Senior Vice President, Retail Development Full Time

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

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