Site Development Specialist

Site Development Specialist

West Palm Beach, Florida | Full-Time, In-Office

We are a fast-moving real estate development company pursuing affordable housing, multifamily, industrial, commercial, national credit-tenant, quick-service restaurant, and other specialized development opportunities.

We are seeking a highly organized and execution-focused Site Development Specialist to evaluate prospective properties, develop conceptual site plans, and actively advance selected projects through entitlements, permitting, design, and development.

This role will place particular emphasis on national credit-tenant and commercial development opportunities, including projects for established retailers, restaurants, service providers, and other national or regional operators. The Site Development Specialist will assess site viability, understand tenant requirements, identify development constraints, and coordinate the work necessary to move projects from initial evaluation toward construction.

The Site Development Specialist will work closely with our VP of Development, who will use the development concepts produced in this role to create and evaluate financial models. Those financial results will be used to refine the concept, test alternative uses, and determine whether the project presents a viable opportunity. The process is highly collaborative, iterative, and execution-driven:

Research the site ->
Understand the regulations and tenant requirements ->
Create a concept ->
Model the economics ->
Refine the plan ->
Secure approvals ->
Advance the project

This is a fast-paced opportunity to participate in the entire development process—not simply analyze potential sites. The successful candidate will be expected to take ownership, maintain urgency, solve problems, coordinate multiple stakeholders, and keep consultants, approvals, and projects moving forward.

• Rapidly evaluate prospective properties and determine potential development uses.
• Research zoning, future land use, municipal codes, comprehensive plans, development standards, and site- specific requirements.
• Review surveys, maps, aerial imagery, environmental information, property records, utility data, traffic conditions, and other development materials.
• Identify constraints involving density, setbacks, parking, access, drainage, landscaping, utilities, environmental conditions, allowable uses, and tenant requirements.
• Create conceptual site plans and compare alternative development scenarios.
• Estimate preliminary unit counts, building areas, parking requirements, access points, loading areas, stormwater needs, and other key development metrics.
• Evaluate sites for national credit-tenants, quick-service restaurants, retail, commercial, industrial, multifamily, and affordable-housing uses.
• Coordinate with the financial team to evaluate project feasibility, acquisition value, development costs, and potential returns.
• Refine site concepts based on financial results, regulatory requirements, tenant feedback, and technical findings.

• Evaluate properties against the site-selection criteria of national and regional credit tenants.
• Review tenant requirements involving demographics, traffic counts, visibility, access, signage, parking, drive-through configurations, building prototypes, utilities, and delivery schedules.
• Coordinate with tenants, brokers, architects, engineers, contractors, and internal leadership to confirm site feasibility.
• Develop and revise conceptual layouts that accommodate tenant prototypes and operational requirements.
• Track tenant comments, plan revisions, due-diligence requirements, approvals, and critical development milestones.
• Identify and resolve…