Development Coordinator

Kimaya is a third-generation, family-owned, commercial real estate firm based in Central Florida known for providing uncompromised quality, expert market knowledge, and long-term value for our partners and investors. Our diverse development portfolio includes multifamily, Build to Rent, senior residences, hotel, retail, and beyond. Kimaya was formed in 2015 as a commercial subsidiary of Park Square Enterprises, LLC, an Orlando-based real estate development company founded in 1984 by Braham Aggarwal and his son-in-law, Suresh Gupta. One of Central Florida’s premier developers, Park Square Enterprises has been family-owned and operated for more than 35 years. Today, both Kimaya and Park Square Enterprises are led by Vishaal Gupta, son of Suresh Gupta, bringing three generations of superb family leadership and values to the organization.

Job Duties/Responsibilities: This position will be involved in all facets of the development process, including but not limited to the coordination with consultants, engineers, land brokers, contractors, third-party reports, and other due diligence materials.

Other job duties include:

• Coordinate with the Development managers in pre-construction and construction process, including but not limited to planning, design, entitlement, construction, within established parameters under the general supervision of Director – Developments.
• Coordinate for due diligence materials and present findings to development team on site feasibility
• Coordinate with Development team and accurately prepare the monthly/Quarterly project status reports tracking the key metrics of budgets, schedule of the whole portfolio.
• Assist the leadership team in analyzing the land contracts with respect to critical dates and maintain the tracker of new and existing acquisitions.
• Participate in the creation of RFP’s and assist Development Managers with the selection and contracting of consultants, vendors, and contractors by analyzing their contracts.
• Coordinate for scheduling regular development meetings with all consultants & stakeholders
• Work with the Development Managers to keep online project management software up to date on all projects.
• Track plan revisions and verify that correct plan sets are distributed to all parties.
• Maintain construction files including contact documents, permit documents, consultant instructions, change orders, meeting minutes, weather conditions, etc.
• Maintain organized records of Notice-to-Owner documentation, lien releases, invoices, and other files pertinent to construction finance.
• Assist the Development Managers in preparing the draw request for the banks
• Organizing the construction closeout documents such as warranty documents, as built drawings etc to ensure smooth transitions between construction and operations.

Minimum Requirements:

• 1-3 years' experience in assisting with the management of development projects. A minimum of one year of said experience would ideally be involved with construction projects for the owner/developer, including coordination with design teams through production of drawings, management of the general contractor through construction, delivery of the product to the customer/client, and coordination of post-construction related issues.
• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in Real Estate, Business, Construction, Architecture, or other related field
• Proficiency in creating reports and schedules
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word and Excel
• Strong research, problem solving and analytical capacities
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time within the Orlando Metropolitan area