Commercial Real Estate Paralegal

Profile

InSite Real Estate is a national commercial real estate development company based in Oak Brook, Illinois.  InSite develops, owns, and operates tenant-driven investment property nationwide.  Privately held since its 1988 formation, the company has completed over 400 industrial, office, and retail projects located in over 35 states ranging from 2,000 SF to 2.6 million SF in size, and $1 million to $250 million in value.  We have an immediate need for a Commercial Real Estate Paralegal.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to work in the fast-paced environment of our legal team which handles the legal matters for our portfolio of commercial real estate located across the country and in Europe.  Some of the primary duties include title and survey review and analysis, collaborating with team members on development plans, preparation of transactional documents, and conducting closings.

InSite offers excellent salary and benefits including paid vacation and sick time, 10% assured bonus, medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, paid cell phone, 401(k) plan and a free fitness center on site and an office location with proximity to Oak Brook Center dining and shopping.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in commercial transactional real estate: acquisitions, sales, financings, like-kind exchanges for retail, office and industrial development projects required
• Extensive experience with conducting detailed title and survey analysis for potential ground-up developments required 
• Experience with shopping centers/regional malls is a plus
• Ability to perform basic legal drafting of purchase agreements, sale agreements, closing documents, etc. from provided templates required
• Understanding of process to create and maintain corporations, trusts and limited liability companies (Illinois and Delaware), including preparation of Articles of Incorporation, Articles of Formation, operating agreements, bylaws, resolutions, etc. from provided templates a plus
• Ability to independently conduct closings of acquisitions, sales and financing transactions required
• Basic understanding of leasing; ability to abstract a commercial lease
• Title company, large law firm or shopping center experience a plus
• This is an onsite position, requiring you to be in the office Monday through Friday

Proficiencies

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, especially Word
• Ability to learn proprietary software
• Must be capable of working independently without significant direction from superiors
• Excellent organizational skills

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick time
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• 401(k) plan
• Annual incentive bonus

Company info

InSite Real Estate, L.L.C.
Website : http://www.insiterealestate.com