Senior Commercial Property Manager – Hamden

Position Type:

Full-time

Desired Experience:

20 - 0

Salary Range:

85000 - 0 Yearly

Laraine Kulpowich, CAM CMA 520 Hartford TurnpikeHamden, Connecticut 06517LaraineK@comcast.net203-988-3360 Professional Experience Meredith & Grew Oncor-Boston, Ma.Commercial Property ManagerScience Park at Yale New Haven, Connecticut Responsible for the overall management of multiple Class B commercial office buildings in downtown New Haven.   

• Responsible for project management, budget preparation/financial reporting and analysis, building operations, leasing and tenant retention.
• To use interpersonal and organizational skills, supervisory experience,  and the ability to communicate effectively with the clients and tenants
• Established and maintained positive relationships with tenants, contractors and employees through regular proactive communication and routine follow up.
• Developed job specifications, collected bids and selected outside contractors for capital improvements, cleaning, landscaping, and snow removal.
• Managed tenant build outs & building improvements from design through completion with budgets ranging from $2,000 to $450,000.
• Abstracted leases ensuring the accuracy of  tenant services, rental rates, escalations and other billable items. Monitored and collected all monies due from tenants under the terms of their lease.
• Set up and maintained a preventive maintenance program for the physical plant and equipment, reducing down time and increasing useful life.
• Prepared budgets, variance reports and monthly operating reports in a timely manner for the owners and investors.
• Analyzed P&L statements and general ledger comparing actual performance against budgeted & industry standards, and developed action plans to correct variances.
• Managed the due diligence process in the sale of company assets including phase I & II environmental site assessments.

• Managed a diverse portfolio of affordable, subsidized, luxury/tax credit apartments and commercial property located throughout the Connecticut and Central Massachusetts area
• Supervised Property Managers and staff for each distinct property
• Reviewed preparation of both monthly and annual financials for HUD, CHFA, USDA and private ownership
• Performed property inspections for REAC, USDA, Spectrum, CHFA and other lending authorities 
• Coordinated and prepared capital expenditure programs for review with asset management
• Coordinated  meetings to  Corcoran Jennison &New London Development Commission regarding

• Trained by Spectrum for Tax Credit Administration (LIHTC/C3P) and NECHMA for COS administration

• Budget preparation in excess of $11M
• Furnished detailed description of monthly variance reports, analysis of operating costs and capital expenditure plans
• Prepared tenant operating costs as abstracted from leases
• Reviewed financial statements with owners and management
• Supervised maintenance staff and vendors, conducted weekly tenant relationship meetings.
• Supervised accounting staff comprising of accounts payable, account receivable and asset manager

• Financial preparation for portfolio which included over 1,060,000 square feet of Class A office space, industrial, warehouse and State of Connecticut owned portfolio
• Prepared for the State of Connecticut, DPW, Seaside Regional Center, and Waterford, CT, a multi-building property on a waterfront site required extremely detailed review of lease terms of its clients due to the nature of the services provided and being initially the first privatized property of the state portfolio
• Prepared monthly detailed financials for each property, including narratives of budget variances and planned capitalization programs
• Reports also discussed significant events at each property, planned work schedules and meeting summaries with tenants
• Supervised and scheduled maintenance staff and vendors, competitive bidding of preventative maintenance contracts and issuing contracts, budgeting report for new fiscal year and preparation of Facilities Guides for each property
• Supervised accounting staff consisting of A/P, A/R, Asset Mgr. and Controller

• General Manager for (600 Units) Three Luxury High–Rise apartment complexes and a strip shopping center with residential and professional occupancy
• Management duties involved planning through budgeting and market analysis, advertising and space merchandising, screening tenants, negotiating leases, rent collections, maintaining the interior and exterior of premises, supervising maintenance staff, doorman/porters/security and office totaling thirty-five employees
• Implemented a computer software system (MRI) to provide detailed monthly periodic reports to the property owners
• Advised ownership on a twenty-year capitalization program and the cost effectiveness of replaced of major equipment vs. repair

• Complete property management, financial input, budget analysis and review of contract expenditures for a territory of the New England States.

University of Bridgeport – Bridgeport, CT

BOMA, NAWIC, IFMA, IREM