Laura Hutchins Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Building bottom-up instead of top-down management systems and working on inter-departmental teams to best fulfill results at building level
• Managing a very smart and versatile team of asset managers and analysts to deploy reaching a goal of $100M annual revenue
• Maneuvering through Lease-Up and Renewals of Long Term Commercial Space in our Expansive buildings Nationwide.
• Seeking, evaluating and negotiating with high quality tenants and their fit within our growing and ground-breaking portfolio.
• Creating and driving unique solutions and processes to drive NOI via customer service first experiences.
• Evaluating highest and best use for each space and matching tenants to generating highest revenue.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Managing over 1 million SF of office, flex, and retail spaces in highly desirable downtown locations in the Midwest and North Regions including Chicago, Minneapolis, Madison, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Albany.

Chicago, IL

• Full suite property management of company portfolio including multi-family homes, office space, and retail space
• Created company portfolio database along with software; tracks leases, unit turnovers, deposits, marketing lineage, resident info, and rolls up into building and portfolio rent rolls, revenue, expenses, NOI, CAM and.
• Marketing and lease-up of all new construction residential projects
• Assisting in development and construction of company's acquisitions including project bidding and punch list completion
• Illinois Broker #475.169097
• Chicago Association of REALTORs (CAR) member

Portland, Oregon Area

• 2013 Multifamily NW ACE Awards Property of the Year recipient
• 2012 Commerce Properties President's Award recipient
• Vistage International Key Executive Member since 2013
• Reduced 200-unit property vacancy from 11% to 1% in under seven months while increasing rents from 12-20% and slashing unnecessary budget items
• Budgeted, planned, and managed multiple large-scale restoration and construction projects simultaneously while maintaining an outstanding occupancy rate; compiled and monitored all annual budgets, invoicing, and vendor.
• Managed a diverse staff with significantly different needs, training and disciplinary requirements while creating a productive and fun environment; included exploration in team building through Personalysis, Caliper.

• Responded singularly to clients of multi-family units in multiple communities with an outstanding positive response from all community Boards due to results-oriented solutions on a strict timeline, budget decreases.
• Invented creative and precise budgets including capital projects, preventative maintenance calendars, and daily reporting through the most effective technology mediums
• Dealt calmly with regular emergency situations including sensitive client complaints, complex mechanical glitches, and building flaws on a 24-hour schedule
• Oversaw all maintenance employees and contractors including daily reporting, union disciplining, on-site training and education
• Ensured the highest possible NOI in the toughest financial market with firm assessment payment deadlines, proactive collection steps, and legal follow-through while simultaneously always seeking the most experienced.

• Structured condominium property management vendors, condo association creation and turnover plus budgeting and sourcing for all maintenance; managed and extinguished emergency situations
• Produced monthly construction draws, accounting procedures, title company payouts to vendors and budget creation/review; arranged bidding process for survey, demo, and management of multi-family and retail projects.
• Coordinated all condominium unit finish/build outs and closings; successfully closed over 50 deals in one and half years
• Conducted market research and valuation for existing and potential multi-family and retail acquisition project sites and communities; provided detailed reports with conclusions utilized in ownership decision making
• Composed requests for financing for all projects including conventional, HUD, FHA, and Fannie Mae loans; collected and reviewed all materials for refinancing, loan reviews, and extensions
• Revision and substantiation of legal documents including property reports for multi-family and retail projects

• Supplied site screening for potential resort locations in the US
• Generated market analysis of potential resort locations: included demographics, hotel statistics, visitors statistics, local events and attractions analysis, zoning
• Pioneer of Facility Utilization Research and Analysis; trained other employees to conduct study
• Updated budgets monthly for currently operating resorts for all sub-classes

• Developed market analysis in Class-A condo market and Class-A, B & C office space in the City of Madison; reports sold to other developers, lenders, and appraisers in surrounding markets
• Wrote and won several state and national construction and design awards
• Conducted REIT valuation and analysis
• Recurrently updated company on municipal committee agendas, referrals, and actions

Bba, Real Estate & Urban Land Economics

One of my most rewarding experiences with the renowned UW real estate program was traveling to China on an exploratory business trip as.

High School, General Studies, 9-12

Activities and Societies: Founder & President Key Club, President National Honors Society, Secretary and Member National Thespians.