Retail Lease Paralegal
A multifaceted real estate development company with a portfolio of awardwinning residential and commercial properties located in Southwest Florida is seeking a Full Time Retail Lease Paralegal for their corporate office.
The clients portfolio includes a shopping mall design center and a small destination restaurant and shopping center.
The ideal candidate will have experience working for either retail tenant(s) or landlord(s). The primary responsibilities of this position include drafting leases amendments and related documents.
Responsible for ensuring all of the following functions are performed effectively and efficiently:
- General lease administration functions for the lease portfolio.
- Work collaboratively with the Leasing Department Legal and Property Management teams on a daytoday and special project basis.
- Responsible for administration coordination and recordkeeping related to portfolio management.
- Prepare and deliver lease extensions estoppels termination letters and other legal notices.
- Track and maintain a filing system for all real estate documents including closing documents for owned properties.
- Develop and maintain an efficient system to track leaserelated critical dates (renewals termination/cancellation use clauses and sales kickouts).
- Maintain all electronic real estate legal files.
- Supervise the preparation routing for signature distribution followup and tracking of real estate related legal documents permits applications and civil permitting fee check requests.
- Coordinate and track preparation/distribution/receipt of required Certificates of Insurance for client properties as well as tracking Certificates of Insurance for tenants.
- Attend leasing meetings and provide legal support to lease team. Supervise and estoppel and SNDA requests.
- Coordinate receipt/distribution of default letters managing defaults with internal teammates through resolution and work with outside counsel for all landlord tenant matters.
Experience and Skills:
- 5 years of experience in retail lease administration
The Retail Lease Paralegal works closely with Legal Counsel and is responsible
Compensation is based on experience.