Research Associate

Delta Associates is a real estate research and consulting firm which is part of the Transwestern family of companies. The Transwestern companies together comprise a privately held, diversified real estate services, investment management and development organization.

A unique approach underlies our success. We do business differently by empowering our team members with the resources and independence to deliver extraordinary results to our clients. It’s simple. We start with hiring hard-working, smart, genuinely good people, and organize them in collaborative cross-functional teams. We give them the support to outperform and the freedom to take ownership as they work to exceed our clients’ expectations. We do business differently, and that makes us Transwestern.

• Research target investments, including gathering and evaluating economic, demographic and market data.
• Research commercial real estate market transactions (sales and rentals) to understand market participants’ motivations and investment criteria.
• Collect, organize, review, and summarize property due diligence reports, leases, legal documents, financial and operating information, property condition reports, and other due diligence materials
• Adhere to research processes to assure data quality is in accordance with corporate standards.
• Respond to ad hoc internal and external client requests for data, graphs, commentary, etc.
• Interpret relevant information by searching, validating and recording accurate data into appropriate database(s).
• Perform fieldwork, interviews, experiments, concept-test, etc. to gather data, as required.
• Utilize various professional sources to find and extract pertinent information
• Organize and maintain research databases.
• Frequently self-audit work and check data for errors and inconsistencies.
• Compile and organize findings in graphs, charts, mock-ups, and diagrams.

• A bachelor’s degree with emphasis in real estate, economics, finance or accounting related field preferred but not required.
• A minimum of 0-2 years of commercial real estate research experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Demonstrate an interest in the commercial real estate industry.
• Be curious by nature and demonstrate the ability through investigative research.
• Be persistent in the pursuit of information.
• Have experience providing a high level of customer service.
• Manage multiple responsibilities, changing priorities, and excel in a fast-paced environment.
• Be goal-oriented, competitive and motivated by success.
• Demonstrate strong analytical capabilities with a high attention to detail.
• Ability to keep information and internal communications confidential.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% or more of the time/constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery (ex. a calculator, copy machine, computer printer) or, by request, be provided reasonable accommodations to perform the essential functions of the position.
• Perform or assume additional department duties as assigned.

Washington, District of Columbia