Diversity

“With approximately 4,500 members, the network gives women within the company an opportunity to thrive.”

In a Globest.com interview, Claire Bond Potter, professor of history, The New School, says more women are working than ever before but are still being held back.

The ground-swell among investors to bring more diversity into the boardroom has yet to produce term or director age limits that would enable the introduction of more females and other diverse candidates.

Kristen Croxton has worked on several loan programs including Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Life Company FHA, bridge balance sheet, and CMBS executions.

While companies need to take the lead on being more institutionally inclusive, inclusivity can start with individual actions.

Alongside top national brands in retail, dining and entertainment, Fashion District welcomes small businesses as part of a partnership with The Enterprise Center to incubate local entrepreneurs.

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?

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.