Development Associate

Lifestyle Communities • Nashville, TN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

At Lifestyle Communities (LC), we take deliberate action every day to nurture a culture grounded in our purpose — to Build a Connection™. Whether you’re behind the bar, in the kitchen, or on the floor, your work helps create spaces where people come together, connect, and belong. We are guided by our core values — Performance, Quality, Communication, Teamwork, and Leadership — and fueled by our commitment to excellence. At LC, you’ll find your “why,” your place to belong, and the opportunity to make a lasting impact.

The Team You Will Join
At LC, we look at each development with a sense of purpose. As such, Lifestyle Communities’ (LC) Development team leads the nation in planning communities that bring people together and enrich neighborhoods. You’ll join a dynamic team dedicated to handling all aspects of development from start to finish to ensure that our vision is never lost in the final product.

Who You Are
As the Development Associate, you will support the development team in managing residential, multi-family, and mixed-use projects across the company’s portfolio. Your responsibilities will include assisting with project research, documentation, and coordination throughout various phases—from early planning to final delivery. You’ll help track timelines, budgets, and schedules, and contribute to maintaining quality standards. In this role, you’ll collaborate with internal teams and engage with external consultants, contractors, and local agencies to help ensure projects move forward smoothly and successfully.

The Difference You Will Make:
As the Development Associate, you will support the planning, coordination, and execution of residential/multi-family and mixed-use projects within the company’s portfolio. You will work alongside the development team under supervision of the AVP, Development Operations to support the development process, from project conceptualization to project completion, while adhering to budgets, timelines, schedules, and quality standards. You will work closely with internal teams, external consultants, contractors, and government agencies to deliver successful residential/multi-family development projects.

Requirements

• Basic understanding of real estate development concepts such as market research, site selection, and project coordination.
• Flexible and adaptable mindset—comfortable jumping into different tasks and learning as the company grows.
• Familiarity with key real estate terms and principles, with a willingness to deepen knowledge through hands-on experience.
• Ability to collect and organize project information clearly and accurately for team review.
• Interest in learning about market trends, financial modeling, permitting, and development processes.
• Positive attitude toward solving problems and contributing to project outcomes.
• Strong team player who enjoys working with different departments like construction, hospitality, and finance.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel, for tracking and reporting.
• Organized and proactive—able to manage tasks independently with guidance.
• Able to handle multiple tasks and stay focused in a fast-moving work environment.
• Bachelor’s degree real estate, urban planning, architecture, business administration, or a related field or a combination of education and/or experience.
• Minimum of one (1) year of professional, hands-on real estate experience preferably with a focus on multifamily, retail, and/or mixed-use with the demonstrated ability to oversee the entire lifecycle of project from concept through completion.

Nice To Haves

• Any coursework, certifications, or involvement in real estate or project management organizations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Alongside development leaders and managers, maintains project coordination management, including entitlement, schedules, budgets, and planning for each project assigned.
• Collaborates with internal team members throughout the development cycle to identify risks, roadblocks, as well as understand financial feasibility and other project hurdles in the development project approval process.
• Develops and publishes project performance dashboards and reports as requested.
• Recommends improvements to scheduling processes.
• Coordinates and manages certain aspects of vendor and consultant relations which include, but are not limited to, phone calls, written communication, purchase order submissions, invoice tracking, related files and payment distributions.
• Collaborates with LC’s internal teams to advance development projects, which would include construction, pre-construction, capital markets, finance & accounting, development, and operations.
• Hold and assist in project coordination meetings
• Communicates with internal and exterior / consultant team members on plan changes and schedule variances.
• Assists with planning and zoning with local municipalities in the assigned market.
• Engages in various other projects to lead and direct as needed.
• Invests deeply in the growth and success of self and others through LC's five leadership behaviors: Humility, Caring, Curiosity, Courage, and Grit.

Benefits

• The LC Difference: At Lifestyle Communities, we’re here to connect. It’s core to who we are. We believe in it so much that we built a company on it. Our determination, speed and drive turns impossible to possible. We design, build and activate shared spaces with human connection at the heart, because we all want to be part of something bigger than ourselves. And together, we are. We will never settle. We will bring people together. Inspire a sense of belonging. Build a connection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees