Commercial Real Estate Analyst

Forward Air

Dallas, TX
2 days ago

Highlights

The ideal candidate brings previous experience supporting corporate real estate, expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of commercial real estate platforms such as CoStar. Technical: Proficient with common office technologies, including Windows PCs, Microsoft O365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and web conferencing (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.).

Numbers & Facts

Location	Dallas, TX
Industry	Transport and Storage - Materials
Company Size	2,500 to 4,999 employees
Year Founded	1981
Website	https://www.forwardair.com/content/careers-0

Description

The Commercial Real Estate Analyst supports the administration, reporting, and coordination of the company's corporate real estate portfolio, including office, industrial, and logistics locations. They maintain real estate data, support lease administration activities, coordinate portfolio projects, and provide market research and reporting to support decision-making. They work closely with internal stakeholders, brokers, vendors, and service providers to ensure efficient portfolio operations. The ideal candidate brings previous experience supporting corporate real estate, expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of commercial real estate platforms such as CoStar.

Responsibilities

Support the administration of the company's office, industrial, and logistics real estate portfolio.
Assist with lease administration, including renewals, amendments, critical date tracking, and lease documentation.
Maintain accurate property, lease, occupancy, and transaction data within CoStar and internal systems.
Develop and maintain portfolio reports, dashboards, and analysis to support business decisions.
Conduct market research related to rental rates, vacancy trends, and comparable properties.
Generate reports and insights from CoStar and other real estate platforms.
Coordinate maintenance projects, repairs, capital improvements, and vendor activities.
Support office relocations, expansions, consolidations, renovations, and space planning initiatives.
Coordinate brokers, contractors, architects, facilities teams, and other service providers.
Track certificates of insurance, vendor compliance requirements, and key contractual obligations.
Assist with vendor procurement, contract administration, and project documentation.
Ensure compliance with company policies, lease obligations, and applicable regulations.
All other duties as assigned to meet evolving business needs.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related field from an accredited college or university required.
Experience: Two (2)+ years of experience supporting corporate real estate, lease administration, property administration, facilities, or related functions.
Experience supporting commercial real estate portfolios, preferably within office, industrial, or logistics environments.
Working knowledge of commercial leases and lease administration practices.
Expert proficiency with Microsoft Excel (lookups, macros, visualizations, etc.) and Microsoft PowerPoint (comfortable building executive/board-level content).
Working proficiency with CoStar or similar commercial real estate platforms.
Strong analytical, organizational, and project coordination skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across internal and external stakeholder groups.
Demonstrated discretion and confidentiality in handling and protecting sensitive information.
Technical: Proficient with common office technologies, including Windows PCs, Microsoft O365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and web conferencing (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.)
Environment: Comfort commuting to/from and working in a 100% on-site setting (listed in this posting), with travel for related meetings/events.

Forward Air is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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About Company

Since 1990, Forward Air has been a leading provider of ground transportation and related logistics services to the North American air freight and expedited LTL market. We offer surface shipping on an accelerated “time-definite” basis, delivering cargo at a specific time, but under less time-sensitive situations – supplying you with a cost effective, reliable alternative to air transportation. We work with companies of all sizes to develop tangible advantages and build the best products to meet your specific needs. Forward Air presents to the wholesale transportation community (logistics companies, freight forwarders, integrated air cargo carriers, passenger/ cargo airlines, and non-traditional shippers), a single-source provider that can deliver more supply chain services and a superior menu of choices. Throughout the years we have added supplementary lines to our linehaul service, such as full truckload operations (Truckload Services), final-mile coverage (Complete® Cartage), and an Airline Logistics program, and we will continue to expand our services to meet the changing needs and growth of our customer base.

Forward Air is structured to optimize both savings and service to our customers. Direct partnerships with owner-operators and other surface transportation providers, enable us to remain cost-competitive. The Forward Air network is designed with over 90 facilities located at or near major U.S. and Canadian airports, 12 regional sort centers and over 300 beyond points (secondary airports provided through our Complete Cartage service), creating one of the most comprehensive linehaul networks in the industry.

The foundation product for Forward Air is our expedited linehaul service, offering consistent and reliable transit and on-time, damage-free deliveries. By locating terminals on or near airports and maintaining a scheduled transportation network, we are able to arrange for convenient and consistent service with broad geographic coverage. Shipments of varying sizes (TL/LTL) are received at our terminals and transported by contracted service providers either (1) on a direct truck to the destination terminal, (2) through our Columbus, Ohio central sorting hub, or (3) through one of our 12 regional hubs, where they are unloaded, sorted, and reloaded in rapid fashion. After reloading the shipments, our contracted service providers deliver them to the destination city for early morning recovery. Through our Forward Air Complete® cartage service, customers also can have shipments picked up from the shipper, delivered to the final consignee, or transferred at the airport, simplifying the freight management processes. These options allow us to maximize handling efficiency of each shipment while minimizing freight loss and damage, improving transit times over traditional ground transportation.