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Development Development Intern

Job Summary

The three-month Development Intern program will immerse the Intern in a rigorous curriculum to improve underwriting, market research and presentation skills. Applicants should have a strong interest in Real Estate Development. Interns will have dedicated time with the ELT for performance feedback. The fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment will present many opportunities to test critical thinking and ability to pivot.

Essential Functions

Market Research

  • Improve development team’s current market research process
  • Create a heat map to track active developments and available land
  • Tour cities/sites for real-time market data
  • Perform rental & sales comp studies

Financial Modeling in Excel

  • Produce a Gantt chart with the key tasks of the development process

Final Presentation

  • Present your final market research and feasibility underwritingFinancial Modeling in Excel

Education and Experience

  • Interested in a Real Estate career
  • Rising Junior or higher
  • Concentration in Real Estate preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Ability to collaborate effectively and reach common goals with colleagues at all levels of the organization
  • Critical thinking and complex problem solving
  • Self-directed, takes initiative to establish and/or modify processes when needed
  • Computer literate including the use of Outlook 365, the Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, the internet, and other software programs as required
  • 1 year of Excel experience, strong analytical and financial modeling skills
  • Detail‐oriented with a commitment to a high‐quality work product
  • Strong organizational skills – ability to perform tasks and achieve results independently and as part of a team, consistently meet deadlines, and prioritize multiple assignments effectively in a dynamic work environment
  • Ability to think independently and present viewpoints in a thoughtful and professional manner
  • Ability to pivot and work in the unknown

Blue Onyx is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity with respect to all employees, interns, and applicants for employment. Consistent with this commitment, our policy is to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws concerning employment discrimination. Accordingly, the Company prohibits discrimination against qualified employees, interns and applicants in all aspects of employment including, but not limited to: recruitment, interviewing, hiring (or failure or refusal to hire), evaluation, compensation, promotion, job assignment, transfer, demotion, training, leaves of absence, layoff, benefits, use of facilities, working conditions, termination and employer-sponsored activities and programs, including wellness, social and recreational programs. Employment decisions will be made without regard to an applicant’s, employee’s, or intern’s actual or perceived: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by law.

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