Market comp for an Associate offer

WSO community, curious as to your thoughts on what a market / fair offer would be for the below role. Would be helpful in guiding my negotiations. Thanks!

- Associate / Sr Associate (4-6 years of exp) supporting acquisitions and AM

- Vertically-integrated owner operator with institutional backing (JVs with a few PERE100 firms / lifecos). Largely does ground up development. Gross portfolio value of $800mm

- "Front office" team of <10 ppl (not including property mgmt / operations)

- Primary market (NYC / LA / SF)

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