Commercial Real Estate Paralegal

Ready to build your career at one of the nation’s leading real estate development companies? InSite Real Estate is seeking an experienced Commercial Real Estate Paralegal to join our legal team InSite is a quality-driven, growth-centered real estate development company committed to helping our employees excel through challenging but rewarding projects, competitive benefits, and charting their own career paths. Who We Are InSite Real Estate is a nationally recognized commercial real estate development company based in Oak Brook, Illinois. Since our founding in 1988, InSite Real Estate has completed over 650 industrial, office, and retail projects in over 45 states across the nation. Throughout our decades of experience developing, owning, and operating tenant-driven investment property, we have worked on projects ranging from 2,000 SF to 2.6 million SF in size, and $1 million to $250 million in value. Our commitment to quality, integrity, and the growth of each of our employees makes InSite Real Estate an ideal place to accelerate your career. At InSite, we believe that individual growth and satisfaction lead to company growth, and we are committed to our employees’ success and professional development. InSite’s fast-paced, collaborative, and fun company culture makes it a great place to work, and as one of the nation’s leading real estate development companies, InSite is a financially strong, stable, and reliable employer. Primary Responsibilities Title and survey review and analysis. Collaboration with team members on development plans. Preparations of transactional documents. Conducting closings. Qualifications Extensive experience in commercial transactional real estate: acquisitions, sales, financings, like-kind exchanges for retail, office and industrial development projects required. Extensive experience with conducting detailed title and survey analysis for potential ground-up developments required. Experience with shopping centers/regional malls is a plus. Ability to perform basic legal drafting of purchase agreements, sale agreements, closing documents, etc. from provided templates required. Understanding of process to create and maintain corporations, trusts and limited liability companies (Illinois and Delaware), including preparation of Articles of Incorporation, Articles of Formation, operating agreements, bylaws, resolutions, etc. from provided templates a plus. Ability to independently conduct closings of acquisitions, sales and financing transactions required. Basic understanding of leasing; ability to abstract a commercial lease. Title company, large law firm or shopping center experience a plus. This is an onsite position, requiring you to be in the office Monday through Friday Proficiencies Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, especially Word. Ability to learn proprietary software. Must be capable of working independently without significant direction from superiors. Excellent organizational skills. Benefits Generous paid vacation and sick time. Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance (short and long term). 401(k) plan with 5% match and immediate vesting. Voluntary benefit offerings: critical illness, accident insurance, hospital stay and pet insurance. Flexible spending accounts including dependent care. Opportunities to increase earnings through our annual incentive bonus. Fitness center on-site & discount membership to Lifetime Oakbrook. Company-paid cell phone. Personal financial planning services. Weekly ice cream during the summer. Fun company activities. Exciting and collaborative culture. Limitless opportunities for professional growth.