Investments Associate

About the Company

Longfellow Real Estate Partners is a vertically integrated real estate company dedicated to investing in innovation real estate including life sciences, office, and R&D. Our institutional capabilities and market expertise enable us to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns for our investors while building collaborative, long-term partnerships with our tenants. Longfellow is a highly entrepreneurial organization where we pride ourselves on a shared work ethic and a focus on accomplishing collective objectives. Longfellow strives to develop deep and lasting relationships internally within our team and externally with our investors, clients, vendors, and community through a shared vision and our core values: ethical, respectful, passionate and genuine.

Since its start as a small company in 2009, Longfellow has grown into a 130+ person organization and isnow one of the largestprivately owned operatorsand developers in life scienceand innovation. The firm has a ~12M square foot global portfolio and development pipeline across several major innovation markets in the US and UK (San Diego; San Francisco Bay Area; North Carolina; Maryland-Washington D.C.; New York City; and Cambridge, UK), with additional offices in Boston and London.

Position Background

We are seeking to hire an experienced candidate with a background in commercial real estate acquisitions or investment sales to join our team in Boston, MA. The ideal candidate must have a strong work ethic, excellent communication skills, great attention to detail and the highest level of integrity. Longfellow is a rapidly growing and collaborative organization. The ideal candidate will embrace the firm’s vision and values, be an enthusiastic team member, and thrive within the Longfellow environment.

This is a dynamic, hands-on role that will provide broad exposure to many facets of a fast-growing real estate development and management firm. As such, the position demands a dedicated individual with leadership skills, communication ability, facility with numbers, good people skills and the ability to prioritize, multi-task, work independently and solve problems.

Specific Responsibilities

• Work directly with the Investments team to evaluate and underwrite potential core plus, value-add, and opportunistic real estate acquisitions and development opportunities on behalf of the firm.
• Perform complex financial analyses, including development of cash flow projections, operating pro formas, valuation models and capital structures utilizing Argus and Excel.
• Assist with managing the due diligence process, including the review and analysis of leases, operating information, legal documentation, and other investment-related information.
• Review and analyze investment offering materials, and gather and evaluate economic and market data.
• Assist with preparation of investment memoranda to be presented to the firm’s Investment Committee and investors.
• Experience with JV waterfall structures is preferred.
• Assist in various ad hoc projects that arise.

Qualifications

We are looking for a passionate team player with grit, high integrity, and a honed attention to detail. In addition, we expect that your life outside of work is as important as your career and that you are driven to succeed in both.

• Minimum of 2–4 years of post-college experience in an acquisitions or investment sales role in commercial real estate.
• Experience with office and industrial real estate is required; experience with lab is a plus.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, Argus, Powerpoint and Word is required.
• Ability to perform complex financial analyses, including development of cash flow projections, operating pro formas, and valuation models utilizing Argus and Excel.
• Strong financial and analytical ability with solid organizational skills, ability to multi-task, and attention to detail; highly developed verbal and written communication skills are required, including business writing experience.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team; strong work ethic, integrity, and drive are essential; an enthusiastic attitude is required.