Legal Operations Associate (CRE)

Description: Join a growing commercial real estate investment firm with an industrial and retail portfolio. This role owns the lease lifecycle and legal operations, uses AI daily to draft and manage documents, and has room to grow into running the legal side of the business.

Responsibilities:

• Draft leases from LOIs using AI and property lease forms, and drive them through execution
• Review and respond to tenant redlines on insurance, liability, tenant improvements, free rent, and term
• Prepare amendments, assignments, terminations, commencement date certificates, and default notices
• Track renewals and option dates across the portfolio
• Keep an organized SharePoint file of final executed documents
• Support entity filings, property tax tracking, due diligence, and estoppels

Qualifications:

• Required: hands-on experience with leases, contracts, or legal documents (real estate, property management, paralegal, or legal assistant roles)
• Commercial lease experience strongly preferred
• Must use AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) in daily work
• Quick learner, highly organized, and confident with tenants, brokers, and counsel; notary a plus