Alexis Escaranio, CREATE Fellow Alum and Tenant Rep Associate with CBRE, was named Mentor of the Year, for her exemplary mentorship in the annual Mentor Match program. CREATE is supported by its Alliance Partners that provide additional resources to expose students to the CRE industry and build their networks. BOMA San Francisco’s Careers Committee hosts Read More »
BXP recently hired Emaan Sharif as a Property Management Coordinator. Emaan is a graduate of SF State and the CREATE Fellows program. She is pictured here with BXP Senior Property Manager Alicia Barr. Alicia served as Emaan’s mentor in the spring of 2022 and today they are professional colleagues. CREATE delivers results for students and Read More »
The CREATE Fellows program at Merritt College kicked off January 24, 2023. The 11-student cohort gathered for the first of the 16-sessions. CREATE Director Tory Brubaker and Curriculum Chair Kathy Mattes led the program overview welcoming several instructors and Merritt College staff and the Fellows had the opportunity to network with one another. The Merritt Read More »
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At the 9/21/22 Fellows session at SFSU, students learned the importance of working with a cohesive team to achieve a goal. While commercial real estate may not involve balloons (or maybe somedays it does), strong communication skills and sharing ideas among your teammates is a great way to address challenges. The exercise allowed the students Read More »
2022 – 2023 Cohort Meets On SFSU Campus for First Time in 2 Years.
CREATE's commercial real estate fellows classes support our industry’s growing employment needs.
Tawni Sullivan, Alexandria Real Estate Equities
I was able to learn and have a heads up because of the CREATE program. This really was the golden ticket.
Anne Chung, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by BXP
I'm so grateful to the CREATE program for teaching me everything I know to be successful in my job.
Lanie Randrup, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by JLL
The CREATE program prepared me for the job and then also through their job board I was able to find a job.
Jered Baker, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2020, employed by RiverRock Real Estate Group
The amount of success I've had through CREATE has been incredible. The network that I built through the CREATE program created the pathway to my new position.
Kaitlyn Klinger, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2020, VTS
The best way to get an employee that's eager and hungry to learn more is definitely through the CREATE program.
Amy La, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, Employed by JLL
CREATE completely surpassed all of my expectations. Everything I was able to learn in CREATE I'm actually able to put to work everyday. It's not just property management, its leasing, its design and more.
Alexis Escaranio, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by CBRE
Keep on looking to CREATE for a talent pipeline because that right there brings so much value to your company.
Christine Mann, Rockhill Management
We're on the right track with this program. It's fantastic.
Linda Foster, RiverRock Real Estate Group
How much have we contributed to the companies that we've worked with? A little donation is trivial compared to what we contribute to these companies.
Cameron Maharaj, CREATE CRE Certificate Holder, JLL
The CREATE program gave me that framework to understand how a building operates that I wouldn't have been able to learn without time in the industry.
Marco McCartney, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by Cushman & Wakefield
Our biggest asset in commercial real estate is our people. Bringing in students from diverse backgrounds will help us ask the right questions and evolve our business to provide an even better product for our clients.
Mark Kelly, ABM
I’ve been so impressed with the quality of interns our company has sourced through CREATE's training program; we’ve now hired several of them as full-time employees!
Rick Buziak, Swift Real Estate Partners
It's hard to come up with something that would make CREATE better. I truly believe they give you everything you need to get the most out of the program.
Cameron Newcomb, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by CBRE
If you're not involved in this you are missing a great opportunity. Get involved, participate, contribute.
Glenn Good, Brookfield Properties
We’re not only training a CRE workforce through our partnership with CREATE; we’re highlighting commercial real estate as a career alternative in a highly complex, technology focused Bay Area.
Sandra Boyle, Cushman & Wakefield