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The ideal candidate is a high-executive-functioning, results-oriented owner-side manager who is detailed oriented, highly organized, commercially sharp, and comfortable navigating complex issues across multiple stakeholders and layered ownership / legal structures — including sophisticated competitive dynamics given the Project’s location directly across from South Coast Plaza and other dominant regional retail centers.
Retail Strategy & Development Execution
- Lead retail strategy for a large-scale, multi-phase mixed-use project including phasing, program, economics, delivery, and long-term performance.
- Coordinate across development, construction, leasing, capital markets, legal, marketing, and asset management to align retail execution with overall project objectives.
- Drive key decisions related to tenant mix, customer experience, public realm integration, and mixed-use interfaces.
Leasing Strategy & Competitive Positioning
- Manage leasing strategy in a highly competitive trade area impacted by non-compete and radius restrictions.
- Develop and manage merchandising mix, tenant criteria, and leasing strategies across marketing leasing and operations.
- Actively participate in LOI and lease negotiations, including creative structuring to address competitive restrictions and, where appropriate, retailer joint ventures.
- Maintain ongoing market intelligence on key OC retail comps, tenant movement, exclusives, and competitive positioning.
- Selection, negotiation and oversight of third-party leasing agents and commission structures.
Capital Markets, Financing & Reporting
- Adept with development and operating pro formas, including reviewing, stress-testing, and actively driving financial feasibility to inform key project decisions.
- Support procurement and closing of construction financing, permanent financing and joint venture partnerships.
- Support the preparation of quarterly reports with the broader Bristol team for Related’s Investment Committee and third-party partners covering leasing, construction, operations, budgets, and key decision items.
- Support underwriting inputs, presentations, diligence responses, and materials supporting investment strategy.
Retail Operation Oversight
- Active owner oversight of retail operations in coordination with the Property Manager, including review and approvals of budgets, forecasts, CapEx, reporting, and annual reconciliations.
- Oversee the pipeline of leasing transactions, renewals and rent reviews to drive value.
- Manage investor, tenant, and stakeholder relationships.
Construction Oversight & Owner Representation
- Actively oversee retail construction execution including buyout support, procurement coordination, budgets, schedules, reporting, and change order negotiations.
- Conduct recurring site walks and manage issue resolution tied to schedule, cost, design intent, and tenant delivery.
Design & Tenant Delivery
- Support the project’s overall master planning, retail integration, design and plan check processes with a focus on placemaking, design excellence, and long-term value creation.
- Drive retail technical execution including tenant criteria integration, servicing/loading, back-of-house planning, storefront design standards, and signage/wayfinding.
- Coordinate tenant delivery requirements across shell/core turnover, TI coordination, and opening readiness.
Source: Related’s Career Page
