Land Development Manager

FIFTH SPACE is the agile and growing real estate team behind Power Station. In our colleagues we value hustle, collaboration, and creativity in the face of complexity. We have nimble capital and are not prone to bureaucracy at the expense of efficiency or common sense.

Power Station sits on the largest privately held, waterfront development parcel in San Francisco. It is nestled among other large projects that are collectively transforming the city’s eastern waterfront. At Power Station, we are creating a vibrant, urban ecosystem with 5.4M square feet of new residential, office, life science, and thoughtfully curated retail space, all interspersed with 7 acres of green parks and open space.

The Land Development Manager reports to the Director of Land Development. This role supports the tentative mapping, final mapping, street design, street acceptance, and master association formation for FIFTH SPACE’s Power Station development project in San Francisco.

The Land Development Manager will play a key role in advancing the delivery of developable vertical lots at Power Station, managing land development projects from utility relocations and grading to full street improvements. This position is responsible for supporting site planning, permitting, budgeting, and scheduling, while coordinating closely with municipalities, utilities, regulatory agencies, consultants, and FIFTH SPACE’s vertical development and horizontal construction management teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in compliance with all applicable regulations.

The ideal candidate brings a strong technical foundation in civil engineering and land development, paired with excellent project management and communication skills, to drive projects forward from post-entitlement through City acceptance of streets.

• Manage land development projects from conception through pre-construction, including site planning, design, and permitting.
• Conduct feasibility studies, including land use analysis, environmental assessments, geotechnical reviews, and constructability of civil designs.
• Prepare and maintain project schedules, from site planning to pre-construction.
• Provide regular (typically weekly) written status reports to leadership on progress, consultant/designer meetings, agency contacts, and issue resolution.
• Review engineering plans, site plans, plats, and specifications for grading, utilities, blackwater treatment, stormwater management, and erosion control.
• Coordinate and direct consultant teams (civil engineers, utility designers, surveyors, landscape architects, land use attorneys) throughout design and construction.
• Lead the design, review, and permitting process for horizontal improvements (building demo, utility relocations, environmental remediation, rough grading, street improvements, parks, etc.).
• Coordinate and review utility and telecom company designs and ensure adherence to project schedules.

• Prepare and manage project budgets, schedules, and cash flow.
• Solicit and analyze proposals from consultants; in coordination with legal counsel, draft and administer contracts with consultants.
• Review, negotiate, and approve change orders and invoices.
• Forecast upcoming work and report budget impacts to leadership.
• Assist in the preparation of CFD and EIFD reimbursement request packages.
• Review Title Reports and work with the Title Company to remove exceptions that are no longer relevant.
• Review easements and licenses to determine how they apply to different parcels of land.
• Obtain necessary permits and approvals from local, state, and federal regulatory agencies.
• Coordinate with government agencies from entitlement through final acceptance.
• Schedule and participate in City inspections; resolve punch list items and secure sign-off letters for bond release.
• Manage the Tentative Map, Final Map, and Street Improvement Permit processes.
• Coordinate approval and execution of public improvement agreements.

• Coordinate with inspectors, subcontractors, and consultants for pre-construction investigations.
• Conduct site visits,…