Commercial Real Estate Paralegal

Job Summary

A respected Florida legal services firm is seeking an experienced Commercial Real Estate Paralegal for a direct hire opportunity supporting a high-volume Commercial Real Estate Practice in Tampa, FL. This role is ideal for a career-focused paralegal with strong Florida commercial real estate experience, advanced title and survey skills, and a stable employment history in law firm environments.

The Commercial Real Estate Paralegal will work closely with attorneys on sophisticated real estate acquisitions, dispositions, financing transactions, development matters, and closings throughout Florida. This is a strong long-term opportunity for a detail-oriented legal professional who values stability, collaboration, and the chance to work alongside highly regarded real estate attorneys and equity partners.

This firm offers a team-oriented onsite work environment, supportive leadership, professional growth potential, and the opportunity to contribute to complex, high-value commercial real estate transactions.

Key Responsibilities

- Support attorneys through all phases of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing, development projects, and closings.
- Prepare, review, and organize closing documents, signature packages, settlement statements, UCC Financing Statements, and loan documentation.
- Coordinate with lenders, title companies, borrowers, sellers, buyers, and other transaction parties to keep matters moving toward closing.
- Order and review title commitments, surveys, zoning reports, due diligence materials, UCC searches, entity documents, and related transaction materials.
- Prepare title and survey objection letters, title and survey memoranda, lease abstracts, closing binders, filings, recordings, and post-closing documentation.
- Maintain transaction checklists, track deadlines, manage documentation, and support multiple attorneys in a fast-paced real estate practice.

Compensation and Benefits

- Salary range: $65,000 to $80,000 per year, based on experience.
- Direct hire opportunity.
- Annual bonus opportunity.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- 401(k) program.
- Paid time off and paid holidays.
- 100% onsite position in Tampa, FL, with no remote or hybrid option.
- Long-term career growth opportunity.
- Collaborative, team-oriented work environment.

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Support complex Florida commercial real estate transactions from contract through closing.
- Prepare and review closing documents, loan documents, title materials, surveys, and due diligence documentation.
- Coordinate commercial real estate closings with attorneys, lenders, title companies, and transaction parties.
- Manage transaction checklists, closing binders, filings, recordings, and post-closing matters.

- Minimum 5+ years of real estate paralegal experience.
- Law firm experience required.
- Florida commercial real estate experience required.
- Strong title and survey review experience required.
- Experience coordinating commercial real estate closings from contract through closing.
- Experience reviewing due diligence materials, zoning reports, UCC searches, and entity documents.
- Experience preparing and reviewing loan and financing documentation.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and written communication skills.
- High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
- Stable employment history with demonstrated tenure in prior roles.
- Ability to work onsite full-time in Tampa, FL.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and legal document management systems.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience supporting large-scale commercial real estate transactions.
- Experience with real estate financing and lender-side transactions.
- Experience preparing title objection letters and title and survey memoranda.
- Experience reviewing and abstracting leases.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and legal document management systems.
- Experience supporting multiple attorneys in a collaborative real estate practice.

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