Transaction Manager (licensed)

CBRE Group, Inc.; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. in Canada seeks a Real Estate Transaction Manager to oversee ongoing management of a defined portfolio for corporate clients. You will lead lease negotiations, renewals, acquisitions, and dispositions to meet client timelines.

This role requires coordinating brokers, preparing analyses, and collaborating with Lease Administration, Project Management, Facility Management, and Finance teams to ensure seamless execution of transactions.

Responsibilities

• Implements real estate plans aligned to the client's strategic goals.
• Negotiate lease terms for land, office, retail and industrial properties.
• Coordinate field brokers, subject matter experts, and business partners.
• Draft analyses and documents such as market reports, RFPs, and LOIs.
• Negotiate new leases, amendments, and renewals within deadlines.
• Review financial analyses (NPV, etc.) to inform client decisions.
• Collaborate with Lease Administration, Project Management, Facility Management, and Finance teams.
• Prepare transaction reports and present findings to stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with provincial real estate requirements and CBRE policies.
• Assist in resolving landlord and tenant disputes.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

Provides ongoing management of real estate transaction activities for a defined portfolio of properties on behalf of our corporate clients. Prepares, recommends, and implements a portfolio-wide transaction strategy for acquiring and disposing of leased real estate properties. Coordinates field resources and other stakeholders in the execution of lease renewals, acquisition of new leases, disposition of surplus space through subleasing, , early lease termination, and more.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implements real estate plans with an understanding of the client's strategic real estate goals. Assists with project initiation and scope definition, prioritization of assignments, and adherence to client-driven priorities, commitments, and milestones.
• Can act either as landlord/seller agent and/or tenant/buyer agent and effectively negotiates the lease or license business terms and conditions for a wide variety of commercial real estate products, including land, office, retail and industrial.
• Coordinates field broker efforts and other required resources, subject matter experts, and business partners.
• Drafts and creates a large variety of analyses and relevant documents typical in commercial real estate, which include, but not limited to: project initiation, market comparable reports, Requests for Proposals (RFPs), proposal comparison, letters of intent, and from time to time broker's opinions of value.
• Negotiates new leases, lease amendments, and lease renewals within a prescribed timeline. Locates and acquires new properties to meet client's requirements and timeline.
• Understands how to review, analyze, and interpret financial analysis templates, NPV (net present value), and/or other financial analyses to enable clients to make more informed decisions.
• Works closely with CBRE and/or client's Lease Administration, Project Management, Facility Management, and Finance/Accounting teams to ensure integration between the service lines.
• Closely tracks all transaction activity (commissionable and non-commissionable), prepares commission forecasts, and can account for savings results achieved through negotiation on behalf of clients.
• Monitors and provides input into a real estate transaction tracking system to ensure timely and transparent transaction completion. Prepares reports and makes presentations, when required, to relevant parties.
• Adheres to all provincial real estate agency requirements. Ensures compliance with CBRE's corporate policies as they relate to identifying and mitigating potential conflicts of interest.
• Can assist is resolving landlord and tenant disputes.
• Other duties may be assigned.