An exceptionally well-funded privately owned property investment and development company is looking to appoint a head of land acquisition for its logsitics division
You will be a dynamic and deal-focused land and development executive who is ideally working for a leading logistics developer or a top 3 agency providing advice or selling land to logistics developers.
Since inception 10 + years ago the business has operated across multiple asset classes but the logistics and commercial property functions is expanding rapidly.
The head office is in London and they are a real estate investment fund with a track record of securing and buying sites across the UK and achieving significant planning gain. They already have a number of high-profile sites under agreement with 1 of these about to be sold back out to a leading European last-mile logistics developer.
You will report directly to the managing director and be tasked with sourcing opportunities. You will be a very ambitious, money-motivated land buyer who is a deal junky. You will love sourcing off-market sites where a large profit can be made and be exceptional at beating the competition to the deals.
The business is a very dynamic and entrepreneurial one and as such you will be given a high level of autonomy to grow and develop the business unit as you see fit. This is a real opportunity to grow and develop your career to the managing director level at a fast pace.
Critically and firstly you will be a born deal maker and have a track record of doing 3-4 land deals a year.
Responsibilities
- Sourcing off-market land for purchase in the logistics development space
- Keeping contact with logistic operators and developer
- Liaising and negotiating with landowners and agents of potential purchases
- Overseeing legal, planning and design consultants pre and post-acquisition
- Keeping up to date with town planning policy and specifically in key areas you are targeting for letter writing
Key Requirements
- Degree-qualified and ideally property-related
- Natural born deal maker doing 3-4 land deals a year consistently.
- Experienced Land executive who has a demonstratable deal sheet in the logistics space.
- Currently working for either a national logistics developer or high profile investor or agency.
- Detailed understanding of the planning application and appeals process.
- A strong network of contacts in the land agency world
- Determined, hungry and ambitious.
- Ability to work autonomously and independently from the rest of the team.