Core Responsibilities:

Representation as Development Counsel includes the following responsibilities to ensure timely and proper handling of all legal matters and the advancement of development projects from inception to full disposition.

Development Counsel’s core responsibilities shall be:

• Essential risk assessment and management for the Company pertaining to all legal matters of real estate transactions and development projects, as well as basic construction lien matters.
• Ultimate accountability for quality control and proper execution in a timely manner of:
  • Drafting of all legal documents needed to enact our business as a real estate development company
  • all land acquisition and disposition purchase and sale contracts, extensions, amendments, notices, terminations, title objections letters, easements, etc.;
  • all land acquisition and disposition closing documents, the timely satisfaction of all title requirements, and the issuance of title policies;
  • Leases and lease-related action items/deliverables such as Leases, MOLs, LMAs, Exhibits, etc.;
  • final Lease Due Diligence preparation, submission and post-submission follow up with tenants to obtain their approval; and
  • all title-related matters, through direct engagement or delegation to the Development Team.
• Tracking the timely ordering and review of title commitments, title requirements and title exceptions, and the timely dissemination of all title-related issues to the Development Team. 
• Coordination with counsel for other parties, their lenders, qualified intermediaries, real estate agents/brokers, and title agents.
• Review of all survey-related matters in consultation with Development Team Surveyor and consultant surveyors and the presentation of all relevant findings to the Development Team, as applicable. 
• Resolution of all legal matters associated with regulatory agencies, utilities, and our surveyors regarding easements, ROW dedications, plats, as-built surveys, etc.
• Coordination and representation in applying for and obtaining any required Land Use actions (Re-zonings, Annexations, Special Use Permits, etc.) and managing outside counsel in these matters when necessary.
• Overseeing the creation of legal documents required for project governance including but not limited to Easements, restrictive covenants, declarations, property owners’ associations, and cost-sharing agreements.
• Coordination with the development department to:
  • resolve boundary issues or other matters that arise during construction;
  • resolve anything construction-related that requires legal oversight, including permitting issues, neighbor complaints; and
  • ensure full project close out with both tenants and regulators to facilitate timely and efficient dispositions.
  • Coordination with internal finance team and our lenders for funding of acquisitions, construction, and construction draws, including title updates, endorsements, etc.
  • Procurement of estoppels and SNDAs pursuant to our own financing of projects and for final disposition to our purchasers.
  • Primary representation regarding all preliminary and/or basic legal conflicts with purchaser, sellers, neighbors, customers, tenants, etc., and coordination with outside counsel, as applicable.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in commercial real estate matters including retail, science, technology, and healthcare properties, construction and development projects, acquisition, disposition, and/or lease of both unimproved land and operating facilities
• Experience managing a high volume of real estate transactions, including acquisition and disposition closing procedures
• Experience drafting purchase sale agreements, easements, declarations, leases, and other legal documents core to the successful operation of a real estate development company
• Undergraduate Degree and Juris Doctor