Full-Time

Assistant Property Manager

Posted on 9/12/2025

Digital Realty

Digital Realty

5,001-10,000 employees

Global data center REIT with interconnection

Compensation Overview

$77k - $88k/yr

Melrose Park, IL, USA

In Person

Category
Real Estate (2)
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Requirements
  • A bachelor’s degree in business, real estate, accounting or finance, preferred; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • A minimum of three to five years of related experience in commercial property management and financial reporting.
  • A proven track record of providing superior customer service.
  • Strong understanding of financial terms and principles and the ability to analyze financial statements. You'll also have experience with financial reporting, accruals, and budgeting,
  • Proficient computer skills, including MS Office Suite.
  • Familiarity and experience with Yardi or a similar property management software program.
  • The ability to express ideas clearly in written and verbal communications, including the capability to create complex financial and business related documents.
  • Experience working in a fast paced, high volume workplace.
  • Strong organizational skills, time management and detail orientation.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Self-starter mentality and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
  • Rudimentary knowledge/understanding of electrical and mechanical systems
Responsibilities
  • You will work to support your supervisor in all aspects of management for the assigned portfolio, with a specific focus on the financial piece.
  • Managing our customer ticketing system and conducting property walk-through inspections will also be a central component to this role.
  • Help organize tenants’ events and oversee other special event coordination as needed.
  • You will play a key role assisting and supporting the operations and financial responsibilities of the properties within the portfolio.
  • Support the planning, budgeting and control of operating and capital expenditures.
  • Assist in the preparation of annual budgets, forecasts, monthly reports, and variance reports, including accruals, journal entries, heavy financial reporting.
  • Assist with accounts receivable and accounts payable, including collection of rent, accruals, payment of expenses, common area maintenance estimates, true‑ups, reconciliations, compliance with lease terms, and preparation of all related documentation.
  • Respond to customer requests and needs; coordinate efforts with Property Management and Technical Operation teams to resolve issues.
  • Oversee selection and performance of vendor services, including preparation of requests for proposal and service agreements; monitor vendor performance against service level agreements.
  • Schedule and facilitate maintenance with vendors and customers.
  • Perform property inspections on a regular basis; make recommendations to maintain and enhance the assigned property portfolio.
  • Maintain a strong relationship with the Asset Manager and Technical Operations team for the assigned portfolio to ensure that all corporate objectives are being met.
  • Document and track all certificates of insurance from vendors and customers.
  • Maintain accurate and pertinent information for vendors and customers.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external customers and vendors.
Desired Qualifications
  • Strong Property / Construction accounting background are preferred.
  • Data center experience would be a plus.

Digital Realty Trust owns and operates a global portfolio of data centers that it leases to cloud providers, enterprises, and service firms. It makes money mainly from long-term leases of space, ranging from wholesale and hyperscale capacity to retail colocation, plus growing interconnection services that link customers to clouds and networks inside its facilities. The company differentiates itself with a large global footprint, a history of strategic acquisitions, and a strong focus on sustainability and renewable energy to fund its projects. Its goal is to provide a scalable, interconnected digital infrastructure platform that supports customers’ multi‑cloud needs and data workloads while expanding its own portfolio and services.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Austin, Texas

Founded

2004

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What believers are saying

  • S$7 billion Singapore investment captures AI inference demand post-moratorium relaxation.
  • NRT14 Japan facility achieves DGX-Ready certification for 150kW/rack AI workloads.
  • $1.8 billion backlog with 21% AI bookings ensures 2026 revenue visibility.

What critics are saying

  • Equinix secures Singapore capacity allocations, eroding Digital Realty's pricing power.
  • Northern Virginia power shortages shift hyperscalers to QTS and Vantage markets.
  • STT GDC local partnerships block Digital Realty's Singapore expansion approvals.

What makes Digital Realty unique

  • PlatformDIGITAL® enables carrier-neutral interconnection across 300+ global data centers.
  • Mixed retail colocation and hyperscale suites drive multi-year sticky revenue.
  • 15 million square feet certified under green building standards supports sustainability.

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Company News

City Journal
Apr 30th, 2026
Loudoun County, Virginia: The Heart of the Data-Center Boom

Garry Tan (YC CEO) shared: $425B spent building US data centers in 2025 = ~1.5% of GDP. Loudoun County, Virginia is the epicenter of the data center boom, home to major facilities from Equinix, Digital Realty, AWS, and others.

Bloomberg L.P.
Apr 14th, 2026
Digital Realty to invest $2.3B in Italian data centres over five years

Digital Realty Trust plans to invest €2 billion in Italy over the next five years as part of a Mediterranean-focused expansion in Europe. The Austin-based data centre operator will construct facilities in Rome and Milan, expecting to hire hundreds of local staff. The investment reflects growing demand for data centre infrastructure in Southern Europe as companies expand their digital operations across the region.

Data Centre Dynamics Ltd
Apr 9th, 2026
Digital Realty pledges S$7 billion investment in Singapore, including new data centers.

Digital Realty pledges S$7 billion investment in Singapore, including new data centers. Company looks to add to three existing facilities in a constrained market April 09, 2026 US colocation giant Digital Realty is planning a large-scale investment in Singapore. The company this week announced it is targeting nearly S$7 billion (US$5.48bn) of total investment in Singapore. Digital's SIN12 facility in Singapore - Digital Realty That figure includes more than S$4.3 billion (US$3.37bn) planned for new data center developments, building on existing investments. Further details of any new facilities were not shared. "Singapore is emerging as a critical hub for AI inference in Asia Pacific," said Serene Nah, managing director and head of Asia Pacific, Digital Realty. "As organizations deploy AI in real-world environments, they need secure, highly connected infrastructure close to where data is created and consumed. This S$7 billion investment target demonstrates our confidence in Singapore's role as the region's AI infrastructure anchor. We're not just expanding capacity - we're building the operational capabilities, innovation facilities, and local talent base needed to support customers as AI enters production at scale." Digital Realty currently lists three data centers in Singapore: SIN10, SIN11, and SIN12, totaling 925,000 sq ft (85,900 sq ft) of colocation space and 70MW of capacity. The company first entered Singapore in 2010, acquiring a newly developed data center. First announced in 2019, the 50MW SIN12 (also known as Digital Loyang II) launched in 2021. Announced in 2015, the 13MW SIN11 (aka Digital Loyang I) was redeveloped from a former paper store and launched in 2016. Singapore has had a moratorium on new data center developments since 2019 (although already authorized facilities were allowed to be built after this point), but this is starting to be relaxed. Equinix, GDS, Microsoft, and a consortium of AirTrunk and TikTok-owner ByteDance were collectively allocated 80MW of capacity in 2023. Digital reportedly missed out on a capacity allocation, with reports suggesting the company had applied to develop a 60MW facility. The Singapore government is currently requesting applications for further data center projects, and is set to allow up to 200MW of capacity to be developed. Get a roundup of the latest regional news across Asia fortnightly. More in colocation & wholesale.

Yahoo Finance
Apr 8th, 2026
Digital Realty opens first Asia Pacific innovation lab in Japan amid $69B AI investment push

Digital Realty has opened its first Asia Pacific innovation lab in Tokyo, Japan, marking the second such facility globally after Northern Virginia. The Digital Realty Innovation Lab at the NRT12 data centre is designed to help enterprises test and optimise AI and hybrid cloud architectures under real-world conditions. Established through MC Digital Realty, a joint venture between Digital Realty and Mitsubishi Corporation, the facility supports Japan's push to invest over 10 trillion yen in semiconductor and AI technologies by 2030. The lab features both air-cooled and direct liquid-cooled environments for high-power-density workloads. Over 20 partner companies are currently using the facility to explore AI-ready infrastructure. Digital Realty plans to launch a third innovation lab in Singapore in the second half of 2026.

Yahoo Finance
Apr 8th, 2026
Digital Realty opens NRT14, third data centre at Japan campus, boosting IT capacity to nearly 100MW

Digital Realty has opened NRT14, its third data centre at the NRT campus in Inzai City, Japan. The facility brings the campus's total IT power capacity to nearly 100 megawatts. Developed through MC Digital Realty, a 50/50 joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, NRT14 features hybrid liquid- and air-cooling capabilities optimised for next-generation graphics processing units. The facility is amongst the first in Japan to achieve DGX-Ready Data Center certification, enabling it to support high-density AI workloads exceeding 100 kilowatts. NRT14 offers colocation services of up to 150 kilowatts per rack and provides a low-latency network environment. The facility addresses growing demand in the Tokyo metropolitan area for scalable data centres supporting AI training and inference deployments.

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