David L. Morrison
**-** **** ******, **, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372
T: 704-***-****, E: *******@*****.***
LinkedIn URL: www.linkedin.com/in/dmorrison2/
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
. 14+ years of residential/commercial real estate administration experience
in positions of progressive responsibility - strengthened by a B.B.A. in
Real Estate and Finance.
. Relationship manager for client's 3rd party service providers, landlords
and tenants.
. Ownership of annual lease administration budgets for CRES Americas (in
excess of $125M).
. Managed annual property tax appeals and valuation services for assets
valued at approximately $2B.
. Managed client's national lease/property database, accurate and timely
reporting (including critical/lease option dates recording), generation
of rental payments and the lease audit functions for a portfolio
consisting of 20M+ rentable square feet of commercial real estate.
. Manage tenant improvement allowance tracking (recovered $5.7M+ in
dormant/uncollected allowances).
. Manage all residential construction projects for existing and new
acquisitions (refresh to complete renovations projects).
. Manager of 7 team members (leasing agent, receptionist, lease analysts,
and facilities personnel).
EXPERIENCE
CB Richard Ellis, Inc., Mountain View, CA (www.cbre.com)
01/2014 - 07/2014
a/a/f Google, Inc.
Manager, Lease Administration
. Manages delivery of contracted lease administration services;
establishes, implements and monitors processes to produce timely and
accurate client reports and services. Manages all aspects of the client
relationship.
. Establishes performance objectives for the department staff and monitor
and report on accomplishments; organizes and formally supervise the work
and performance of staff responsible for providing portfolio
administration services.
. Identifies, develops, and implements process improvement initiatives.
. Manages all aspects of the client relationship/primary point-of-contact
for all service delivery concerns.
. Establishes and maintains strong working relationships with client, their
landlords, and tenants.
. Establishes a forum for ongoing review and refinement of methods of doing
business.
. Conducts periodic review of leased and owned portfolios to determine
risk, audit, accuracy and value; communicates with the client on the
status of their account and any relevant findings obtained during the
review.
. Prepares detailed correspondence for clients regarding audit findings;
facilitates ad hoc reports as required; monitors quality of work produced
by lease administration team members.
. Participates in corporate services meetings for assigned clients,
including annual meetings to review services provided, propose additional
services and obtain an update from the client on the overall service
being provided to them.
CB Richard Ellis, Inc., Charlotte, NC (www.cbre.com)
2010 - 2013
a/a/f Barclays
Manager, Lease Administration
. Collaborated with transaction manager to coordinate lease activity from
project initiation through the final execution of the lease documents.
. Managed the administration of signed documents such as Leases, Lease
Amending Agreements, Specialty Leasing Agreements and License Agreements
ensuring the tenant is billed in accordance to the legal document at all
times.
. Worked closely with client's legal counsel, as needed, in preparing all
documentation relating to any transaction and thoroughly analyze and
abstract lease documentation to assist in this effort.
. Managed key lease provisions/critical dates to ensure client is apprised
of all entitled options/rights under each agreement and exercises same
within established notice periods.
. Developed and maintain standard policies, processes and procedures, and
reporting formats for lease administration to support real estate
portfolio management.
. Incorporated newly acquired company assets into standard lease
administration processes and procedures.
. Tracked and update lease information, property values, rental rates, and
real estate assessments.
. Managed the timely and accurate collection of rent payments for income
properties.
. Appointed liaison and single point of contact between GRE and Finance
departments.
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Cushman & Wakefield, New York, NY (www.cushman&wakefield.com)
2006 - 2010
a/a/f Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Lease Administrator
. Developed a concise/descriptive suite of reports for monthly distribution
to client's management team.
. Designated lead in managing data migration between databases.
. Maintained hardcopy of leases, all appropriate forms and correspondence.
. Abstracted and scanned all commercial lease documents into lease
administration database system.
. Reconciled monthly rental payments to Landlords' statements of base rent,
operating expenses and real estate taxes. Obtained tax invoices from
Landlords and/or local municipalities where applicable.
. Reviewed/reconciled Landlord's annual operating expense and real estate
tax escalation statements.
. Prepared ad hoc financial analyses as required by client's management
team.
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc., New York, NY (www.jll.com)
2004 - 2006
a/a/f Goldman Sachs
Lease Administration Analyst
. Abstracted all commercial lease and lease-related documents (amendments,
expansions, extensions/renewals, subleases, etc.) lease administration
database.
. Support Global Real Estate team in developing, planning and executing
real estate policy and standards through KPI development and reporting.
. Processed monthly rental payments and subtenant chargebacks/monthly
invoicing.
. Designated single point of contact for landlords and subtenants.
Resolved all rent and other landlord/tenant issues.
. Prepared ad hoc lease data analyses as required by client and directed by
Jones Lang LaSalle Financial Manager.
. Prepared desktop audits of landlords' annual operating expenses and real
estate tax reconciliations.
Powelton Properties, Philadelphia, PA (www.poweltonproperties)
2000 - 2004
Residential Portfolio Manager / Property Manager
. Managed asset growth from 12 properties, approximately 40 units, and 1
employee to 64 properties, approximately 275 units (asset value ~ $22MM)
and 6 employees over a four-year period.
. Recruited and managed all personnel - (career development and personnel
evaluations).
. Prepared annual budgets and created financial reporting
structure/systems.
. Managed all residential construction projects for existing and new
acquisitions (refresh to complete renovations projects).
. Determined rental rate structure and oversaw all areas of leasing
functions (appointments, showings, applications, credit checks, lease
signings, etc.), collections (developed a software program to monitor
timeliness of payments and initiated legal action, when necessary), and
marketing (project manager for creation of company's web-site).
Proactive collections resulted in a decrease in delinquencies from ~25%
to 5%.
. Managed relationships with neighborhood associations, law enforcement,
local realtors, and bankers.
. Created a repair/rehabilitation program and monitored all projects for
satisfactory and timely completion.
. Identified and evaluated potential properties for acquisition.
EDUCATION
Temple University (www.temple.edu)
Bachelor of Business Administration, Real Estate and Finance
Class of 1998
Continuing Education
. Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP - Lease Audit Training
2007
. New York Real Estate Institute - Certificate of Completion, Property
Management 2007
. Superior School of Real Estate - NC Real Estate Broker's Pre-licensing
Education 2011
. Allen Tate School of Real Estate - NC Real Estate Broker's Post-licensing
Education 2011
SKILLS
. Proficient in Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Outlook), Yardi,
JDEdwards, OneView, Lease Harbor, and Horizon.
Keyword Search: Manager, Lease Admin, Lease Analyst, Property Manager,
Estate Manager, Project Manager, Leasing Agent, Contract Manager
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