Senior Associate, U.S. Real Estate Logistics Asset Management

Ares Management Corporation

$140K — $160K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 5+ years of asset management experience preferred
  • Leasing experience preferred
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated budgeting skills, including proficiency in Yardi and Excel
  • Ability to effectively manage internal and external relationships
  • Willingness to travel domestically

Responsibilities

  • Oversee operation and management of regional industrial assets
  • Conduct market research to identify trends and leasing opportunities
  • Negotiate lease terms and rental rates with tenants
  • Manage third-party leasing teams and vendor contracts
  • Engage in lease negotiations and coordinate with legal teams
  • Administer capital expenditures and collaborate with construction management
  • Support budget preparation and strategic planning for the portfolio
  • Assist with due diligence during acquisition phases
  • Ensure accuracy of management reporting on the portfolio
  • Aid in tenant move-in and move-out processes

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans
  • 401(k) program with company match
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution
  • Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance
  • Long-Term and Short-Term Disability insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Commuter benefits for parking and transit
  • Access to a medical advisory team and mental health resources
  • Financial wellness benefit with access to a financial advisor
  • New parent leave and reproductive assistance
  • Education sponsorship program
Full Job Description

Job Description

Essential Job Duties

The Senior Associate will work within the Asset Management Group and assist in operating and reporting on a growing regional portfolio. Specific Responsibilities include:

  • Acting as a key partner in the operation and management of regional industrial assets

  • Conduct thorough market research to identify trends, competitive properties, and potential opportunities for leasing

  • Negotiate lease terms and rental rates with potential tenants, ensuring favorable outcomes for both the company and the tenants

  • Oversight of third-party leasing teams, property management, vendor contracts and vendor relationships supporting the industrial assets

  • Direct involvement and responsibilities for new and ongoing lease negotiations within the portfolio including communicating with third-party leasing teams, in-house counsel, and third-party legal teams

  • Assist in administration of capital expenditures within the industrial portfolio and working with the VP Construction Management on oversight and guidance to all third-party construction managers, contractors and/or vendors

  • Assist in the post-acquisition budget process, annual budget process and reforecasting and strategic planning for the entire regional industrial portfolio.  This includes overseeing the timeline, preparation and completion of annual budgets, business plans and leasing and marketing plans

  • Assisting with due diligence efforts performed during the acquisition phase, specifically: tenant interviews, tenant estoppels, underwriting assumptions (market rent, lease up timing, leasing costs, and capital improvements) and third-party reports (environmental and engineering reports) for future acquisitions

  • Responsible for accuracy and timeliness of management reporting on the portfolio: review of monthly third-party reports, verifying new leases are input correctly by internal property management teams, as well as assisting in the compilation of internal asset management portfolio reports

  • Assist with tenant move-in, move-out and make-readies

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Position requires a bachelor’s degree

  • 5+ years direct experience in asset management is preferred. Leasing experience preferred

  • A team-oriented individual with strong verbal and written communication skills who is comfortable working in a very entrepreneurial environment required

  • Demonstrated ability to effectively manage transactional details required

  • Demonstrated budgeting skills, including Yardi and Excel applications are preferred

  • Ability to effectively manage internal and external relationships required

  • Ability to travel domestically required

Reporting Relationships

Principal, U.S. Real Estate Logistics Asset Management

Compensation

The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance-based bonus. Note, the range takes into account a broad spectrum of qualifications, including, but not limited to, years of relevant work experience, education, and other relevant qualifications specific to the role.

$140,000.00 - $160,000.00

The firm also offers robust Benefits offerings. Ares U.S. Core Benefits include Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans; 401(k) program with company match; Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA); Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution; Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit.

Ares offers a number of additional benefits including access to a world-class medical advisory team, a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry, a mindfulness and wellbeing app, financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor, new parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care, matching gift program, education sponsorship program, and much more.

There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.

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