Vice President, Acquisitions

Chicago-based Golub & Company LLC and its affiliates are active in key markets across the United States in real estate development, acquisitions, asset and property management, leasing and corporate real estate services. The Company has developed, owned or managed more than 50 million square feet of properties valued in excess of $20 billion since it was founded in 1960.

We are seeking a Vice President of Acquisitions to establish and maintain Golub & Company’s presence in the assigned geographic area and surrounding markets by identifying and acquiring multifamily, commercial, and other real estate assets including land. This position will located at our Corporate Headquarters in Chicago, IL or in one of our target investment markets including, but not limited to Denver, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, and Southern California.

This position will be responsible for these essential functions:

• Identifies potential acquisitions and development opportunities. Analyzes income and expense projections, site analysis and selection, and comparable properties and transactions to assist in determining offering and purchase price.
• Leads underwriting process for potential acquisition and development investments. Analyzes and provides financial review to senior management to ensure consistency and quality of underwriting standards amongst all potential acquisitions.
• Leads equity and debt capital formation for acquired assets with support from Golub’s capital markets team. 
• Coordinates efforts with Portfolio Management Department to assess the condition of buildings.
• Leads the due diligence required for successful acquisition of investment properties.
• Works with legal counsel in negotiating and closing transactions.
• Represents firm at conferences, networking and industry events.
• Maintains a deep working knowledge of each market and submarket, available acquisition and development opportunities and progress of competitive locations.

Qualified candidates will have a Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university and minimum 5-10 years relevant real estate experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Must have proven track record of identifying and closing successful real estate acquisitions in the specified geographic region and surrounding markets.  Must have experience with joint venture partnerships and agreements.   Existing equity and lending relationships a plus, as well as experience with purchase and sale contracts.  Must have a thorough understanding of underwriting and valuation concepts.  To perform this job successfully, an individual must possess expert-level knowledge of Argus and Microsoft Word and Excel.  

The annual base salary for this position is $200,000-225,000; the position is also eligible for an annual year-end discretionary bonus and involvement in the deals they’ve secured.

Corporate employees at Golub enjoy the flexibility of one work-from-home day per week  along with a comprehensive benefit offering that includes health insurance, paid time off and 401k with employer match – all within a fun and enjoyable culture centered around our Shared Values of innovation & creativity, relationships, value creation, respect for our people, flexibility and integrity.