Career Development

Scott Brandwein, left, and Jake Ehrenberg are taking senior roles in JLL's tenant representation group.

Diversity will not work without inclusion. Even those CRE firms with diversity initiatives and programs still have inclusion problems. So how do you build inclusion into your business?

Vial has an outstanding track record in FHA/HUD loan underwriting and proven ability to identify the right government financing product for any given project, says Draper and Kramer's president and CEO, Todd Bancroft .

Bleznak has represented some of the premier names in the retail industry including Whole Foods, CVS, Wawa, BJ's Restaurant Group, California Pizza Kitchen, Redstone American Grill, Lululemon, Dave & Buster's, A.C. Moore and Citizens Bank.

While retailers are apprehensive about using facial recognition as a means to track customers, it's only a matter of time until the technology cascades into every facet of our shopping experience.

With the majority of the CRE brokerage industry close to retirement, and the pool of traditional CRE talent constantly shrinking, it's time for the industry to be more proactive about diversity and inclusion and it is now becoming a competitive advantage.

“Marc has grown up in this business and his experience is vast,” says Jim Carris, executive managing director and market leader for Colliers Chicago.

Career opportunities in commercial real estate run the gamut from architecture, asset management and investment banking to engineering and environmental science.