The Commercial Real Estate Success Training (CREST) Program is a comprehensive initiative to support commercial real estate and related companies in their commitment to attracting underrepresented students of color and women to the industry.  This premier paid summer internship identifies and engages college students who are ideal candidates for opportunities in this vibrant field. Employer participants are leaders in the commercial real estate field who are committed to diversity and inclusion.  Employers who represent all aspects of the industry provide interns with meaningful work experience that offer learning,  professional support, networking opportunities, and challenges.

CREST provides industry immersion for the interns led by some of the most renowned leaders in their fields.  Interns then gain industry exposure,  along with the opportunity to work alongside real estate experts where they gain valuable work and life skills.  In addition,  the  CREST  program provides interns with writing, presentation, and public speaking skills training as well as personal and professional development guided by organizational development coaches.   This unique experience seeks only the most motivated students to participate.

Interns are selected from the following six (6) academic partner schools:

Bentley University

Brandeis University Boston College Tufts University

University of Massachusetts, Boston

Wellesley College.

(One 2019 intern attends the Wharton School Graduate School of Business and Harvard University.)

Our 2019 program employers were:

AEW

HYM GILBANE

MP BOSTON

THE BULFINCH COMPANIES JLL

CV PROPERTIES BOSTON CAPITAL BLUE MOON CAPITAL MASSPORT

VHB

THE GROSSMAN COMPANY REDGATE

HBI

THERMO FISHER MODERN FLOORS, INC CUMMINGS

MITIMCo

Duration:

10  weeks in the summer of  2020.  Each week will be full time  (40  hours per week)  and on-site.  The program will most likely start Monday, June 1 and end Friday, August 7.

Mid-term Skills Workshop:

During the midterm week, participants will attend classes taught by experienced instructors to improve presentation skills.  Each  CREST  participant will matriculate with more advanced communicatIon skills than when they began.

Activities Outside of the Office:

During previous internship experiences, students had the opportunity to visit development sites as well as attend learning and networking activities like NAIOP’s Rock N’ Real Estate boat cruise and the annual ULI summer social. GBREB has hosted lunch and learn panel discussions with industry leaders as well. This internship provides great exposure both inside and outside of the workplace and showcases the participating employers as committed corporate citizens in the greater Boston area and beyond.

A number of the CREST interns have gone on to full-time opportunities in the industry at The Bulfinch

Companies,  Boston  Capital,  JP  Morgan,  Accordia/CV  Properties,  AEW,  GID,  Chase  Bank,  Boston Investments,    the  Four  Seasons,  Eastern  Bank,  WS  Development,  Morgan  Stanley,  Venture  Cafe, Cushman & Wakefield, Maverick Corporation and Related Beal.

Compensation:

This is a paid internship opportunity. Each student is compensated at the industry standard ranging from

$18 per hour or more.

Employer program participation fee $5,000.

For more information on how your firm can become a part of this program please contact us at [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected]

Or call Milton Benjamin (617) 9303402, Dakota Jones (708)8255154, or Sandra King at (617) 4804273