Land Acquisition officer

AsmitA India Realty; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

AsmitA India Realty in Mumbai seeks a seasoned professional to source land parcels and drive redevelopment opportunities across Mumbai, building strong relationships with landowners, societies, brokers, consultants, and other stakeholders.

You will lead due diligence, review DP/TP, zoning, and development restrictions; coordinate with Legal, Survey, and Project teams; and negotiate acquisitions through to closure, managing multiple opportunities concurrently.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of land acquisition and redevelopment processes.
• Familiarity with 7/12 extracts, mutation entries, land records, and DP/TP zoning.
• Experience with title checks, encumbrances, and land amalgamation.
• Understanding of FSI/TDR and development potential.
• Experience dealing with landowners, brokers, and societies.

Responsibilities

• Identify and source land parcels and redevelopment opportunities across Mumbai.
• Develop relationships with landowners, societies, brokers, consultants, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct preliminary verification of land documents and ownership details.
• Check DP/TP zoning, road widening, and development restrictions.
• Coordinate with Legal, Liaison, Survey, and Project teams for due diligence.
• Negotiate with landowners and stakeholders for acquisition and redevelopment.
• Track negotiations, documentation, payments, and closure of acquisitions.
• Maintain a database of potential parcels and provide regular reports.

Skills

Land acquisition

Redevelopment

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Site due diligence

Network building

Job description

• Identify and source land parcels and redevelopment opportunities across Mumbai.
• Develop strong relationships with landowners, societies, local brokers, consultants, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct preliminary verification of 7/12 extracts, Property Cards, mutation entries, title documents, survey/gat numbers, and ownership details.
• Check Development Plans (DP), zoning, reservations, road widening, access, setbacks, and other development-related restrictions.
• Identify potential redevelopment and land amalgamation opportunities.
• Conduct physical site visits to verify boundaries, access, encroachments, occupants, and actual site conditions.
• Coordinate with Legal, Liaison, Survey, and Project teams for detailed due diligence.
• Negotiate with individual landowners, families, societies, and other stakeholders for acquisition and redevelopment.
• Evaluate land rates based on location, development potential, permissible FSI/TDR, and prevailing market conditions.
• Prepare acquisition feasibility reports for management approval.
• Coordinate documentation including LOI, MOU, Agreement to Sale, Development Agreement, and Sale Deed in coordination with the Legal team.
• Track negotiations, documentation, payments, and closure of each acquisition.
• Handle multiple landowners and resolve commercial and coordination issues during the acquisition process.
• Maintain a database of potential land parcels, owners, brokers, status, and commercial discussions.
• Provide regular reports to management on new opportunities, negotiations, risks, and expected closures.

Land Acquisition & Redevelopment Knowledge Required

Candidate should have practical knowledge of:

• Land acquisition and redevelopment processes
• 7/12 Extract, 8A, and Mutation Entries
• Property Card and land ownership records
• Development Plans (DP), Town Planning (TP), and zoning
• Road reservations and road widening
• FSI/TDR and development potential
• Agricultural and Non-Agricultural (NA) land
• Title and encumbrance checks
• Land amalgamation
• Society redevelopment
• Landowner and broker networks

Preferred Candidate

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in land acquisition and/or redevelopment.
• Experience handling land acquisition and redevelopment opportunities across Mumbai.
• Strong network with landowners, brokers, consultants, societies, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Experience dealing directly with landowners and multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong interpersonal and negotiation abilities.
• Strong negotiation, commercial, coordination, and documentation skills.
• Ability to independently identify opportunities and take them through preliminary evaluation to closure.
• Ability to manage multiple opportunities and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Willingness to travel across Mumbai for site visits, landowner meetings, and negotiations.