Leasing Director

Job Title: Leasing Director

Location: Niles, OH – ONSITE

We are seeking a driven candidate who can work strategically and collaboratively with our Leasing team and tenants across our national portfolio. The ideal candidate will be proactive, willing to go the extra mile, and have a strong passion for sales and deal-making.

In This Role, You Will:

• Lease available space within the Cafaro portfolio, managing leasing efforts for assigned properties.
• Independently manage the leasing process from prospecting to lease execution.
• Proactively canvass markets to attract new national, regional, and local retailers and restaurants.
• Prepares analysis for new developments, redevelopment and tenant specific opportunities. Guides and oversee preparation of project proposals, proformas, budgets, feasibility analyses, including determination of time and funding requirements
• Build and cultivate relationships to source new business, both nationally and within the trade areas of Cafaro’s shopping centers.
• Collaborate with internal departments to ensure successful outcomes.
• Implement creative, non-traditional strategies that add value to existing assets.

Why You’ll Love Working with Us:

When you join Cafaro you become part of the Cafaro Team and Family.  You will work alongside team members to achieve ambitious and exciting goals every day.  

As an employee with Cafaro, you will also benefit from the following:

• Competitive health care plan with low deductibles.
• Dental & Vision insurance.
• Annual paid time off benefits

• A Safe Harbor 401(k) retirement plan
• Comprehensive wellness plan that includes reimbursement for gym memberships.

Your Qualifications:   

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree, or relevant experience in shopping center leasing (preferred but not required).
• Ideally, 3 years of experience in shopping center leasing, including lease negotiations and a strong network of industry relationships.
• Ability to thrive under pressure while managing multiple priorities.
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Excellent priority setting, decisiveness, organizational, and time-management abilities.
• Willingness to work in a team-oriented environment at our headquarters in the Eastwood Mall Complex in Niles, Ohio.

Why Cafaro:

For 75 years, we have been dedicated to bringing high-quality retail developments to communities across America. We understand that the needs and preferences of each market evolve, and we respond by creating vibrant centers that serve as destinations for shopping, dining, and entertainment.

This vision was born from the entrepreneurial spirit of our founders, brothers William M. Cafaro and John Cafaro. Their journey began by developing properties for grocery stores, and in 1949, they established the foundation for what would become a leading force in retail development across the nation.

Today, the Cafaro portfolio boasts over 50 properties, encompassing more than 30 million square feet of developed space across 10 states. The third generation of the Cafaro family now leads the company, with Co-Presidents William A. Cafaro and Anthony Cafaro, Jr., guiding this dynamic organization with their unique talents and vision. While embracing innovation, they remain deeply committed to the values of stability and integrity instilled by their father and grandfather.

Cafaro’s Mission:

The Cafaro family of companies shall continue our commitment of fiscally managed preservation and growth of our commercial real estate and investment portfolios. Based upon a strategic approach of continuous reinvestment and improvement of our real estate assets and disciplined non real estate asset management and investment, the organization shall maintain its autonomy as a privately controlled family owned business. This commitment recognizes that our people, as an extension of the Cafaro family, constitute our most important resource.

Accordingly, by promoting an environment that values fairness, respect, and recognition, the organization shall endeavor to stimulate amongst its people accountability, personal growth, and self-esteem. The hallmark of the organization shall continue to be characterized by an unparalleled sense of loyalty, pride, dedication, and strong work ethic.

In the tradition of our founders, we shall maintain our present business relationships with honesty, openness, integrity, and credibility. These values shall be the foundation of future relationships as we plan for a future of continued prosperity. It is the policy of the Company to provide Equal Employment Opportunity to all employees and job applicants.

It is the policy of the Company to provide Equal Employment Opportunity to all employees and job applicants. The employment practices of the Company are conducted without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, disability, sex (except where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification as specified under the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972), religion or age.