follow through with decisions made and communicate with all involved parties. 

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in real estate portfolio management and/or real estate lease transactions.
• Bachelor’s degree and/or paralegal certificate preferred.
• 2-3 years’ experience drafting and negotiating commercial real estate leases and related legal documents.
• Verbal and written language and grammatical skills, including the ability to interpret and abstract complex lease documents, independently draft real estate-related legal documents, and negotiate final lease terms with landlords and their attorneys.
• Must be highly organized and able to manage multiple projects and be detail oriented.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, as well as Adobe Acrobat.