Director of Land Acquisition
Company: Ashton Woods Homes
Location: Dallas
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
Ashton Woods is more than just a home builder. From the sale of
our first home in 1989 to recently being named Builder of the Year
by Builder Magazine, our focus has always been on blazing new
trails and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in
homebuilding. Ashton Woods, the #1 private home builder in the
United States, markets its homes through its two award-winning
brands, Ashton Woods and Starlight Homes. The Ashton Woods brand is
known for designing thoughtfully curated, inspired homes for people
who love design. The Starlight Homes brand builds homes
specifically for the first-time homebuyer, offering affordable
homes with well-executed designs and quality finishes for buyers
looking to make the dream of home ownership a reality. The
company's commitment to innovation and continually evolving to meet
the needs of the market is a key reason we are one of the most
celebrated homebuilders in the nation, winning hundreds of national
and local industry awards in product and community design,
architecture, merchandising, sales, marketing, and customer
service. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Ashton Woods sells new
homes in Atlanta, Austin, Charleston, Dallas, Houston, Myrtle
Beach, Nashville, Orlando, Phoenix, Raleigh, San Antonio and Tampa.
Position Overview: The Director of Land Acquisition is responsible
for providing the division with undeveloped land and finished lots
enabling it to accomplish its sales, settlements, profitability,
and growth targets as established in the division strategic plan.
This position also partners with others on the leadership team to
ensure our sales, marketing and construction requirements are met
on each deal. Negotiate price and terms of property acquisitions to
ensure the division has a competitive edge in our respective target
submarkets. Manage zoning attorneys, our real-estate attorney,
developers (both in house and outside), and local regulatory
agencies to ensure that the division's risks are eliminated or
mitigated. Responsibilities:
- Lead the land acquisition department; ensure that it is
competently staffed and functional
- Participate in the creation of the division strategic land
acquisition planning process. Help guide the process to competitive
acquisition targets
- Identify and submit to the Division Manager enough suitable
deals in accordance with our strategic plan, to achieve financial
objectives
- Actively look for niche land positions requiring direct
contracting from owners, to include assemblage opportunities and
joint venture scenarios
- Develop extensive broker connections so that we are seeing many
new deals early in the selling process
- Develop good contracts with the local developer community to
provide the division with option deals in good subdivisions at
competitive prices
- Initiate the contract process, review all contract changes,
oversee our attorney reviews and negotiations, identify major
contractual risks (and their concurrent obligations), and ensure
all our major deal point issues are addressed in each
transaction
- Manage the land feasibility package creation process. Assemble
the corporate land acquisition study book for each land deal and
ensure that it is submitted at least two weeks prior to any earnest
money "hard date."
- Manage the zoning and permitting processes. Ensure that we get
the best possible density and conditions from the process, ensure
our contracts are linked to these results
- Manage our market knowledge and submarket analysis projects to
ensure that we have current data (e.g., land prices, lot prices,
road improvements, municipal requirements), needed to develop and
refine our strategic land acquisition objectives Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in business, real estate, finance, or related
field
- At least 5 years' experience in residential land acquisition,
divestiture, and development
- Residential building industry experience preferred
- Experience with blueprints, construction drawings and
addendums
- Experience with Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Point, and ability
to learn new programs Typical Physical and Mental Demands:
- Must be able to read, write, and speak fluently in English.
Spanish language skills are helpful
- Employees in the position are required to be able to hear and
have vision sufficient to utilize all office equipment
- Use of hands and fingers is required to utilize standard office
equipment
- Use of feet and legs required to walk, climb and maneuver
within construction sites
- Requires occasional lifting up to 50 pounds These physical
requirements are representative of those required to successfully
perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable
accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform these functions if requested. Working Conditions: Work
is generally performed in the field, i.e., home building
construction sites. Occasional work will be performed in a typical
office environment and may involve the use of typical office
environment using standard office equipment. Work is typically
active in nature, but some sitting may be required. Fast paced
environment subject to numerous schedule and priority change and
short notice activity.
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