Acquisitions Analyst

Acquisitions Analyst

Company

Linear Retail Properties is a leading acquirer, owner, operator and developer of retail properties in New England with a focus on eastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Linear owns 85 retail properties including convenience-oriented strip shopping center, specialty storefront retail in select downtown neighborhoods, smaller, well-located centers in dominant retail destination corridors, net leased single tenant retail properties and urban retail condos.          

Responsibilities

The Acquisitions Analyst will report directly to the Co-Chief Executive Officer and will work closely on a daily basis with Linear Retail’s acquisitions, asset management, leasing and financial management teams. The position will expose the Acquisitions Analyst to a full spectrum of duties within a professional real estate organization involving most facets of the company’s operations.  The position demands a dedicated, hard-working person with good people skills and the ability to prioritize, multi-task, work efficiently and enjoy, at times, a chaotic pace.  Candidate must be a self-starter with the ability, at times, to execute with limited guidance from supervisor. 

Specific Responsibilities will include:

• Financial Modeling: Underwrite retail investment opportunities using ARGUS discounted cash flow models and other financial analyses using Excel.

• Due Diligence Support: Engage and coordinate third party due diligence consultants (i.e. environmental, physical condition, survey, etc.).  Conduct municipal and seller file review as directed; review and abstract leases and other legal documents; perform local market research and competition studies; maintain organization of due diligence materials; review property level financial statements; and, conduct other web and database research as needed in support of new property acquisitions.

• Analysis Support Materials: Prepare maps, aerials, demographic reports, photos and other such material for both analysis and presentation purposes.

• Investment Presentations: Draft investment summaries for investment committee review and approval.

• Asset Management Support:  Assist the leasing and asset management teams as needed on market and portfolio analyses; annual budgets and property expense reviews; and, tenant and lease prospect research.

• Database Management: Manage Linear’s web-based real estate resource subscriptions, such as CoStar, Loopnet and Placer.ai. Maintain sale comparable databases and other pertinent property information.

• Research and Special Projects: Provide support to various Linear Retail team members as needed on special projects.  Creative, problem-solving and “detective” skills required.

Qualifications

The candidate will have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree with training in Business, Accounting, Real Estate or Finance, plus at least three years of directly relevant real estate work experience.  An MBA degree or CPA/CFA candidate/designation would be a plus. Candidates must have a working knowledge of real estate finance, solid analytical skills and the ability to communicate effectively. Proficiency in ARGUS and Excel is required.