Moving the commercial real estate industry forward.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are a top priority for the industry. A more diverse workforce makes a better industry and NAIOP is committed to achieving this goal. Listed below are several resources available to NAIOP members and industry professionals.
Additionally, NAIOP is a proud member of the CRE/DEI Collaborative, which is comprised of trade organizations active in the space of Commercial Real Estate committed to DEI within the industry. Read the CRE/DEI Collaborative's Policy Statement.
NAIOP's DEI efforts are generously supported by the select NAIOP Gavel Members listed below:
The Abbey Group | AEW | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | Barings | Beacon Communities | Berkeley Investments | BioMed Realty Trust | Boston Global Investors | Bowditch & Dewey | Bozzuto Group | The Bulfinch Companies | Camber Development | Claremont Companies | Clarion Partners |Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company | Cummings Properties | Dain Torpy | The Davis Companies | DivcoWest | The Drew Company| | Eastdil Secured |Eastern Bank| Elkus Manfredi | Federal Realty Investment Trust | Fidelity Real Estate | Goulston & Storrs |Greenberg Traurig | Greystar | Hines | Hobbs Brook Management | JM Corcoran Company | King Street Properties| Leggat McCall | Marcus Partners | Margulies Perruzzi | National Development | New England Development | Nordblom Company | NUVEEN | Oxford Properties | Paradigm Properties | Perkins + Will | Pierce Atwood | Proskauer Rose LLP |Redgate | R.J. Kelly |Rockland Trust | Samuels & Associates |Sasaki |Synergy| Tishman Speyer | Trammell Crow Co. | Trinity Financial | WS Development
NAIOP DEI Partners
BUILDERS OF COLOR COALITION
The Builders of Color Coalition (BCC) convenes minority real estate professionals in Greater Boston’s building sector for the purposes of mutual professional development and leveraged access to development projects.
CREST
The Commercial Real Estate Success Training (CREST) Program is a comprehensive initiative to support industry organizations in their commitment to attract underrepresented minority students and women to the commercial real estate industry. This premier paid summer internship identifies, screens and engages college students who have traditionally been underrepresented in the vibrant role that the industry plays in the economy and the region.
REAL ESTATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
The Real Estate Executive Council (REEC) is the leading professional trade association formed to promote the interests of minority executives doing business in the commercial real estate industry.
PROJECT DESTINED
The mission of Project Destined is to transform minority youth into owners and stakeholders in the communities in which they live, work and play. With the careful guidance of its leadership team, Project Destined will produce the nation’s largest number of minority owners of real estate under the age of 18…one block at a time.
NAIOP Massachusetts will be working with Project Destined to build partnerships with leading commercial real estate firms and academic partners in the Boston market. Keep an eye out for ways to get involved.
THE PARTNERSHIP
The Partnership works with organizations in all sectors to build racially and ethnically diverse leadership pipelines. They offer leadership development programs for multicultural talent, as well as customized consulting services to improve diversity performance in a global marketplace.
THRIVE SCHOLARS
NAIOP is pleased to support Thrive Scholars, a national program for high-achieving students of color from low-income communities. Thrive provides students with six years of comprehensive support from high school to early career, allowing them to attend top tier colleges and providing them with the skills and experience needed to be professional, business, and civic leaders.
Contact NAIOP Massachusetts
For more information, please contact Tamara Small, CEO of NAIOP Massachusetts.