Job Description

Company Background:

Longfellow Real Estate Partners is a vertically integrated real estate company dedicated to investing in the rapidly growing and highly specialized life sciences sector. Our institutional capabilities and market expertise enable us to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns for our investors while building collaborative, long-term partnerships with our tenants. Longfellow is a highly entrepreneurial organization where we pride ourselves on a shared work ethic and a focus on accomplishing collective objectives. Longfellow strives to develop deep and lasting relationships internally within our team and externally with our investors, clients, vendors, and community through a shared vision and our core values: respectful, ethical, passionate and genuine.

Longfellow has grown from a small start-up in 2009 to a 145+ person organization and one of the largest privately-owned owner-operators in the life science sector. The firm has a 16.5M+ square foot existing portfolio and development pipeline across 8 major life sciences markets in the US and UK (Boston; North Carolina; Maryland-Washington D.C.; New York City; Philadelphia; San Diego; San Francisco Bay Area; and London/Cambridge, UK).

Position Background:

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Property Manager to oversee 1.6 million square feet of Class A lab and office properties in the South Peninsula portfolio. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in property, asset, and project management, along with strong leadership and customer service skills. Integrity and exceptional client relations are paramount in this role. We are looking for someone with a strong financial background who can effectively manage budgeting, CAM preparation, accruals, and other financial processes, as well as mentor and train others in these areas.

This is a dynamic role that will work closely daily with tenants, facilities management, service contractors, accounting, as well as asset management. The position provides exposure to a full spectrum of duties within a fast-growing real estate development and management firm. As such, the position demands a dedicated individual with excellent attention to detail, leadership skills, facility with numbers, good people skills and the ability to prioritize, multi-task, work independently and solve problems.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Prepare and actively participate in the annual property operating budgets and assist in monthly financial reporting process.
• Proactively communicate with tenants and cultivate strong tenant relationships.
• Manage, lead and mentor employees including a Property Manager, Assistant Property Manager, and/or Property Coordinator, and ensuring cross collaboration with various verticals.
• Perform property management duties such as physical inspection of the property and tenant spaces, oversee third party building engineers including routinely monitoring preventative maintenance schedule.
• Perform accounting related functions such as variance reporting, accruals and reclasses.
• Plan, manage and track property management related capital projects within approved budget.
• Review all leases and amendments, prepare lease abstracts and coordinate nuances with Regional General Manager and Asset Management.
• Support redevelopment and ground-up development projects transition to building operations.
• Support Design & Construction on tenant improvements and/or spec suite conversion, including but not limited to, commissioning of building systems, warranty and close out package operations support, tenant move-in, etc.
• Actively respond to tenant requests and follow-up as issues are resolved.
• Oversee work order system and ensure vendors, maintenance and management staff respond to tenant issues in a timely and efficient manner.
• Conduct periodic inspections of the physical properties and tenant spaces to ensure adherence to safety standards, compliance with leases, and to ensure general upkeep of the property.
• Maintain vendor service contracts and certificates of insurance for vendors and tenants; schedule vendor walks.
• Lead monthly property management meetings with internal team and regular communication to Regional General Manager.
• Respond to onsite emergencies quickly and efficiently.

Qualifications:

We are looking for a passionate team player with grit, high integrity and a honed attention to detail. In addition, we expect that your life outside of work is as important as your career and that you are driven to succeed in both.

• Personal commitment to providing best in class service and operations within the portfolio.
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Real Estate Salesperson License and having and/or pursuing relevant credentials (CPM, CCIM, RPA).
• Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience successfully managing commercial properties, life science industry and owner/developer experience a plus.
• Strong knowledge of the physical aspect of commercial buildings, construction, and building systems, particularly laboratory HVAC system.
• Working knowledge of commercial leases, service contract forms, general liability and general legal understanding of property operations.
• Strong financial skills required and experience in annual CAM estimates and reconciliation process, along with the ability to train and mentor others in the process.
• Computer proficient with strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel, Teams, Outlook, and property management software such as Yardi and MRI Angus.
• Some travel required;
• Individual should possess excellent oral and written communication skills, self-starter.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks with strong organizational skills.
• Detail oriented with independent work ethic.
• Involvement in professional real estate organizations.

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