Director, Planning & Design

Key Words: shopping center, architect, planning, design, retail



Director, Planning & Design- GGP has an immediate opening for a Director, Planning & Design, which will be based out of our Ala Moana Center in Honolulu. HI. Supports 30-40 Regional shopping centers. Accountable for site planning with focus on parking, retail adjacencies, operations and architectural design. The purpose is to support the Business unit with planning/design solutions to increase the shopping centers competitive edge in the market place while maintaining a cost effective budget and low operations cost. Projects will range in size from 20,000sf to over 1,5millionsf with a cost of $500,000 to in excess of $100M.



Job Duties for the Director, Planning & Design include the following:



Site layout for compatibility with purpose of property. Examples include: adequate parking, access to site, review restrictions, anchor stores and GLA

Supports each specific developer as the project moves forward in the city processes as well as through the approvals by anchor stores

Liaison between developer and consultant(s)

Recommends, interviews and select (with developer) project consultants

Establishes design concept and program building plan. Integrates leasing progress with design and construction documents

Monitors consultants through construction

Plans and provides visuals for presentations to the leasing group, operations, management, the communities, and anchor stores
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelors degree in Architecture or related Design field. Architectural State Registration preferred.

Experiences should reflect 10 plus years in practice of Architecture & Planning. 3 plus years of construction experience (these may overlap), and 3 plus years of experience in retail planning

Understanding of building materials, budgets, use of space, and time for projects. Autocad 2000 or equal, lotus notes, excellent presentation skills.

5 plus years supervisory experience