A professional who coordinates activities of land development company and negotiates with representatives of real estate, private enterprise and industrial organizations, and community leaders to acquire and develop land. Responsibilities include:

• Supervises staff engaged in such activities as preparing appraisal reports on available land, preparing feasibility studies, showing availability and quality of water resources, mineral deposits, electric power, and labor supply.
• Prepares or directs preparation of statistical abstracts to reveal trends in tax rates in given communities, and proportion of total work force having specified skills.
• Plans, oversees, and directs activities of field staff engaged in sampling mineral deposits, surveying land boundaries, and testing water supply to determine optimum usage of land.
• Negotiates with community, business, and public utility representatives to eliminate obstacles to land purchase, development, sale, or lease.
• Negotiates mortgage loans.
• Directs collection and auditing of funds from sale or lease of property.
• May perform duties of real-estate agent .
• May cooperate with representatives of public utilities, universities, and other groups to coordinate research activities.
• May work for railroad and specialize in industrial development and be designated Manager, Industrial Development.
• May work for government and be designated Property Manager.