Overview
Hayat Brown is a national advisory and engineering firm that helps mission-oriented institutions advance objectives related to the management of their infrastructure and real estate assets. Our team brings a lifecycle perspective to the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of commercial and economic development projects. A team of results-oriented advisors will guide clients across the nation through each stage of the development process, from feasibility and financial structuring to transaction execution. A bench of professional engineers assists clients with technical design, project and construction management – all with safety as our number one priority. This unique blend of consulting and engineering ensures project success at every stage of its development.
Hayat Brown’s P3 | Infrastructure | Real Estate group helps institutions overcome facility and economic development challenges and maximize the value and useful life of real estate and infrastructure assets by leveraging private capital and expertise through public-private partnerships (P3) and other performance-based infrastructure (PBI) capital improvement delivery methods. We also help these institutions use P3 and other creative strategies to monetize underutilized real estate and infrastructure assets to fund mission critical activities. Serving public and institutional clients exclusively, our team protects and advances institutional interests through strategy development (project feasibility and portfolio planning), transaction advisory services (valuation, partnership structuring, procurement, and negotiation), and operations support (program management, and asset management and real estate restructuring).
Job Description
This position will lead a wide range of market and financial analysis, program management support, and procurement management activities in support of state, local, and higher education clients. Additional areas of potential responsibility could include but are not limited to, real estate advisory, business development, and client service.
The successful candidate will serve in a management consulting capacity working closely with senior executives to deliver innovative solutions to key public sector and higher education clients. Current engagements include real estate market analysis, financial and strategic feasibility analysis, public-private partnerships, program/project management, real estate strategy, highest and best use studies, large-scale, mixed-use development advisory and financial oversight, transaction execution, asset monetization, analysis of financing and ownership structures, and a full range of real estate and infrastructure transaction advisory services.
Come join a team that works to improve society by helping governments, private companies, and institutions deliver capital improvements that promote equitable and financially stable communities for living, learning, justice, and health.
Responsibilities
- Provide analytical and project management services related to strategic portfolio and asset planning, procurement management, transaction execution, reinvestment, repositioning and asset monetization
- Perform highest and best use analysis and project feasibility analysis on a variety of real estate asset classes
- Build, edit and interpret financial models based on analysis of economic, demographic and real estate market data
- Develop reports, written analyses, presentations and other client deliverables
- Advise on all aspects of large-scale public sector projects, including transaction management, document review, construction oversight, development and finance review.
- Review and analyze legal documents, zoning, financial reports, and operating plans as part of the due diligence process, negotiations, and/or ongoing portfolio management
- Manage client relationships, including communications, schedules, and meeting management
- Prepare client deliverables, including reports and presentations
- Lead significant client engagements
- Actively market and sell the firm and P3/real estate services
- Prepare proposals in response to requests for qualifications (RFQ) / requests for proposals (RFP)
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in real estate, finance, economics, urban planning, or public administration – MBA/master of real estate/master of urban planning preferred
- At least eight (8) years’ experience in commercial, public sector, or higher education real estate OR 4 -5 years’ experience and an advanced degree
- Significant client and project management experience
- Experience with real estate feasibility and economic impact analysis
- Strong experience creating and analyzing development pro-formas
- Experience creating and analyzing real estate delivery and service solicitations – experience with public-private partnerships preferred
- Strong financial/analytical skills related to real estate
- Experience working within a public sector or institutional environment is desirable
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Computer proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
