Description

LBA Logistics & LBA Properties (“LBA”) is a full-service real estate investment and management company headquartered in Irvine, CA.  LBA has a national industrial portfolio in all the major markets throughout the U.S. as well as a diverse office portfolio on the West Coast. LBA is a privately held company founded in 1991 with approximately 250 employees.  LBA operates several closed-end real estate investment funds.  

We have an exciting opportunity for a Property Manager to join our team in the Atlanta, GA office. Reporting to the Regional Operations Manager, you will provide support to the Operations Team as needed and assist with the management of a 10.2 million square foot portfolio of industrial properties (47 tenants) located throughout the Greater Atlanta, North Carolina and South Carolina submarkets. 

About the role

• Requires knowledge of financial terms and principals of property management including budgeting, forecasting, variance reporting, CAM Reconciliations.  
• Maintains excellent tenant relations by making regular rounds of the property and visiting with tenants to learn of their satisfaction or concerns with the property.
• Responsible for resolving elevated tenant concerns regarding property tenant services by communicating with tenants on the phone, in writing, or in person, in order to maintain high tenant satisfaction.
• Participates in daily meetings with engineers, architects, construction contractors, and tenants to oversee tenant space build-outs/ building improvements in order to maintain a high quality of construction and to ensure compliance with construction drawings or building codes as requested by GM/Regional Manager.
• Participates in walking tours of vacant building space, as requested, to existing and prospective tenants in order to obtain new leases, renewal of existing leases.
• Assists project management with monitoring the performance of contractors working on the property in order to ensure adherence to work orders and the budgets.  
• Reviews property expense invoices as needed for accuracy and administer final approval in order to facilitate prompt payment by the corporate accounting department
• Assists in preparing the annual budget for the property by gathering expense information throughout the year and calculating future expenses based on this historical information.
• Prepares monthly and/or quarterly property financial reports (such as variance and activity reports) for corporate office and GM/Regional Manager review.
• Assists in checking tenant billing worksheets in order to verify accuracy of the billing sent from Accounting.
• Reviews service contract requirements and manages the maintenance contract process to ensure accurate service delivery per LBA standards.
• Assists in investigating tenant delinquencies by contacting the tenant and/or the Accounting Department in order to ensure prompt payment or to learn the status of the delinquencies.
• Indirectly supervises all building contractors working on the property and directly supervises all personnel in Regional Manager's absence.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and ability to provide excellent customer service to tenants.
• Able to multi-task in different facets of property management, including construction management, leasing and accounting.  Must be a self-starter and work independently.
• Good leadership skills, customer service skills, and ability to interact with many different people of the management team.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Works well with others, has a great teamwork attitude.
• Work to build relationships with vendors, brokers and business community members. 

Requirements

What we are looking for in a candidate

• Minimum 5 years of property management experience preferably with industrial assets.
• Georgia Real Estate Salespersons License required.
• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; or two to four year's related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Practical knowledge of safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel is required, Argus and MRI a plus.