Summer Intern - Development

Posting Duration: This posting will be closed March 6, 2026, and will only be extended if we need to see more candidates to fill the position.

POSITION SUMMARY

Motivated and detail-oriented summer intern to spend 8-weeks (June 8 - July 31) supporting the Development Team contributing to day to day needs as well as key projects during a fast-paced summer program. Assist team with research, data analysis, documentation, and administrative tasks while gaining firsthand industry experience.

Essential Functions

• The intern will be assigned summer research projects (e.g., target market data analysis, amenity quantification and research, data summaries of historic deals, etc.)
• Assist with day-to-day project tasks to include:
  
  
  
  • Financial Modeling & Underwriting: Building and updating financial pro formas for prospective developments, analyzing lease terms, and assisting in the underwriting process, if capable.
  • Market Analysis & Research: Conducting detailed market research on trends, demographics, and competitive properties using tools like CoStar or LoopNet to inform development decisions and add to presentation material.
  • Development Feasibility Study: Assisting with analyzing new projects, including site selection, zoning analysis, and preliminary budgeting, as capable.
  • Project Documentation & Reporting: Developing and maintaining project timelines, budgets, and progress reports for ongoing developments.
  
  
  
  

Skills, Qualifications, Additional Responsibilities

• Prior internship or summer work experience required.
• Demonstrated effective communication, problem-solving, and time-management skills, consistently meeting deadlines and adapting quickly to new challenges.

Education & Technical Skills:

• Working towards a bachelor's degree as a rising junior or senior.
• Must have advanced skills in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

In addition to the above, Forum employees are expected to demonstrate these Forum Core Values:

• DRIVEN
• COLLABORATIVE
• CONVICTION
• HUMBLE

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Compensation Information:

The hourly pay rate is $20.00 per hour. This range is estimated for this role; actual pay may be different.

Benefits for full-time employees include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, employee assistance program, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, 401(k) with company match program, 12 paid company holidays, self-managed PTO, anniversary milestone program/awards, gift matching program.