Commercial Real Estate Executive Search
Commercial real estate leadership varies across office, industrial, retail and mixed-use portfolios. Owners, managers and investment firms need leaders whose experience fits the assets, tenant relationships and investment strategy at hand. Cory Executive Recruiting supports operating, asset-management, finance and investment leadership searches, defining the asset-specific requirements before candidate outreach.
Commercial Real Estate roles, end to end.
- →Director of Commercial Property Management
- →VP of Operations
- →Director / VP of Asset Management
- →Director of Acquisitions
- →Head of Capital Markets
- →Chief Financial Officer / Chief Investment Officer
Every search runs through our 4 Cs framework — Culture, Compensation, Challenges & Growth, and Commute — so the leader we place fits the role and stays in it. Our searches are senior-led and confidential, our slates are vetted rather than volume-sourced, and our placements are backed by a replacement guarantee.
Leadership challenges in Commercial Real Estate.
Asset-specific judgment
Differentiate property operations, leasing relationships and investment priorities across office, retail, industrial and mixed-use assets.
Ownership and tenant priorities
Clarify how the executive will balance tenant service, capital planning, budgets and ownership reporting within the portfolio’s management model.
Operating and investment alignment
Assess the ability to translate investment plans into operational decisions and collaborate across asset management, finance and property teams.
Relevant CORY services.
Senior-led executive search defines the role’s operating and financial accountabilities. Related searches in asset management, capital markets and accounting support owners and investment firms with distinct leadership needs.
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Nine verticals. One firm that understands all of them.
Real estate isn't one industry. A multifamily COO doesn't run a build-to-rent portfolio. A PropTech CFO doesn't operate like a CRE CFO. We staff search teams who know the difference.
Operating leadership across conventional, luxury, and workforce multifamily — Regional VPs, SVPs, and Heads of Operations who own the P&L.
Senior leaders for the fastest-scaling segment in real estate — single-family rental and build-to-rent platforms going national.
Mission-aligned executives navigating LIHTC, HUD, and public-private structures — for nonprofit and for-profit operators alike.
Operators and platform leaders for purpose-built student housing — owners, third-party managers, and developers nationwide.
Office, retail, industrial, and mixed-use — asset management, acquisitions, leasing, and portfolio leadership across commercial real estate.
Development executives, division presidents, and heads of construction — for vertical builders, mixed-use developers, and master-planned operators.
C-suite, VP, and director-level talent for venture-backed PropTech, growth-stage platforms, and enterprise real estate SaaS.
Debt, equity, and investor relations leaders for real estate operators, lenders, REITs, and advisory firms across the cycle.
Portfolio managers, heads of acquisitions, and investment committee leaders for institutional and private real estate platforms.