Property Agent IV - Leasing, Sales, and Acquisitions; Special Duty

This Special Duty Assignment (SDA) is open to active King County Career Service employees who have successfully completed their initial county probationary period. Overview

The Facilities Management Division (FMD) is actively recruiting a senior-level commercial estate professional, fluent in lease negotiations, sales, acquisitions, and easements to join the fast-paced Real Estate Services Unit (RES).

This position is distinguished as the management-recognized expert, requiring minimal supervision to oversee complex, visible, and challenging lease negotiations, easements, sales, and acquisitions for critical government projects. This position involves collaboration with multiple business units within the county, including but not limited to King County Client Agencies, Executive-Level Management, Capital Projects Section, Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget, and King County Council.

This position commands acute expertise in the Commercial Real Estate industry. The desired candidate will lead all work with a client-focused lens, provide unparalleled service to King County Client Agencies, and have a keen understanding of all aspects of real estate negotiations, market trends, brokerage relationships, and client relationship management.

As the only jurisdiction in the world named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.

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• Negotiate real estate agreements from beginning to end on behalf of King County. Full cycle negotiations include strategy development, broker selection (if broker is to be used), market surveys, RFPs, site tours, LOIs, lease agreements, work letters, estoppels, SNDAs easements, deeds, and other documents as assigned. For agreements that require the approval of The King County Council, this position will create legislation packages in collaboration with several work units in FMD.
• Interpret Title Documents, Surveys, and legal descriptions
• Develop schedules, budget, and scope requirements in coordination with other work units. Understand and be involved in the full construction process working closely with the assigned project manager or consultants to develop Tenant Improvement scopes and negotiations for lease agreements and work letters.
• Review, recommend, and implement various real estate agreements/documents in consultation with legal partners and other expert resources.
• Facilitate the leasehold agreement sites and act as liaison between King County Client Agencies and Landlord for property management related aspects of the KC Tenant lease portfolio as assigned.
• Manage the lease fee sites where King County is Landlord and act as liaison between King County Client Agencies and Tenants for property management related issues and functions. King County is Landlord for a variety of products which includes office, industrial, ground, agriculture, retail and wireless sites.
• Review, analyze, monitor, and approve complex annual lease operating cost reconciliations, rental increases, late fee calculations and other financial review as required. Decommission leased facilities in collaboration with other work units to ensure liability to King County is closed on time and in full.
• Interpret lease agreements for King…