HOUSTON—Most commercial real estate service companies and brokerage networks have next-gen initiatives, task forces or committees to address an indisputable industry challenge–replacing the industry's workforce with a younger set as CRE professionals' age out. The situation is particularly acute for the brokerage services industry.
The Society of Industrial & Office Realtors/SIOR, along with the SIOR Foundation, have created a matching grants program to provide scholarship grant money to students. Those matches are often complemented by accredited colleges or universities to effectively double the scholarship funds.
Last week, SIOR Foundation president Bill Ginder announced that SIOR's Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter and the Foundation have structured a new educational partnership with Mays Business School at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. The master of real estate program at Mays Business School is ranked as the fifth best US real estate program and recently celebrated its 40th year as a graduate program.
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
