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Community Lease Up-Manager

The Hamilton at Grand Plaza  835 West Hamilton St Allentown, PA 18101

Community Lease Up-Manager

Join DLP as the Community and Lease-Up Manager for Dream Grand Plaza, our brand new development community. In this role, you'll lead all operations, lease-up efforts, and initiatives, working closely with the Real Estate Management team. Your focus will be stabilizing the asset, achieving pro forma expectations, and ensuring long-term success. You'll serve as the primary point of contact for all communication with development, operations, ownership, investors, lenders, and stakeholders while driving year-over-year financial targets. If you're ready to make an impact and lead a community to success, apply now.

Dream Here: Careers at Dream Live Prosper Communities

At Dream Live Prosper Communities, we believe in building not just great communities but also great careers. We are looking for dedicated, driven professionals to join our team and help us create thriving communities that enrich lives.

Our team members go above and beyond to provide exceptional service, ensuring that our residents love where they live. As a subsidiary of DLP Capital, we uphold a culture of excellence, growth, and purpose. DLP Capital has been recognized on multiple Best Places to Work lists and has been featured on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies for 10 consecutive years.

If you're looking for a career with a mission-driven company that values growth, leadership, and impact, Dream Live Prosper Communities is the place for you! 

About this Opportunity:

  • Location: The Hamilton at Grand Plaza  835 West Hamilton St Allentown, PA 18101
  • Compensation: Compensation: We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all pay. Your experience, skills, and spark matter—so our compensation is competitive, customized, and designed to reflect the value you bring. Let’s just say: you bring the greatness, we’ll bring the paycheck.
  • Position Type: Full-time

What we are looking for in  a Community and Lease-up Manager

  • 2-4 years of experience with lease-up operations and stabilization operations
  • Ability to create an absorption schedule for occupancy expectations
  • Appfolio experience is a plus
  • Solid financial acumen & excellent negotiation skills are a must
  • Excellent interpersonal skills & ability to work independently, but also be a team player

What you will do as a Community and Lease-up Manager:

  • Work closely with the DLP marketing team to develop materials and signage for community branding.
  • Maximize revenue potential by attracting prospective renters through innovative strategies.
  • Identify new opportunities for DLP Capital, focusing on innovation and growth.
  • Serve as an intermediary between the Development and Management teams, coordinating meetings and ensuring smooth communication.
  • Accept, walk, punch, and warranty all units and building/asset needs, assuming operational and management responsibility from the Construction/Development team.
  • Provide weekly updates on leasing stats, traffic, and targeted expectations to ownership/stakeholders and bank/investors.
  • Oversee outreach, corporate client plans, PEP, and messaging to the public.
  • Together with the Director of Operations, create a Business Plan for Year 1 Acceleration & Success Strategy, conduct market surveys and research, develop pro forma revenues for budgeting, establish rent schedules, assemble and manage onsite operations teams, plan marketing efforts, and develop absorption plans.
  • Conduct pre-construction reviews and oversee the lease-up to stabilization phases of new developments.
  • Ensure lease-up targets are fully achieved and lead the Year 1 success of Dream Grand Plaza, including ancillary revenues.
  • Act as the owner's representative on Dream Grand Plaza, ensuring its success through stabilization.
  • Lead the staffing and lease-up plan for Dream Grand Plaza.

What you're motivated by:

  • A fast pace. We’ve grown exponentially, and new team members are joining our DLP family.
  • ​A leadership team that trusts each other communicates effectively, and is committed to helping team members grow, both personally and professionally.
  • Visionary, smart, and innovative CEO. Ours is the kind of leader you read about, hope to work with, and learn from.
  • We have a culture focused on developing and investing in team members—coaching, training, and supporting each other. At DLP, our mantra is “Leaders made here.” We are focused on developing and growing leaders.

What Motivates Us:

Making an Impact: At DLP, making a difference is at the heart of everything we do, whether it’s for our residents, investors, or business partners.

Embracing Challenges: We view roadblocks as opportunities and proactively seek solutions.

Growth: We’ve been recognized on the Inc. 5000 list as one of America's fastest-growing private companies for eleven consecutive years.

Who We Are:

What We Do: We finance the building of Thriving Communities.

Our Mission: To lead in funding and building Thriving Communities centered in safe, attainable housing, transforming the nation.

Our Purpose: To passionately make an extraordinary impact by transforming lives and building Thriving Communities.

Our Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal (BHAG): To positively impact 10 million lives by funding 5,000 Thriving Communities and becoming one of America’s 100 largest private companies.

Our Culture: We work hard towards ambitious goals, driven by a purpose bigger than ourselves. We seek to make a difference in the affordable housing crisis and in the lives of our employees, investors, and partners. We follow our Elite Execution System to develop personally and professionally, striving to Live Fully in all areas of life.

Core Values:

Driven for Greatness: Pursuing knowledge and growth both personally and professionally.

Living Fully: Achieving optimal health in all life aspects: faith, family, friends, freedom, fun, fulfillment, fitness, and finance.

Grit: Demonstrating endurance and commitment to achieve long-term goals.

Community: Elevating the greater good and cultivating thriving relationships.

Authenticity: Being true to ourselves and others, fostering growth through open dialogue.

Prepared to Win: Applying discipline and consistent effort to achieve our goals.

Kingdom Impact: Sharing God’s love through our work and service.

Twenty-Mile March: Focusing on clear goals and consistently evaluating our performance.

Stewardship: Committing to those who trust us with their capital, communities, and careers.

Servant Leadership: Leading with high standards and humility, empowering growth and accountability.

Benefits and Perks:

PTO, health/dental/vision/life insurance, 401(k) matching, parental leave, adoption services reimbursement/learning/educational incentives, Volunteer Time Off, well-being programs, company events, self improvement/productivity tools, & the incredible feeling of making a difference.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

DLP is a committed Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require assistance in searching for a position or submitting an application, please contact HR at hr@dlpcapital.com. Offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment background verification (including E-Verify). California applicants can view our California Data Privacy Policy here.



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