Responsible for providing the Tampa division with undeveloped land and finished lots, enabling it to accomplish its sales, settlements, profitability, and growth targets as established in its strategic plan. Negotiate the price and terms of property acquisitions to ensure the division has a competitive edge in our target submarkets. The company has been operating with a lot of success in Tampa, and they are continuing to grow south towards Sarasota.
***Minimum of five years of experience working for a residential builder.***
Responsibilities:
Lead the land acquisition department; ensure it is competently staffed and functional.
Participate in the development of the division's strategic land acquisition planning process. Help guide the process to competitive acquisition targets
Identify and submit to the Division Manager enough suitable deals following our strategic plan, to achieve financial objectives
Actively look for niche land positions requiring direct contracting from owners, including assemblage opportunities and joint venture scenarios
Initiate the contract process, review all contract changes, oversee our attorney reviews and negotiations, identify major contractual risks (and their concurrent obligations), and ensure all our major deal point issues are addressed in each transaction
Manage the land feasibility package creation process. Assemble the corporate land acquisition study book for each land deal.
Manage our market knowledge and submarket analysis projects to ensure that we have current data (e.g., land prices, lot prices, road improvements, municipal requirements), needed to develop and refine our strategic land acquisition objectives
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in business, real estate, finance, or related field
At least 5 years' experience in residential land acquisition