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Manager Real Estate

Location:
United States
Posted:
September 18, 2014

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Resume:

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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