Looking for a candidate
Looking for a candidate who would manage a company's real estate assets for industrial development (over 27,000 acres of undeveloped land). Person must understand that is not the company's core business. Where would you start looking?
[{"id": "ddhu3y6", "text": "Location?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ddi5ihb", "text": "I'd look for a super knowledgeable and experienced real estate broker that doesn't feel like hustling for his dinner anymore.  Pretty much anyone over 50 with 20 years in the business.\n\nEdit:  That or a smart real estate attorney and make him do the legal stuff too.  Or, even better, a smart old real estate attorney with 20 years in brokerage.  ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ddj0ver", "text": "Are you trying to develop any of the land while you're gone or just have someone available to respond to issues, pay taxes, etc?\n\nThe broker route is a good one, but there are definitely property management companies that would take this on too.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ddjbhja", "text": "27,000 acres? That is a fuck ton of land. Almost twice the size of Manhattan. That would take decades to develop, maybe even to just sell raw.\n\nYour approach should really depend on the context.  Is it a large chunk or is it piecemeal? Where is it? Is it close to any major cities, highways, bodies of water? Are there any natural resources? Is there any chance it's been polluted? Is it encompassed by one jurisdiction?  What is the entitlement status? \n\nI would speak to a land/industrial broker with institutional connections, because at that scale you should be exploring either a bulk sale or contributing the land to a JV with a developer.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]