Real Estate Investment & Development Executive Search
Investment and development leadership joins capital decisions with project execution. Investment firms, developers and owner-operators may need a leader focused on acquisitions, development delivery or the connection between the two. Cory Executive Recruiting supports these searches by defining the investment strategy, asset types, project stages and decision-making responsibilities in the hiring brief.
Real Estate Investment & Development roles, end to end.
- →Director of Acquisitions
- →VP of Investments
- →Director / VP of Development
- →Head of Asset Management
- →Chief Development 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 Real Estate Investment & Development.
Investment mandate
Specify the sourcing markets, underwriting responsibilities and investment-committee expectations instead of relying on broad transaction experience.
Project lifecycle
Distinguish experience in entitlement, predevelopment, construction oversight and delivery so the role fits the actual development pipeline.
Capital and execution
Assess collaboration across finance, capital markets, construction and asset management, including how the leader handles changing project assumptions.
Relevant CORY services.
CORY’s investment and construction-development search practices support a focused brief for the position. A confidential, senior-led process connects the mandate with relevant operating and transaction experience.
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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.