SUMMARY

Strong interpersonal, leadership and organizational abilities have attributed to overall success in achieving company-wide and personal goals.  Seeking opportunities to utilize my knowledge and skills to benefit an organization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Inland Diversified Real Estate Services LLC, Oak Brook, IL6/1/2012--7/1/2014

Inland is one of the nation's leading providers of commercial real estate services.       Company went through

liquidity event

Paralegal - Lease Administration

§    Drafting and negotiating legal documents for the management groups' portfolio of properties.  These documents include: retail leases (earnouts), subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements, tenant estoppels, assignments, amendments, license agreements and easement agreements.

§    Assisting the Leasing Group with implementing various legal document requests in an extremely short timeframe.

§    Review and research use restrictions for the properties by reviewing and analyzing each property's Declaration of Easement and Restriction Agreements and Operating/Reciprocal Easement Agreements, along with individual leases' use restrictions.

§    Review and research of closing documents including: purchase and sale agreements, management agreements, title policies, surveys and legal descriptions.

§    Utilizing JD Edwards database to input and extract lease information pertaining to rents, square footage, and various lease terms for the portfolio.

§    Tracking and monitoring work assignments through a spreadsheet using Excel.

§    Being responsive to inside and outside contacts through the Group's Microsoft Outlook system. 

§    Developing spreadsheets to analyze specific lease terms (i.e. co-tenancy rights, sign restrictions, parking restrictions) for certain properties within the portfolio.

Northwest Building Materials & Supply Co., Naperville, IL2011-2012

Established in 1975, a privately owned and operated supplier of building materials and supplies.

Executive Assistant to President

§    Managed accounts payable and receivable by compiling invoices and deposits and entering information onto the Company's server.

§    Review of legal documents and assisting President in gathering necessary company information in preparing for an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors.

§    Effectively updated Company's inventory on its server so as to provide an accurate accounting to outside clients.

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General Growth Properties, Inc. Chicago, IL2004-2007

A publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT").  GGP is the 2^nd largest developer in the U.S.    GGP creates value and profit by acquiring, developing, renovating and managing regional malls in major and middle markets throughout the United States.

Paralegal, Law/Leasing Group

§    Maximized client satisfaction by successfully meeting Group’s guidelines for completing leases and ancillary documents.  Guidelines included: meeting extremely tight turnaround parameters for drafting initial lease drafts to existing and potential mall tenants; and effectively responding to comments, revisions and transmittals of fully executed leases. 

§    Managed all ATM and antenna lease deals for the entire portfolio. 

§    Completed lease deals and various projects for high profile centers within the portfolio such as Oak Brook Center and Water Tower Place.

§    Successfully assisted the Finance Group in the timely completion of tenant estoppels projects so as to meet the lending deadlines set by the financial institutions. 

§    Tracked and reported billable hours in order to maximize reimbursable billings on Joint Venture Properties with a goal of $375,000.00 for such billings in 2006 by the Law/Leasing and Operations Group.

§    Enhanced client satisfaction by following a teamwork-oriented approach to servicing the existing business unit structure by responding to non-lease operational issues in an expedient manner while maintaining a high quality level of work.

§    Participated in the Group’s mentoring program for a newly hired co-worker to the Group

The Spiegel Group, Downers Grove, IL1989 - 2004

An international specialty retailer marketing fashionable apparel and home furnishings to customers through catalogs, specialty retail and outlet stores, and e-commerce sites.

Real Estate Analyst, Corporate Real Estate    (1994-2004)

§    Established relationships and maintained ongoing contact with individuals within the real estate community.

§    Marketed Group’s retail concept to potential landlords.

§    Conducted site selection for potential retail and commercial locations. Review of documentation related to those commercial properties such as title and sale documents and surveys.

§    Managed lease negotiation and documentation review for new and existing properties. Locations selected and negotiated resulted in a significant reduction of the individual entity’s fixed cost structure over a period of eight years. 

§    Monitored rent payments for 50 leased properties that exceeded $35 million annually.  In light of the Group’s bankruptcy filing, assisted in negotiating a new headquarters lease that reduced occupancy expense by $1.0 million per month.

§    Performed annual audit of operating expenses for leased properties that resulted in a cost savings of over $100,000.

§    Managed facility database of 60 properties using Facility Wizard software.

§    Assisted in preparation of annual $1.8 million departmental budget.

§    Managed monthly forecast to ensure proper planning and accuracy for departmental expenditures.

§    Managed outside moving company to coordinate internal office moves of employees, furniture and equipment. 

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§    Assisted in the disposition of retail and commercial properties.  Negotiated terminations in lieu of rejections that minimized potential damage claims with several locations that paid termination fees to the Group in excess of $200,000.

Administrative Assistant to Director of Real Estate   (1989-1994)

§    Developed and implemented accounting system to monitor corporate projects’ expenses in excess of $300M.

§    Conducted billing audit to identify and resolve billing inaccuracies

§    Liaison between Real Estate and Project Accounting; scheduled meetings, represented Real Estate staff and coordinated projects.

§    Collected and analyzed payroll records for 40 union employees, attaining resolution in wage and position discrepancies. 

COMPUTER SKILLS & MEDIA

Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel Version 2010, JD Edwards Enterprise/Oracle, IManage Worksite Web, Lotus Notes, Word Perfect, Lotus 1,2,3, Facility Wizard (Lease Management), Leasemaker, IBM PCs and compatibles, Anzio Lite 16 Rasmussen Software

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Business Management, 1992, National-Louis University, Evanston, IL

Associate of Arts Secretarial Administration, 1985, MacCormac Junior College, Elmhurst, IL