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Land Development Manager

full-time•Charleston

Summary

Location

Charleston

Type

full-time

Experience

5-10 years

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About this role

Our SelectLeaders client is a real estate investment and development company. Our client's real estate assets include downtown office buildings, residential and master-planned land development projects, retail and industrial properties, and large acreage land holdings.


The Land Development Manager will oversee a large development project that will include residential and commercial. The position is based on Kiawah Island/Charleston, SC with occasional travel to our headquarters in Richmond, Virginia.

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Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide day-to-day management of land development and vertical construction of commercial and amenity buildings
  • Oversee land sales and commercial leasing activities
  • Provide leadership for sales and marketing efforts related to builder home sales
  • Ensure budget control and schedule adherenceRecruit builder team and negotiate lot contracts
  • Oversee bidding process, including request for bids, bid analyses, bid leveling, and contract issuance
  • Assist with site plan and permitting hurdles with various municipalities
  • Coordinate with private utility companies - electric, data/fiber, natural gas, etc.
  • Ensure compliance with all environmental permits
  • Manage punch lists and work through street acceptance and other approvals with local or state agencies
  • Manage letter of credit issuances and reductions related to completion bonds
  • Communicate project status updates to stakeholders
  • Create project budgets and track variances to budget
  • Assist with preparation of project marketing and branding materials


Experience and Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 7 years of prior experience in real estate development, land development, or construction (planned community experience a plus)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in real estate, civil engineering, construction, architecture, business, or equivalent experience
  • Master’s Degree in Business or Real Estate a plus
  • Solid project management and team leadership skills
  • Ability to read construction and civil design documents
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Experience in all aspects of real estate development
  • Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Project
  • Must be well organized and possess strong negotiating skills
  • Must be comfortable managing and negotiating with contractors and municipal employees
  • Must be a self-starter with a strong ability to work independently


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What you'll do

  • The Land Development Manager will oversee a large development project that includes residential and commercial components. Key responsibilities include managing land development, overseeing sales and leasing activities, and ensuring compliance with environmental permits.

About Bisnow

Our mission is to inform, connect and advance the commercial real estate community to do more business. We aspire to be the most data-driven and humanizing digital media, live events and intelligence platform in the galaxy — and through this effort, drive the industry to greater heights. Bisnow hosts 340+ events a year that are attended by over 75,000 people, 2,000 sponsors and hundreds of speakers. We also publish newsletters and morning briefs that reach more than 1.5 million CRE executives. Upcoming Events: https://www.bisnow.com/events CRE News: https://www.bisnow.com/ Career Opportunities: https://www.bisnow.com/careers Check us out on Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Bisnow-EI_IE358093.11,17.htm

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The Land Development Manager position at Bisnow is based in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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