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New York, United States

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Manage affordable housing projects from initial conception, construction, and completion. Project types include low-to-moderate income multi-family rentals, occupied building rehabilitation, and new construction.Prepare advanced pro forma underwriting models, project descriptions, memorandums, and ad-hoc financial analyses.Leading and assisting several tenant-in-place rehab projects valued over $205M in total development costs.Audited leases, rent rolls, and apartment registrations for agency regulatory purposes to meet compliance and maximum funding requirements.Created consolidated budgets and provided rent roll, building, and apartment registration data to merge existing building portfolio financials into an upgraded database system.Work with property managers and superintendents to provide general contractors, bank engineers, insurance, and agency inspectors building access during predevelopment and construction.Coordinate with the legal counsel to organize the sale of over $14M in inclusionary air rights.Assemble the project development team for each project, which includes architects, contractors, lenders, insurance carriers, JV partners, attorneys, structural & sustainability engineers, brokers, and other service providers.Provide monthly asset management review of the balance sheet and income statement for a 524 unit and 87 building scatter site façade construction to transition the project into permanent conversion.Support the Housing Development Team with weekly status updates from Property Management on repairs for 46 vacant units to be leased upon unit readiness in conjunction with the Compliance department.Assisted senior management with the Energy Service Company (ESCO) building energy analysis for 40 new utility Agreements. Developed a centralized database of electricity, natural gas, water, and oil account numbers with login credentials for 112 buildings for the Fiscal and Property Management departments.

New York, Ny, Us

Consult university administrators, faculty and corporate clients with online curriculum formatting, migration and implementation of new online learning system and virtual training sessions. Respond to complex inquiries from prospective and current registrants, content questions, course materials by phone and email in a professional and timely manner. Build Excel models for student database management, enrollment projections and assessments. Ensure logistical and presentation support of keynote speakers for the China Urban Realty Association (CURA) three-day conference co-sponsored by the university.Revise and provide recommendations to enhance both digital and print course catalog marketing materials.

New York, New York, Us

Provided weekly property management occupancy, leasing, and marketing reports, comparable surveys, budget reports and strategic plans for effective property oversight and asset value maximization for the firm’s NYC multifamily portfolio for over 3,000 units. Updated complex financial models and provide ad-hoc analyses using advanced MS Excel calculations.Prepared vendor service agreements for repairs and maintenance contractors based on approved bids.Conducted return on investment, revenue and other cash flow projections for renovation projects.Participated in the 421(G)-tax incentive project to review a collection of leases for the past 15 years and digitize all past and current tenant information into master database file for efficient record keeping.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Selected to participate in an industry-backed 10-Week commercial real estate, diversity and apprenticeship program. Connected with prominent and veteran industry leaders who provided detailed educational presentations on financial analysis, asset management, development, market analysis, brokerage, leasing, affordable housing, financing, law and real estate technologies. Attended a series of private networking events, industry trade shows, conferences and property tours lead by company executives and industry associations. Connected with REAP alumni relations network for career mentorship opportunities.

New York, Ny, Us

Negotiated price, sale and lease terms of residential and commercial properties to expedite completed transactions. Provided property owners and buyers with comparative market analyses for investment decision making.Advertised to both private and public networks through referrals, mass marketing and open houses initiatives.Generated active properties list for sale and lease, calculate financing options, and investigate ownership policies.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Structured detailed financial models and property assessments for the J.P. Morgan Chase North American and LATAM real estate portfolio, which included 43M sq.ft. and 5,200 of Class A office and retail banking locations.Collaborated with regional senior managers to improve preventive and reduce reactive maintenance assignments, consisting of 35,000 average monthly service transactions and short-term construction projects.Extrapolated detailed property data sources and achieved 95% + for over 40 KPI performance benchmarks. Strategized with executive team to develop innovative solutions to achieve $30M in cost savings for labor, energy, MEP systems, capital improvements, cleaning services, supplies, sourcing, and vendor selection.

New York, Ny, Us

Performed financial analyses for new listings, including cap rate, cash-on-cash, $/per sq.ft. and other valuations.Designed offerings and marketing materials for listings, provided investment sales data and analyses to investors.Collected economic, demographic and transactional real estate news data for the New York City marketplace.Sourced for new business development opportunities and identified qualified buyers and sellers.

Oversaw multi-million-dollar budget for construction renovation and maintenance projects of nearly 80,000 sq.ft. of office, classroom and other building campus space, including mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. Developed financial budget models and implemented both short and long-term profitability measures to maximize revenue and reduce operating expenses up to 8% in new cash reserves for short-term construction projects.Reviewed Request for Proposals, managed bidding process, and hired selected contractors to perform architectural, environmental, safety, technology and overall construction renovation improvements. Implemented improved digital financial system to automate vendor payments and receivable transactions by 95%.Collaborated with management team, key project stakeholders and auditors to review building design progress and financial statements to ensure compliance with charter objectives and state governmental standards.Organized the procurement of building materials and furniture; purchased supplies for business operations.

Sourced for distressed 1-4 family residential properties with investment team, hired contractors to renovate and resold properties to first-time home buyers who qualified for FHA Loan Programs in East New York Brooklyn.Performed site visits, feasibility studies, and home rehabilitation analysis to forecast market value profitability.Conducted direct sales and marketing outreach to owners with houses free and clear, foreclosure, and in distress.

Disbursements & Contract Management, New York City Transit - Developed financial models and budget reports for a $25M uniform program assigned to bus and train employees. Secured up to $10M in bi-weekly revenue from city agencies and deposited funds into corporate bank account. Reconciled accounts receivable & payable financial data for over 500 vendors in the Disbursements Dept.Payroll & Securities Integration, Morgan Stanley - Quantified staff compensation financials and processed bi-weekly payroll, 401 (k) contributions, investment returns and insurance deductions through Automatic Data Processing (ADP) for over 55,000 employees. Onboarded over 2,000 new employees for company health and fitness benefits program in the Tri-State region. Reduced misplaced compensation errors and revised other payment misallocations by over 15%. Residential Property Management, Grenadier Realty - Dispatched MEP technicians and processed purchase orders for tenant repair services up to 5,881 units within a 46-building portfolio at the Spring Creek Towers in East New York Brooklyn for the Starrett Corporation.Finance, Nasdaq OMX - Organized schedules, developed presentation materials, and facilitated travel arrangements for senior management. Proofread 10Q quarterlies and 8K material changes for income and balance sheet statement accuracy. Updated spreadsheet records to include transactions for completed asset acquisitions

Master Of Science, Real Estate Development

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration