Commercial Leasing and Portfolio Associate
615 Ventures
$70,000 - $80,000 / year
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Description
The opportunity
615 Ventures is seeking a Commercial Leasing and Portfolio Associate to join our Nashville-based real estate team. This is a deal-focused role centered on leasing execution across a growing commercial real estate portfolio. The immediate priority is driving occupancy through renewals, vacancy backfill, broker relationships, tenant outreach, and lease negotiations.
In addition to leasing, this person will lead select portfolio projects involving underutilized assets, vacant buildings, land opportunities, and other transactional real estate initiatives.
This is an opportunity to join the owner's side of commercial real estate, working directly with senior leadership on leasing strategy, portfolio performance, and real estate decision-making. In a lean, entrepreneurial environment, your recommendations, relationships, and execution will have a visible impact across the portfolio.
This role offers exposure to a broad range of commercial real estate activities while helping grow and improve a portfolio that spans retail, office, industrial, and residential assets across multiple markets.
Employment Type: Full-Time, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Central Time
Location: United States, Nashville, TN
What you'll do
- Lead renewal efforts: tenant outreach, key date tracking, business term negotiation, and lease execution.
- Drive vacancy backfill — engage brokers, source prospects, coordinate tours, prepare deal summaries, and maintain disciplined follow-up.
- Maintain an active leasing pipeline covering current vacancies, upcoming expirations, and anticipated turnover.
- Negotiate LOIs, renewals, amendments, and extensions, working directly with brokers, tenants, and outside counsel.
- Build and cultivate proactive relationships with key tenants — understanding their business, their growth plans, and how we can be a useful partner.
- Handle special situation lease work — restructurings, blend-and-extends, recapture-and-release scenarios, and other non-standard transactions.
- Maintain leasing materials: availability schedules, rent comps, target tenant lists, deal pipelines, and leasing updates.
- Lead execution on assigned real estate projects — dark space backfill, building or land dispositions, highest-and-best-use analysis on underutilized parcels, and repositioning of assets.
- Coordinate with brokers, attorneys, surveyors, engineers, architects, contractors, municipalities, and other third parties as projects require.
- Prepare project summaries, market research, and decision materials for ownership.
- Support acquisitions on the front end — sourcing leads through your broker network, screening opportunities, and developing leasing assumptions on properties under evaluation.
- Build a meaningful presence in the Nashville brokerage and ownership community — events, tours, and the relationships that compound deal flow over time.
Who you are
- 2-6 years of commercial real estate experience.
- Background in commercial leasing, brokerage (landlord or tenant rep), property management, development, or owner/operator work.
- A closer mentality. You like making things happen, you like the chase, and you measure yourself by deals signed.
- Strong working knowledge of commercial lease economics: LOIs, NNN structures, TI allowances, commissions, options, escalations, and renewal mechanics.
- Able to communicate directly and credibly with tenants, brokers, attorneys, vendors, and ownership — including under pressure and across counterparties.
- Organized; able to manage many deals, prospects, deadlines, and projects in parallel.
- Practical and entrepreneurial — comfortable in a small private real estate company where priorities shift and ownership is close to the work.
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Must be located in or willing to relocate to Nashville, TN
What we offer you
- Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance: Coverage starts the first of the month after 30 days.
- 401(k) with Match: 50% company match on up to 6% of your annual contributions.
- 20 Days PTO: Includes holidays, personal days, sick days, and vacation days.
- Catered Lunches: Enjoy in-office lunches four times a week.
Work authorization
Employer work visa sponsorship and support are not provided for this role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire in an employer approved US state and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company.
Salary Range
We seek to hire top-tier individuals and intend for our compensation to be at a rate that allows us to recruit and retain individuals who align with our core values, purpose, mission, and vision. Final total compensation is based on a multitude of factors including, but not limited to, skill level, relevant experience to the position, and cost of labor.
EOE statement
We believe that our differences make us stronger, and thus foster a diverse and inclusive culture where people feel safe being themselves. 615 Ventures is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law.
Pre-employment screening required.
615 Ventures does not engage with external staffing agencies. Any candidates introduced by such firms will not be eligible for compensation.
Benefits
- Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance: Coverage starts the first of the month after 30 days.
- 401(k) with Match: 50% company match on up to 6% of your annual contributions.
- 20 Days PTO: Includes holidays, personal days, sick days, and vacation days.
- Catered Lunches: Enjoy in-office lunches four times a week.
About this role
At 615 Ventures, you'd own the leasing execution side of a growing commercial real estate portfolio spanning retail, office, industrial, and residential assets across seven markets. The role centers on driving occupancy through tenant renewals, filling vacancies, negotiating leases, and managing broker relationships—working directly with ownership on strategy and portfolio performance. You'd also lead special projects on underutilized or vacant assets, coordinate with third-party professionals, and develop leasing assumptions for acquisition opportunities. This is deal-focused work in a lean, entrepreneurial environment where your execution and relationships have visible impact.
The ideal candidate brings two to six years of commercial real estate experience—whether from leasing, brokerage, property management, development, or owner-operator roles. You need strong working knowledge of lease economics, the ability to negotiate credibly under pressure, and the organizational discipline to manage multiple deals and projects in parallel. A closer mentality matters: you measure yourself by deals signed and like making things happen. You should be comfortable with shifting priorities and direct access to ownership in a smaller firm.
615 Ventures offers health, vision, and dental coverage (starting after 30 days), a 401(k) with 50% company match up to 6%, 20 days PTO, and catered lunches four times weekly. The role is full-time, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central, based in Nashville. Salary ranges from $70,000 to $80,000 annually, with total compensation including bonuses reaching $90,000 to $120,000. You must already be authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not provided.
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