Transaction Manager - Retail Portfolio

CBRE Group, Inc.; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is seeking a Transaction Manager to support a premier financial client's retail portfolio.

The role involves strategic management of real estate transactions including leases, renewals, sales, acquisitions, and dispositions for a defined portfolio across office, industrial, and retail properties. You will collaborate with local brokerage teams to ensure optimal deal terms and outcomes for clients, coordinating with internal and external teams to integrate service lines and track

Qualifications

• Experience managing commercial real estate transactions.
• Ability to analyze cash flow, NPV, and IRR for client decisions.
• Strong negotiation and documentation skills across leases and dispositions.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and execute transaction strategies for acquisitions and disposals.
• Develop real estate plans aligned with client goals.
• Coordinate lease renewals, site acquisitions, and surplus space dispositions.
• Review terms for a variety of commercial real estate products and negotiate leases/amendments.

Skills

Real estate negotiations

Lease administration

Financial analysis

Project management

Stakeholder management

Tools

Excel

Argus

CRM systems

Job description

About the Role:

CBRE is seeking a Transaction Manager to support a premier financial client's retail portfolio. As a CBRE Transaction Manager, you will provide strategic, ongoing management of real estate transaction activities including new leases, renewals, sales, acquisitions and dispositions for a defined portfolio of commercial properties which may include office, industrial, retail and other properties. Close collaboration with local brokerage teams, ensuring optimal deal terms and outcomes for our clients is critical to success.

What You’ll Do:

• Prepare, recommend, and execute transaction strategies for acquiring and disposing of properties.
• Develop real estate plans with an understanding of the client's strategic goals.
• Gather resources to execute lease renewals, new site acquisitions, and disposition of surplus space through subleasing.
• Act as landlord/seller agent and tenant/buyer agent. Review business terms and conditions for a wide variety of commercial real estate products.
• Coordinate the negotiation of sales through a field broker. Negotiate leases, amendments, and track expirations.
• Secure new properties to meet clients’ requirements and timelines.
• Work with internal and external teams to ensure integration between the service lines. Track all transaction activity and prepare commissions, forecasts, vouchers, and accounts.
• Contribute to new products, processes, standards, and/or operational plans in support of achieving functional goals.
• Review requests for proposals, comparison packages, letters of intent, and brokers’ opinions of value.
• Present book and cash flow projections, NPV, and IRR to enable clients to make more informed outcomes.
• Apply in-depth knowledge of standard principles and techniques/procedures to accomplish complex assignments and provide innovative solutions.
• Coach others and share in-depth knowledge of own job discipline and broad knowledge of several job disciplines within the function.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Work to build consensus and convince others to reach an agreement.
• Impact a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities within own team and other related teams
• Work within broad guidelines and policies.
• Explain difficult or sensitive information.