Commercial Real Estate Leasing Associate

Adecco Permanent Recruitment; Buena Park (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Adecco Permanent Recruitment is seeking a Commercial Real Estate Leasing Associate in Buena Park, California. This role involves managing multiple leasing processes, negotiating lease terms, and supporting various aspects of commercial space leasing.

The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 3 years of experience in the related field, strong negotiation and closing skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office. Bilingual candidates in English and Mandarin are a plus.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in commercial real estate, especially in shopping centers.
• Bilingual in English and Mandarin is a plus.
• Ability to manage multiple deals concurrently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple leasing processes across commercial real estate.
• Negotiate lease terms and ensure tenant satisfaction.
• Collaborate with various teams to maximize leasing results.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Strong closing skills

Market analysis

Team collaboration

Time management

Education

3+ years of experience in the related field

Licensed Real Estate Broker

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Yardi

Job description

Our client has an opening to join their team as a Commercial Real Estate Leasing Associate. Our client is a real estate and property management firm specializing in the development, construction and management for commercial real estate/shopping centers. Their portfolio includes a range of commercial properties from development centers to operational shopping centers, supermarket shop-in-shop, and everything in-between.

The person will be managing multiple leasing processes across multiple commercial real estates. They are looking for a motivated team player that involves engaging with prospective tenants, negotiating lease terms, and supporting various aspects of commercial space leasing, including new, renewals, relocations, and terminations.

Required (but not limited to) Details of Responsibility

• Own the full life cycle leasing process including prospecting new leads, negotiating proposals & leases, drafting leases
• Understand revenue growth that aligns with the overall asset strategy and budget;
• Manage existing client needs and lead the growth to secure a high percentage of renewal business;
• Negotiate lease terms and conditions, ensuring favorable outcomes for both the tenant and the Landlord, while maintain strong relationships with new/existing tenants, addressing their needs and concerns to foster tenant satisfaction and retention;
• Work closely with property management team, and tenant coordination team to maximize the results of each deal to ensure we are within budget for all required landlord work, center development process, and existing operation center goals;
• Partner with Leasing Manager on the deal flow process with tenants, legal leasing, tenant space delivery, tenant space design management, landlord work, and center management to ensure a successful Tenant opening by the required date;
• Have a strong understanding of the market and competitive analysis by understanding sales/lease comparisons, traffic trends, demographics, and leasing visions for any assigned property;
• Collaborate with Accounting Team to develop the financial budget and forecast reports for each property;
• Know “who, what, where, when, why, how” to engage various parties at the right time to ensure successful closing of the deals and Tenant openings;
• Collaborate with various groups and legal team to ensure the Lease Template reflects the current needs;
• Collaborate with the marketing team to create promotional materials and campaigns aimed at attracting prospective tenants; Travel to or work from the assigned centers for client meetings and space showing;
• Represent the company at industry events, networking functions, and trade shows to build relationships and promote available properties.

Additional Requirements

• Support actions and standards from requests by operational and cross-functional departments
• Lead the internal and external teams to accomplish deals majorly in Market Shop-in-shop, Development Shopping Center, and Operational Center real estate portfolios
• Minimum 30% - 70% travel and/or any center locations are required including out-of-state
• Provide solid negotiation skills that represent a broad range of knowledge and skills including sound deal structure and deal investment return to the landlord, general knowledge of lease clauses of retail leases, ability to resolve internal and external design & construction issues
• Offer strong closing skills that represent a broad range of knowledge and skills including having a deep knowledge of the market competition, customizing sales pitches to attract the deal maker, conveying a sense of interest in the tenant’s needs, creating a sense of urgency, communicating properly with all parties and overcoming all road blocks
• Bold, passionate, positive, fast-paced, a strong individual contributor and leader for your center & vendors, hands‑on, solution‑oriented, goal‑oriented, teamwork, take ownership, open to changes, ethics, fast learner, time management, thinking like a property owner, negotiation skills, responsiveness, personable, sense of urgency, check data accuracy before distributing

Education & Experience

• Prefers 3+ years of experience in the related field with shopping center in America
• Has demonstrated success in managing multiple deals, priorities, and people concurrently in a fast‑paced, high‑growth, and results‑driven environment
• Licensed Real Estate Broker is a plus
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Yardi and strong computer skills and the ability to quickly adapt to new software systems;

Language Skills

• Bilingual in English and Mandarin is a plus