Senior Multifamily Architect / Project Architect-Builder

THE KAALI-NAGY COMPANY; Greenwich (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kaali-Nagy Company’s Kaali-Nagy Properties (KNP) seeks a Senior Multifamily Architect / Project Architect-Builder to lead developments from land acquisition through Certificate of Occupancy. You will design, entitle, document, and ultimately represent the Company in the field with our Construction Manager.

This role covers interior design, unit layouts, finishes, and community amenity spaces. Depending on project, you may lead interior work or brief and direct an outside interior designer.

Qualifications

• B.Arch or M.Arch from an accredited program; licensure strongly preferred.
• Minimum eight years post-graduate experience in ground-up Class A multifamily 100–200 units and $50M+ per project.
• Proficiency across transit-oriented, urban infill and garden style typologies.
• Experience as an owner's representative with a Construction Manager and public hearings.
• Strong interior design sensibility with ability to direct an interior designer.
• Knowledge of multifamily finish, fixture and appliance specs at scale.
• Lead design-build discipline with time split between studio and active job sites.
• Strong leadership, presentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead land planning, schematics, unit mix, and project identity.
• Handle entitlements, CT 8-30g overlays, hearings with Planning & Zoning.
• Develop CDs with Revit for 100–200 unit communities; ensure IBC compliance.
• Oversee permitting, bidding, and buyout with Construction Manager.
• Serve as Owner's Representative on site with weekly meetings and RFIs.
• Manage close-out, COs, warranties, and turnover to management.

Skills

Leadership

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Interior design sensibility

Design-build discipline

Project leadership

Field coordination

Education

B.Arch or M.Arch from an accredited program

Licensure status or progress toward licensure

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Rhino

Enscape

Lumion

Adobe CS

Job description

Senior Multifamily Architect / Project Architect-Builder

Greenwich, Connecticut · Full Time · Studio + Job Sites · Reports to the Principal

About the Company

Kaali-Nagy Properties, or KNP, is the ground-up multifamily platform of The Kaali-Nagy Company. The Kaali-Nagy Company is a successful and entrepreneurial real estate family office. For over 40 years, the firm has carefully and methodically grown from humble beginnings. The Company has designed, developed, and sold over $1.5+Billion of successful real estate projects.

KNP’s focus is to create value through land acquisition, design, and ground up development of boutique branded multifamily rental developments in select Northeastern and Florida markets. Based in Greenwich, Connecticut, the principals are cross-functional and nimble — and do not rely on institutional capital or capital partners. The Company is currently active in pre-development and development on over $150 Million of ground up development projects.

Role Overview

KNPseeks a Senior Multifamily Architect / Project Architect-Builder to lead our communities from land acquisition through Certificate of Occupancy — designing them, entitling them, documenting them, and then representing the Company in the field alongside our Construction Manager. The position requires demonstrated expertise in both architectural design and construction execution. The individual who designs the building is accountable for its execution in the field.

The role encompasses interior design: unit layouts and floor plans, interior material and finish selections, and community amenity spaces. Depending on the project, this individual may lead the interior work directly or establish the design brief for and direct an outside interior designer. The successful candidate will demonstrate fluency in contemporary renter preferences, recognizing that unit efficiency drives the pro forma while amenity and common-area design command the rent premium, and will perform capably in both.

The Full Property Cycle

• Land Planning & Schematics — Site feasibility, massing and yield studies; land plans that establish the economics of the transaction; unit mix, architectural concept, community identity and presentation renderings
• Entitlements & Approvals — Zoning analysis and test-fits, including Connecticut 8-30g and transit-oriented overlays; full application packages; presenting alongside the principals at Planning & Zoning, Wetlands and public hearings; managing civil, structural, MEP, landscape, traffic and environmental consultants
• Design Development & CDs — Full Revit construction documents for 100 to 200+ unit communities; code compliance across IBC Type III and V, life safety and accessibility (ADA); MEP coordination; continuous value engineering with the Construction Manager and Kaali-Nagy principals
• Permitting, Bidding & Buyout — Permit set through review and issuance; trade scoping, bidder qualification and bid leveling with the Construction Manager; pre-bid walks and subcontractor interviews
• Construction — Owner's Representative — Embedded with the Construction Manager and construction team as the Company's representative in the field rather than an external consultant reviewing at a distance: weekly OAC and site meetings, timely RFI and submittal turnaround, owner-side change order review, schedule and long-lead tracking, in-field design decisions that preserve the original intent, and oversight of mockups, model units and finish installation
• Close-Out & C/O — Final walk-throughs and punch list, inspections through Certificate of Occupancy, as-builts, warranties and lien waivers, and turnover to the management company through lease-up

Design Scope

• Typologies — Transit-Oriented Development (station-adjacent density, structured and wrapped parking, reduced ratios, ground-floor activation); Urban Infill (podium, wrap and stick-over-podium on constrained sites, mixed-use ground floors, contextual facades); and Garden Style (surface and tuck-under parking, walk-up and breezeway plans, clubhouse-anchored amenity, pool and outdoor living). Proficiency across all three typologies is required.
• Units & Interiors — Floor plan design across the full mix; kitchen and bath layouts, cabinetry, millwork, appliance packages and storage; interior material and finish selections — flooring, tile, countertops, fixtures, hardware and lighting — specified to a Class A standard within an established budget; finish tiering that supports rent premiums; model unit design and merchandising
• Amenities — Arrival sequence, lobby and leasing experience; co-working and wellness suites; rooftop terraces, pools and courtyards; clubrooms, demonstration kitchens and screening rooms; pet spas, bike and package rooms and EV charging — and the interior palettes, lighting, millwork and FF&E that give each community its identity

Qualifications

• B.Arch or M.Arch from an accredited program; licensure or active progress toward licensure strongly preferred
• Minimum eight years of post-graduate experience, substantially in ground-up Class A multifamily at 100 to 200 units and $50 Million or more in project value; candidates with exceptional portfolios and less tenure will be considered
• Demonstrated proficiency across all three typologies described above — transit-oriented, urban infill and garden style. This is a requirement of the position
• Demonstrated record of carrying projects to completion, including service in an owner's representative capacity alongside a Construction Manager, and experience with municipal land use approvals and public hearings
• Strong interior design sensibility, with the judgment to direct an outside interior designer and maintain the design standard through installation
• Working knowledge of multifamily-grade finish, fixture and appliance specification — durability, maintenance, lead times and cost per unit at scale
• Command of wood-frame, podium and wrap construction economics, and of what drives leasing velocity in a competitive submarket
• Expert Revit; fluency in AutoCAD, SketchUp or Rhino, Enscape or Lumion, and Adobe CS
• Design-build discipline, including rigorous evaluation of cost and constructability at the point of design, and genuine willingness to divide time between the studio and active job sites
• Strong leadership, presentation and communication skills; self-directed and decisive within a small, entrepreneurial team
• Preferred additional experience: mixed-use and ground-floor retail, adaptive reuse, or Florida and Sun Belt multifamily

What We Offer

• Realized Work — The Company finances, constructs, owns and holds the buildings you design. Your work is built and retained rather than transferred to a third party
• Advancement — Genuine opportunity to advance into Director of Multifamily Design as the Connecticut and Sun Belt pipelines expand
• Compensation & Benefits — Competitive salary commensurate with experience, performance and project-completion bonuses, paid time off and holidays, and support for licensure, AIA membership and continuing education

The Kaali-Nagy Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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