Hines

Director - Development (Land)

Hines$90K — $130K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution; MBA preferred.
  • 6-8 years of direct real estate experience, particularly in land acquisition and development management.
  • Strong grasp of residential real estate development processes.
  • Proficiency in financial modeling, underwriting, and analysis.
  • Experience in leading entitlement and permitting processes.
  • Demonstrated negotiation skills for land and financing agreements.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

  • Lead project development aspects including feasibility, finance, zoning, and design.
  • Source and evaluate land development and acquisition opportunities.
  • Prepare and present investment committee documentation to senior management.
  • Manage residential land development projects from acquisition to delivery.
  • Coordinate with various stakeholders, ensuring smooth information flow and project execution.
  • Oversee homebuilder relationships and lot sales negotiations.
  • Facilitate marketing and reporting activities for residential communities.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance plans.
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Opportunities for professional development and advancement.
  • Generous paid time off and holiday schedules.
  • Flexible work arrangements and travel opportunities.
Full Job Description
Overview

Responsibilities

As the Director 6 Development (Land) with Hines, you will be responsible for assisting senior management with all aspects of residential land and lot development including identifying and securing new opportunities, site feasibility, underwriting, entitlements, design, financing, marketing, construction and dispositions of residential finished lot projects. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Business Development & Financial Management

  • Lead broad aspects of project development in partnership with the Managing Director, including feasibility, finance, zoning/land use, design, construction, and dispositions.

  • Source, underwrite, evaluate, structure, and execute new land development and acquisition opportunities, including site feasibility, market research, financial modeling, due diligence, and closing.

  • Identify and pursue new land development and acquisition opportunities that align with Hines' investment strategy.

  • Prepare and present investment committee packages and other internal documents for review by senior management

  • Support project equity, debt, and CDD financing activities, oversee project funding and disbursement requirements in conjunction with project accountants, and manage investor and lender relationships and reporting.

Project Management

  • Manage residential land development projects from acquisition through finished lot delivery, including predevelopment activities, entitlements, permitting, design, construction, marketing, and lot dispositions.

  • Assemble and manage the development project team, including Hines support personnel, consultants, architects, engineers, contractors, and legal counsel.

  • Manage project budgets, financial models, contracts, and development; while monitoring project performance and coordinating project closeout activities.

  • Serve as the Owner's Representative and monitor the flow of information among project stakeholders, including investors, market research personnel, Asset Management, Property Management, construction teams, and architects.

Homebuilder Relationships & Lot Sale Execution

  • Lead homebuilder relationships and finished lot sales, including negotiation and administration of purchase and sale agreements.

  • Partner with city staff, governmental agencies, consultants, and legal counsel to obtain required entitlements, permits, financing, and development approvals.

  • Facilitate the marketing of residential communities, oversee HOA and/or CDD management companies, and prepare project updates and reporting for senior leadership, investors, and lenders.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements include:

  • Bachelor 2s degree from an accredited institution; MBA preferred.
  • Six to Eight years of direct real estate experience in areas including land acquisition, development management, construction management, architecture, and/or engineering is preferred.

  • Demonstrated understanding of primary aspects of residential real estate development is required.

  • Experience and/or interest in sourcing development and acquisition new business opportunities.

  • Experience leading entitlement, zoning, permitting, and development approval processes.

  • Strong financial modeling, underwriting, and analytical capabilities.

  • Ability to create complex Excel models and perform detailed financial analysis.

  • Strong knowledge of project budgeting, job cost management systems, and development financial analysis.

  • Ability to evaluate real estate investments from both strategic and financial perspectives.

  • Demonstrated negotiation skills related to land acquisitions, purchase and sale agreements, financing, and development contracts.

  • Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.

  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting aggressive schedules and deadlines.

  • Strong leadership, relationship-building, and collaboration skills with the ability to influence diverse stakeholders.

  • Ability to develop and maintain productive relationships with land sellers, landowners, national and local homebuilders, investors, lenders, consultants, contractors, and governmental agencies.

  • Work indoors approximately 75% of the time and outdoors 25% of the time.

  • Perform physical inspections of undeveloped land, construction and sales sites.

  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

  • Availability to travel within assigned territories as necessary.

  • Ability to travel to and from destinations by plane and/or car.

  • Ability to visually review and read correspondence, reports, etc.

  • Ability to handle stressful, high pressured atmosphere.

  • Ability to use personal computer, calculator, etc.

  • Ability to meet highest attendance requirements.

About Hines

The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited was a major British industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military and sporting firearms; bicycles; motorcycles; cars; buses and bodies; steel; iron castings; hand, power, and machine tools; coal cleaning and handling plants; sintered metals; and hard chrome process. After the Second World War, BSA did not manage its business well, and a government-organised rescue operation in 1973 led to a takeover of such operations as it still owned. Those few that survived this process disappeared into the ownership of other businesses. BSA began in June 1861 in the Gun Quarter, Birmingham, England. It was formed by a group of fourteen gunsmith members of the Birmingham Small Arms Trade Association specifically to manufacture guns by machinery. They were encouraged to do this by the War Office which gave the BSA gunsmiths free access to technical drawings and to the War Office's Board of Ordnance's Royal Small Arms Factory factory at Enfield. New machinery developed in the USA installed at Enfield had greatly increased its output without needing more skilled craftsmen. This new machinery brought to Birmingham the principle of the interchangeability of parts.
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