Commercial Investment Real Estate is the magazine of the CCIM Institute, the leading provider of commercial real estate education. CIRE covers market trends, current developments, and business strategies within the commercial real estate field.
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11 May | June | 2014 CCIM.com est at 14.7 percent, with Africa/Middle East next at 13.5 percent. In contrast, U.S. retail revenue growth was 4.3 percent for 2012. T e globalization of retail real estate also presents a growth opportunity for the CCIM education program as well. Strickland says that only 20 percent of his students knew about the CCIM program. "T ey were gen- erally not familiar with the requirements and had not been previously exposed to the information that I shared," he says. Clements' experience was similar and he saw a great deal of interest from the students. "T ey were very serious about learning about the CCIM program and the content." T e enthusiasm of the students was "inspi- rational," Clements adds. "One can always tell if the audience appreciated the informa- ICSC 2014 RECON CCIM Institute is also participat- ing in the International Council of Shopping Centers' global real estate convention, 2014 RECon at the Las Vegas Convention Center, May 18–20, which attracts more than 32,000 retail real estate specialists. CCIM Instructor Gary Ralston, CCIM, president of Cold- well Banker Commercial/Saunders Ralston Realty in Lakeland, Fla., will present a market analysis course as a part of the RECon Academy program on May 20. Also, if you're attending ICSC, stop by CCIM and STDB's booth #C1920, Central Hall 5 at G St./19th Ave. tion and delivery by the number of people in line af er the presentation requesting copies of my slides. Even though we provided writ- ten outlines of the materials, they still had a thirst for more." In addition to Strickland and Clements, three other CCIMs led courses: Charlotte Strain, CCIM, senior vice president of asset management for The Rappaport Cos., in McLean, Va.; Ralph Conti, CCIM, principal of Ra Co Real Estate Advisors in Atlanta, and John M. Crossman, CCIM, president of the Crossman & Co. in Orlando, Fla. In October, ICSC is partnering with the Lusk Center of Real Estate at the Uni- versity of Southern California to present a West Coast University of Shopping Centers program. "The CCIM concepts were spot on for what the attendees needed to know — how to analyze demographic and psychographic data from a user's perspective." Foundations for Success in Commercial Real Estate Learn how the business works and how to work the business. Visit CCIM.com/ward for more information. Develop a plan to kick-start your career. 1 0 - 1 1 D - C C I M E d . i n d d 1 1 10-11 D-CCIM Ed.indd 11 4 / 2 9 / 1 4 2 : 3 8 P M 4/29/14 2:38 PM