Development Manager

About Our Client

Our Client is a growing real estate development and construction company focused on creating high-quality multifamily communities. Its integrated approach brings development, design, preconstruction, and construction together throughout the life of each project. The Development Manager will work closely with development leadership and collaborate with Development, Asset Management, Operations, and Construction teams, as well as architects, engineers, consultants, municipalities, contractors, and other project partners.

What You'll Do

• Support the advancement of multifamily development opportunities from initial site evaluation through closing and construction commencement.
• Assist with evaluating prospective development sites, including site characteristics, zoning, entitlements, infrastructure, market considerations, development constraints, and overall feasibility.
• Coordinate and manage third-party due diligence, including environmental, survey, geotechnical, traffic, wetlands, civil engineering, and other technical studies.
• Solicit and evaluate consultant proposals and help manage consultant scopes, budgets, schedules, and deliverables.
• Review due diligence findings and help identify potential risks, opportunities, and additional investigations required to advance a project.
• Coordinate with municipalities and local jurisdictions to understand zoning requirements, entitlement processes, development standards, and anticipated approval timelines.
• Help develop and maintain project schedules covering due diligence, entitlements, design, permitting, financing, and construction milestones.
• Assist the Development team with project underwriting and evaluation of prospective development opportunities.
• Help develop project assumptions related to land, site development, construction costs, soft costs, financing, timing, and other development inputs.
• Contribute to the preparation and refinement of development programs to balance market demand, project quality, construction considerations, and economic feasibility.
• Prepare and maintain pursuit budgets, development budgets, consultant budgets, and preliminary construction cost estimates.
• Monitor project costs against approved budgets and identify variances or emerging financial risks.
• Support capital origination and investment activities by providing development-related information, schedules, budgets, and project updates.
• Help prepare materials and analysis used in internal investment and project review processes.
• Coordinate the entitlement, zoning, and permitting process with municipalities, architects, engineers, and other project consultants.
• Manage and coordinate the architect, civil engineer, and other members of the project design team.
• Track design progress and help ensure project plans remain consistent with development objectives, approved budgets, schedules, and applicable requirements.
• Coordinate with specialty consultants, including landscape architects, interior designers, lighting consultants, accessibility consultants, waterproofing consultants, and other project professionals.
• Review plans and design documents to identify scope gaps, coordination issues, constructability concerns, and potential cost or schedule impacts.
• Work with the design team to resolve issues and keep projects progressing toward approvals and construction.
• Maintain strong relationships with municipalities and other stakeholders throughout the entitlement and permitting process.
• Work closely with Construction and Preconstruction teams to transition projects effectively from development and design into construction.
• Provide the preconstruction team with the drawings, specifications, scopes, schedules, budgets, and other information required to develop project pricing.
• Participate in plan reviews, scope development, constructability reviews, cost analysis, and