About the Role
Choice Properties is seeking analytical and solution-driven Post Secondary graduates for an innovative and collaborative New Graduate Rotational program. This 24-month program offers comprehensive exposure, awareness, and skill development across four core 6-month rotations in areas such as Leasing, Asset Management, Development, Construction, Operations, and Transactions, leading to a full-time role upon completion.
Responsibilities
- Assist with building strategic Asset Plans for designated properties.
- Assemble economic, market, and industry research and conduct trend analysis.
- Review and provide recommendations for lease proposals, amendments, and renewals.
- Review monthly leasing reports and collaborate with the leasing team and related partners to ensure activity is recorded.
- Proactively monitor development project performance by tracking financial, schedule, construction, and leasing progress.
- Assist with various planning applications, review incoming notices of Study/Development Applications, and monitor local Council Agendas for updates or impacts.
- Conduct market research and analysis and provide relevant updates, including summarizing and analyzing data sets to present key data points and performing budget-to-actual variance analysis.
- Assist with the administration related to multiple construction projects, serving as a liaison with project team members regarding scope of work, design criteria, budget, schedule, and phasing.
- Review landlord and tenant work schedules to establish work responsibilities, monitor landlord construction costs, and forecast to ensure they correlate with budget.
- Develop professional relationships with tenants and support with new tenant move-ins, move-outs, and related activities.
- Respond to tenant concerns and complaints, conduct investigations, assist in building inspections, and initiate corrective actions.
- Assist in obtaining quotes and completing contracts for preventative maintenance.
- Assist Operations/Property Manager with the procurement of all supplies and services required for the smooth operation and maintenance of properties.
- Build and maintain financial models to analyze investment and development opportunities across multiple asset classes.
- Prepare, research, and summarize market analysis and trends for various projects, markets, and assets under review.
- Assist in preparing presentations and approval packages for management, investment committees, and board meetings.
Requirements
- Recent Graduate or less than 2 years of working experience.
- Post Secondary graduate in Business, Real Estate, or related field or equivalent.
- A genuine interest in and passion for the Real Estate Industry.
- Effective communicator with demonstrated written and verbal skills (i.e. report writing, presentations, and meeting facilitation).
- Results oriented with a proactive, solution driven mindset.
- Strong time management, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
- Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to collaborate and build strong working relationships with other departments and with stakeholders at various levels of the organization.
- Demonstrates curiosity, integrity, and demonstrates the willingness to accept feedback and turn it into actionable development.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
Location
- 22 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, M4T 2S5
Work Type
- Full-time in office
Experience Level
- Recent Graduate or less than 2 years of working experience
Education Level
- Post Secondary graduate in Business, Real Estate, or related field or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $78,120.00 - $107,415.00 per year
About the Company
- Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust is an owner, manager and developer of well-located retail and commercial real estate across Canada.
- Choice Properties' portfolio spans approximately 65 million square feet of gross leasable area and consists of over 700 properties primarily focused on supermarket-anchored shopping centers.
- Choice Properties’ strategy is to create value by enhancing and optimizing its portfolio through high quality transactions, strategic development and active property management.
- We mainly focus on necessity-based retail, and high-quality industrial and mixed-use assets.
- In particular, we have a strategic relationship with Loblaw, our largest tenant, that provides us with access to high quality investment opportunities.
- Our established operating platform with a proven track record of success also provides us with access to a transformational development pipeline that we believe supports superior long-term value creation and growth.
- A commitment to continuous learning and development is a strong part of our culture.
Equal Opportunity
- Choice Properties REIT recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength.
- We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization.
- Accommodation is available upon request for applicants and employees with disabilities.
- In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing.
- Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.
