Property Manager (Sablemill Lease-Up)

The posting, as Van Metre Companies wrote it

At Van Metre, we believe that each employee contributes directly to our growth, success and culture, and are seeking a candidate who loves to challenge themselves and work with others to fulfill this role. Van Metre has a Lease-Up Property Manager position available at Sablemill Apartments in Charlotte, NC!

Position Summary

The Lease-Up Property Manager is responsible for leading all operational, financial, leasing, and resident-service activities for Sablemill, a new 281-unit Class A multifamily community, from pre-leasing through stabilization and throughout ongoing stabilized operations.

Reporting to the Regional Property Manager, this position serves as the primary on-site leader and works closely with the property ownership group, development team, Asset Management, Marketing, Construction, Accounting, Human Resources, the Service Manager, and other key stakeholders. The Lease-Up Property Manager is responsible for establishing property operations, building and developing the on-site team, achieving approved leasing and occupancy goals, managing the operating budget, and successfully transitioning the community from construction through stabilization while continuing to lead the community’s long-term operations and performance.

This role requires a leader who can operate effectively in a fast-paced lease-up environment, make informed decisions with limited historical operating data, manage competing priorities, and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting or leading a multifamily lease-up, building property operations from the ground up, developing teams, and driving leasing and financial performance.

Essential Responsibilities

Phase 1: Pre-Leasing and Office Opening

• Open the leasing office and establish the community operating systems, procedures, reporting standards, and customer-service expectations from the ground up.
• Coordinate Yardi setup, including unit and amenity coding, charge codes, lease documents, application workflows, screening criteria, renters insurance requirements, and prospect-management processes.
• Develop the initial market survey and competitive set and recommend the opening rent matrix, concession strategy, lease-term pricing, and revenue-management approach in partnership with Asset Management.
• Partner with Marketing on the property launch plan, including the website, Internet Listing Services, photography, signage, collateral, model merchandising, advertising, and resident events.
• Build and manage pre-leasing workflows, including prospect communication, waitlist management, deposit collection, tours, applications, screening decisions, and lease execution.
• Recruit, hire, onboard, train, coach, and lead the leasing, administrative, resident-services, and maintenance teams according to the approved staffing plan.
• Establish vendor and service contracts and ensure vendors are properly insured, contracted, onboard

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1 paid holidays; 10 vacation days, 10 sick days, Two Volunteer Days off, Two Personal Days, Winter Break, Day off for Annual Physical, Day off for your Birthday; comprehensive parental and bonding leave

• Retirement Planning: Company Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan; access to retirement planning coaches
• Wellness: Annual Wellness Reimbursement of up to $900
• Professional Development: tuition reimbursement; company paid certifications, memberships, and licensures; mentoring programs; growth paths; regular performance evaluations and training opportunities
• Discounts: Rental and Van Metre Home purchase discounts; employee discount through Walker Title Company

Van Metre Core Values

Integrity; Ownership; Respect and Dignity; Diversity and Inclusion; Teamwork; Community; Work/Life Balance

Van Metre Mission Statement

The mission of Van Metre Companies is to build and continually improve upon the storied reputation, earned over the years since the Company’s founding in 1955, of providing top quality homes, investment properties and services to our customers and clients. The Company’s emphasis on integrity, professionalism and philanthropy ingrained by our founder Albert G. Van Metre, Sr. has garnered trust and respect in the Washington, D.C. area and beyond. It is critical to our future that we maintain that reputation and assure that Van Metre Companies continues to excel in real estate development and construction and in the management of apartment, retail and office investment properties, as well as in the provision of mortgage and related services. It is the task of our dedicated, energetic, and involved professionals to advance our ability to set the benchmark for luxury living and refined commercial development. The capstone of our mission is to make the “Van Metre” signature an icon for elegant residential communities, and industry leading condominium and apartment communities, as well as Class A neighborhood retail centers and office developments.