Development Associate
• Entitled over 10 urban, commercial projects ranging from 3.5 to 18.3 acres• Assisted in Gold-LEED certification process for Plaza Pacoima Shopping Center, a $78 MM project which generated 438 construction and 354 permanent, living wage jobs for the local community• Daily tasks included entitlement submittals, request for proposals and bid package preparation, management of consultants’ contracts, environmental/CEQA review, signage program and tenant improvement coordination, project scheduling, budget preparation and communication with municipal governments and financial institutional partners• Marketed, planned and coordinated all grand opening and groundbreaking ceremonies, community job fairs and outreach events• Responsible for all marketing aspects of the company such as brochure creation, invitations and announcements, website management, graphic representations of company marketing material, creation of booths and design boards at ICSC conferences• Event planning for company picnics, dinners and corporate cocktail parties