D&I-Focused Internship Scheme Backed By Industry Heavyweights Expands To UK
39 students are taking part in this year's UK virtual internship programme, which plans to expand to more than 100.
39 students are taking part in this year's UK virtual internship programme, which plans to expand to more than 100.
Gensler's Mentor Program and CBRE's HBCU Bridge Program are two of the latest examples of the CRE industry's efforts to improve representation.
CBRE and Project Destined are bringing a scholarship and mentorship program to HBCU students, who historically have been shut out of real estate.
The donation focuses on disenfranchised commercial real estate groups.
Nadir Settles, managing director at Nuveen, talks investing in New York and the company's plan to help create a diverse pipeline of talent for the industry.
The course at Lehman College in the Bronx will focus on affordable housing development and investment.
“We have a lot of making up to do," a JLL executive said.
"The pandemic has ... reprioritized what's really important. It's your family, at the end of the day."
Last summer widespread protests drove a national reckoning on racial injustice, and many in the real estate industry pledged to do better.
100 students are doing commercial real estate internships virtually this summer through a program with REBNY, CUNY and Project Destined.
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