Senior Vice President, Leasing

Job Description

RETS Associates has been retained by a leading commercial real estate development firm to recruit a Senior Vice President of Leasing to lead leasing across an active pipeline of large-format, ground-up retail developments throughout the Southeast and Midwest.

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This is a senior, hands-on role for an experienced retail leasing professional with deep relationships across national and regional retailers and a proven ability to originate demand, secure anchor commitments and drive projects from pre-leasing through opening.

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Key Responsibilities

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• Lead pre-leasing across new ground-up retail developments, with primary responsibility for anchor and junior-anchor commitments
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• Develop merchandising strategies and tenant mixes across anchors, junior anchors, outparcels and shop space
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• Establish rents and leasing assumptions utilizing market intelligence, comparable transactions and retailer demand
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• Maintain and expand relationships with national and regional retailers, brokers and key industry contacts
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• Lead LOI and lease negotiations through execution
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• Partner closely with development, construction and investment teams to achieve project-level leasing and capitalization objectives
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• Represent the platform at ICSC and other industry events
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Ideal Background

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• 10+ years of retail leasing experience, ideally with an owner/developer
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• Significant experience with ground-up, anchor-driven shopping center development
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• Demonstrated track record of executing anchor and junior-anchor transactions
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• Established retailer and brokerage relationships across the Southeast and/or Midwest
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• Strong understanding of retail lease economics, development underwriting and project-level decision making
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• Entrepreneurial, relationship-driven and comfortable generating demand for projects before construction
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Location

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Nashville, TN — full-time, in-office with regular travel to project markets and industry events.

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This is an opportunity to take ownership of leasing for a substantial development pipeline and join an established platform with an aggressive growth strategy.