Director of Real Estate
Buffalo,
NY,
United States
Salaries may be subject to change pursuant to NYS Civil Service Law and the consent of the Buffalo Common Council.
Qualifications:
The head of the division of real estate shall be the director of real estate. He or she shall be either a duly licensed attorney at law, or a duly licensed real estate broker, with at least four years experience in negotiating contracts for the sale, lease and management of real property. He or she shall also possess at least three years administrative experience in the planning, organization and directing a program involving real property sales, management or related fields. He or she shall be appointed by and removed at the pleasure of the coordinator of strategic planning.
Duties and Powers:
The director of real estate shall:
(a) Supervise, manage and be responsible for the affairs and activities of the division;
(b) Supervise and manage all city-owned real property, including the use of property acquired for a public use which has not been appropriated thereto, or the use of which for such purpose has been abandoned, not heretofore or hereafter placed under the jurisdiction of any other department, body or board by law, ordinance or resolution;
(c) Maintain in his or her office all records relating to the ownership, lease and sale thereof and of all other real property of the city and of all other documents, policies and instruments given as security for the payment of indebtedness upon the sale or lease thereof, or to indemnify the city therefor by reason of fire, liability or damage thereto;
(d) Subject to the approval of the council, negotiate and enter into a contract for the sale or lease of real property of the city not appropriated to a public use;
(e) At the request of the head of any department, take options for the purchase or lease of real property on behalf of the city deemed advisable for the use of any such department, and pay therefor a consideration not exceeding one hundred dollars, and transmit such options with recommendations to the council;
(f) Generate revenue from the management, sale and lease of properties acquired by the City of Buffalo through tax foreclosure;
(g) Conduct negotiations for the sale, lease or management of real property in accordance with all applicable federal, state or local laws;
(h) Maintain all records related to the acquisition, management and disposition of properties acquired through tax foreclosure and prepare reports and communications for the mayor, the coordinator of strategic planning and the common council;
(i) Publish and update catalogs of property, for distribution, to inform the public, government agencies, neighborhood groups, real estate agencies, etc. about the availability of properties for sale or lease.
(j) Prepare an annual budget and a marketing and management plan for the sale, lease and management of real estate properties; and
(k) Exercise such other duties and responsibilities as may be conferred or imposed upon him/her from time to time by the mayor or the coordinator of strategic planning.
SALARY:
$ 99,525