01
Nov
2022
NAIOP-Drexel Summer Program: Getting There
Posted On November 1, 2022  By NAIOP Greater Philadelphia  And has No Comment

Note: The NAIOP-Drexel Summer Program is a partnership between NAIOP Greater Philadelphia and Drexel University. The program, which just celebrated its fifth summer, brings together 30 high school rising juniors and seniors of color for a 10-day immersive experience, exposing them to nearly every aspect of commercial […]

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02
Mar
2020
Paths for Putting Diversity into Action, Part 2
Posted On March 2, 2020  By Trey Barrineau  And has No Comment

A session at NAIOP’s Chapter Leadership and Legislative Retreat, “Advancing Diversity from Intention to Impact,” showed how programs initiated at four NAIOP chapters are generating measurable outcomes. The first post in this series examined efforts from NAIOP Greater Philadelphia. Today’s post looks at programs and initiatives […]

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24
Feb
2020
Advancing Diversity from Intention to Impact, Part 1
Posted On February 24, 2020  By Trey Barrineau  And has No Comment

Most organizations in the commercial real estate industry express some level of commitment to diversity, but turning lofty words into concrete, measurable action has often proven challenging. A session at NAIOP’s 2020 Chapter Leadership and Legislative Retreat, “Advancing Diversity from Intention to Impact,” showed how programs […]

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03
Dec
2019
Real Estate as a Service is a State of Mind
Posted On December 3, 2019  By Brielle Scott  And has 30 Comments

Your first step towards success in the real estate as a service model? A major change in mindset. While the traditional real estate approach sees real estate as a product (wholesale blocks of space for rent), the real estate as a service (REaaS) model utilizes a […]

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28
Aug
2019
Solving the Construction Worker Shortage Puzzle in Rural Illinois
Posted On August 28, 2019  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has No Comment

In recent years, builders have faced a shortage of workers that has only grown more acute amid increasing demand for construction and record-low unemployment. Many of the 2.2 million construction workers who lost their jobs during the last recession either retired or found employment in other […]

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16
Jan
2019
CRE Immersion: Introducing Students to the Industry
Posted On January 16, 2019  By Linda Strowbridge  And has No Comment

It was an eye-popping introduction to the world of commercial real estate. Walking through Philadelphia’s first true “vertical neighborhood,” the FMC Tower in University City, a cluster of high school students toured the trophy office space of Brandywine Realty Trust. They moved on to the 28th-story, deluxe […]

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05
Sep
2018
Proposed Hawaii Tax Could Devastate CRE Investment
Posted On September 5, 2018  By Scott Settle  And has No Comment

Virtually everyone agrees that educating our children is the most important thing a society can do. Doing so requires money, of course. But it also requires that the money be spent effectively. That’s especially important here in Hawaii, where we have a unique system for funding […]

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05
Apr
2017
Every Day is Something Different in CRE
Posted On April 5, 2017  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

“My career in real estate was really by accident,” is a phrase you don’t often to hear, but that’s the case for Sherif Samy. His love of analyzing numbers initially propelled him toward a career in stocks and investment, and he studied economics and accounting at […]

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31
Mar
2017
Never Miss an Opportunity to Network
Posted On March 31, 2017  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

Jin Han spent his childhood years between Seoul and Vancouver, and then moved to the east coast to complete a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Toronto Mississauga. There, he specialized in finance with a major in economics and a minor in psychology due to […]

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