City Of New York

Director of Leasing

City Of New York$125K — $150K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalent plus 6 years of progressively responsible real property management experience, with 18 months in a managerial role.
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college and 4 years of relevant experience with 18 months in a managerial capacity.
  • Experience in building construction, property management across various types including commercial and residential.
  • Supervisory roles in property management or housing development, involving decision-making and resource allocation.
  • Hands-on experience in tenant relocation, negotiation, and site management.

Responsibilities

  • Identify suitable locations to meet client agency program requirements and prepare market analysis reports.
  • Negotiate cost-effective commercial leases on behalf of the City, aligning with its best interests.
  • Prepare and maintain schedules for real estate projects, ensuring adherence to timelines.
  • Communicate project status and mitigate risks to client agencies in a timely manner.
  • Manage a team of transaction managers, providing guidance on leasing and acquisition tasks.
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to meet client agency needs and support mayoral initiatives.
  • Prepare required legal documentation for leases and licenses, ensuring timely completion with in-house counsel.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Retirement plans including pension and 401(k) options.
  • Generous vacation leave and paid holidays.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Flexible work arrangements and a supportive work environment.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Real Estate Services (RES) division of DCAS supports the operations of the government of the City of New York by providing services for the City's real estate needs. RES is responsible for the space planning and management of 37 million square feet, Citywide acquisitions (lease or purchase), sales and other dispositions of City-owned real estate, architectural design and project management, zoning and land use analyses, disposition of 15,000 City-owned lots, property valuation, and financial analysis of real estate transactions.

The RES Leasing & Acquisitions Unit is responsible for finding space for City agency operations and negotiating leases and purchases on behalf of the City. The transactions must satisfy the client agency's requirements and must conform to the City's policies and procedures.

The Director of Leasing will be responsible for the following:

- Responsibility #1: Identify site(s) deemed suitable to satisfy the program requirements for the client agency's location and program requirements, and prepare market analysis reports, either individually or using Tenant Representatives.
- Responsibility #2: Negotiate cost effective commercial leases and licenses on behalf of the City, as Tenant, and in its best interest either individually or using Tenant Representatives.
- Responsibility #3: Prepare and maintain project schedules either individually or using Tenant Representatives.
- Responsibility #4: Initiate and maintain project status reports in DCAS Real Estate Services data systems, for assigned projects.
- Responsibility #5: Manage a Team of transaction managers and a transaction specialist, providing guidance and structure in completing the tasks enumerated herein.
- Responsibility #6: Communicate with client agencies on a timely basis to keep the client fully informed on project status, next steps, potential or existing problem issues, budgets, and risk mitigation.
- Responsibility #7: Manage the development and timely completion of required legal documents such as leases, licenses, renewals, notices, etc. using in-house counsel.
- Responsibility #8: Partner with Real Estate Services' Design and Project Management (D&PM) unit to ensure that everything required to successfully negotiate a term sheet with the Landlord is completed on time and a lease is fully executed to satisfy the client agency requirements.
- Responsibility #9: Maintain effective project management and efficient control of the entire leasing process for client agencies.
- Responsibility #10: Confer and partner with a variety of internal stakeholders, including the Mayor's Office, Office of General Counsel, Comptroller's Office, City Council, and City Planning, among others, to satisfy client agency requirements and mayoral real property initiatives.
- Responsibility #11: Effectively communicate and promote the client agency's real property interests to external stakeholders, including local community boards, elected officials, and community organizations, among others.
- Responsibility #12: Provide time-sensitive and accurate transaction related data to support the acquisition of Section 195 and Section 197(c) approvals as mandated by the New York City Charter. This may include public testimony regarding the acquisition of real property on behalf of the City.
- Responsibility #13: Prepare ARC packages and review the ARC packages from Team members and all other required documentation, and present to OMB for transaction approval.

To Apply:

Please go to www.nyc.gov/jobs or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees and search for Job ID #712881.

NO PHONE CALLS, FAXES OR PERSONAL INQUIRIES PERMITTED.

NOTE: ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED.

ADMINISTRATIVE REAL PROPERTY M - 10047

Qualifications

1. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of satisfactory, full-time, progressively responsible experience in real property management, at least 18 months of which must have been in a managerial capacity involving the supervision of a large staff of property management agents and/or housing development specialists and requiring independent decision-making concerning program management or planning, allocation of resources and the scheduling and assignment of work. "Progressively responsible experience" must
be demonstrated by a work history of promotions and/or assumption of increasingly responsible duties and assignments. Experience in building construction or renovation; management of residential, commercial, industrial, or waterfront properties, including both renting and operating; or site management in connection with housing or with reconstruction/rehabilitation projects; supervision of receivership, tenant relocation and anti-abandonment work in housing and other properties, and buildings owned, managed, to be acquired by the City, or at risk of being abandoned; or building maintenance will be accepted up to a maximum of three years toward meeting the general requirements; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of experience described in "1" above, including eighteen months of experience in managerial capacity; or

3. A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have eighteen months of managerial experience. Education at an accredited college or university may be substituted for general work experience (but not for the 18 months of managerial experience described above) at the rate of 60 college semester credits for one year of acceptable experience up to a maximum of 4 years of college for 2 years of experience.

To be acceptable, experience in property management must have included both renting and operating the managed properties. Experience in renting must have included interviewing prospective tenants, qualifying tenants' income and background, and/or assuring that vacancies are ready for occupancy. Experience in operating must have included overseeing maintenance and repair of building operating systems, and overseeing staff to assure that necessary work is properly completed.

To be acceptable, experience in site management must have included on-site rental and maintenance of buildings.

To be acceptable, experience in relocation must have included negotiation with tenants to surrender leases for cash consideration or for an alternative site, and determining tenant eligibility for benefits.

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