Sr. Project Manager, Retail Construction

Ram Realty Advisors LLC ( Ram ) is a real estate investment management firm specializing in multifamily, mixed-use, and grocery-anchored retail in select high-growth markets throughout the Southeast. The firm’s portfolio comprises assets across the investment risk spectrum, including core-plus, value-add, and opportunistic strategies. Founded in 1978, Ram and its predecessor entities have deployed over $5.7 billion of capital on behalf of institutional partners.

The firm is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and has offices in Tampa, Florida; and Charlotte and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The Senior Project Manager is directly responsible for executing new and value-add retail projects, including but not limited to exterior renovations and tenant interior construction projects for national, regional, and local retail tenants across grocery-anchored shopping centers, mixed-use retail, and stand-alone retail pads, with a deep commitment to ensuring quality, budget, and schedule goals are met or exceeded. The Senior PM will work closely with Leasing and Retail Asset Management to directly manage all facets of the process, collaborating with all parties throughout acquisition due diligence, lease negotiation, design, tenant coordination, permitting, and construction phases of a project.

• Maintain a consistent and comprehensive knowledge of current retail construction cost metrics with a deep focus on tenant improvement costs and the variation between different tenant build types (vanilla shell, second-generation space, and ground-up pad).
• Assist Leasing and Asset Management with the construction cost portion of the tenant improvement budget by managing and developing TI cost estimates throughout all phases from lease negotiation through construction documents, including landlord work letter negotiations, VE, and alternate options. Obtain fee proposals, prepare detailed cost estimates, and negotiate contracts.
• Actively participate in lease negotiations and pre-construction due diligence, including review of tenant plans, landlord work letters, existing conditions surveys, and base building engineering reports. Identify areas of concern and provide suggested risk mitigation strategies.
• Maintain a deep working knowledge of retail design trends, storefront and building systems, and tenant construction management technologies. Provide guidance and review (where appropriate) of construction means and methods for tenant buildouts.
• Evaluate alternative approaches to tenant design criteria, delivery timelines, and landlord/tenant coordination with a specific focus on how tenant-driven design initiatives may impact cost, schedule, and quality. Partner with Leasing and Asset Management teams to make thoughtful decisions balancing landlord obligations and tenant expectations. Ensure that tenant plans and base building drawings are thoroughly reviewed to minimize cost and coordination risks.
• Provide critical analysis and planning for the overall preconstruction and construction processes, including design, permitting, GC procurement, construction, and tenant delivery scheduling, to ensure successful execution.
• Maintain good working relationships with permitting authorities and a working knowledge of retail permitting/inspection policies and practices, including fixturing and health department permits where applicable. Procure all construction permits and assist with entitlements.
• Manage responsibilities of the tenant, consultants, design professionals, and contractors regarding scope, allowances, and construction responsibility.
• Manage and direct all components and phases of tenant buildout construction. Provide direction and oversight of all contractors…