Director, Leasing- Retail

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As one of Canada’s leading real estate companies, with properties across North America, we’re proud of our history and excited about our future.

At Morguard, people are at the centre of everything we do. We are committed to creating lasting value not only for our clients and communities, but for our employees as well. As a fully integrated real estate organization, we offer exposure to a diverse portfolio that includes office, industrial, retail, and multi‑suite residential properties across North America. Our team reflects a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, and we believe that diversity strengthens us.

Collaboration fuels our success. Through innovation, teamwork, and a shared commitment to sustainability, our professionals are empowered to build their careers, contribute meaningfully, and help shape the future of real estate.

We support our people by offering:

• Access to experienced subject matter experts who provide mentorship and hands‑on learning.

• A wide range of career opportunities across the organization.

• A comprehensive, competitive benefits program that promotes health and wellness.

The selected candidate may be based out of either our Vancouver or Edmonton regional office.

The Director, Leasing is accountable to Vice President, Retail Leasing for all leasing activities for a portfolio of retail properties or (a) large super-regional retail center(s) that are meant to ensure that the property’s value is optimized by a combination of consistently high occupancy rates both in short- and long-term and an effective tenant mix.

1. Merchandising Plan and Leasing Strategy
Develops and implements the Merchandising Plan and the Leasing Strategy for the assigned portfolio to ensure continuous improvement effort to optimize and to build on the market strengths of each property to increase their value.

2. Tenant Prospecting
Prospects for new regional tenants for the property by researching relevant markets, analyzing potential tenants, responding to leasing inquiries, proactively marketing the property to target groups and constantly learning about the physical asset to ensure that its marketing positively highlights advantages of the property, to ensure a steady flow of potential tenants to the property to achieve budgeted occupancy rates.

3. Comprehensive Property Management Expertise
Maintains solid knowledge of basic building construction, pertinent building and fire codes and by-laws, building services and property management processes and principles to ensure advantages of the asset are leveraged to attract prospective tenants.

4. Leasing Deals
Prepares, negotiates and coordinates from conception to execution various types of leasing deals for the property, incl. new, renewals and extensions, expansions, relocations, subleases, assignments etc. by actively working and maintaining positive relationships with tenants and real estate brokers to ensure that existing vacant space is leased while potential risks are mitigated and the value of the property is positively affected.

5. Leasing Analysis and Reporting
Performs various analysis and reporting pertaining to leasing activities of their assigned portfolio incl. financial analysis and modeling of proposed deals, collection and analysis of market rent data, leasing activity reporting, leasing costs and fees reporting, budget variance analysis, tenant credit information reporting, etc. to ensure that the leasing plan for the property is executed to budget and all potential leasing risks are…