Research Specialist at Dentons, a global law firm, focusing on AI - enhanced legal research and team collaboration across Canadian offices.
About the role
- Data Center Research Analyst providing market data and insights for C&W’s V&A National Data Center valuation practice group. Responsible for research, reports, and quality control within the data center niche asset class.
Responsibilities
- Provides accurate and reliable statistical real estate market data to C&W’s V&A National Data Center valuation practice group.
- Provides an advanced level of research support to ensure data integrity.
- Provides internal and external clientele with statistical information on the international, national and local data center trends and markets.
- Collaboratively enhance the team’s brand recognition and client reach to assist in creating more opportunities for revenue growth.
- With direction from V&A’s Executive Managing Director/National Data Center Lead this person is responsible for all information and materials for the data center niche asset class on an asset level, local, national and international level.
- Research and write national and regional market reports, as well as maintain the data center comparable data base in support of data center advisory and valuation assignments.
- Interact with and directly work with Appraisers in the preparation of advisory and valuation services.
- Assist in the development of a proprietary comparable data base for data center lease, sale, rate of return, construction costs and return on cost that will be interrogated into the advisory and valuation reports.
- Assist in the quality control of data, products and services provided by the V&A National Data Center team.
- Train and orient core business units and administrative assistants on Research products, databases and services.
- Identify new market trends and create thought pieces in tandem with senior members of the data center team.
- Leverage the company’s extensive reach and knowledge by routinely engaging with C&W’s national and international research teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 3-5 years of research-related experience required within the real estate and/or data center industry
- Experience synthesizing data and identifying trends within the data to provide clients
- Writing and analytical experience required
- Strong storytelling and communication skills – can simplify complexity and articulate “why it matters.”
- Computer proficiency in MS Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent organizational skills including the ability to multi-task
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively on assigned projects
- Outstanding communication skills and the ability to interact with both internal and external clients
- Ability to efficiently perform tasks and demonstrate a high level of proficiency in all related software
- Excellent understanding of statistical calculations involved in correctly reporting vacancy rates, absorption, construction, rental rates, leasing, sales activity, renovation and proposed activity.
Benefits
- health, vision, and dental insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- health savings accounts
- retirement savings plans
- life and disability insurance programs
- paid and unpaid time away from work
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