The
DESCO Group, sister company to NAI DESCO, started in
1963 as the real estate arm for Schnuck Markets,
Inc. Today, the DESCO Group has grown into a
full-service development, brokerage and real estate
management firm with more than 11 million square feet of
commercial property transactions.
Real estate services include bioscience solutions,
brokerage, construction management, corporate services,
development and property management.
SIOR has certified almost 2,400 of its members
with the prestigious SIOR designation, a professional
symbol of the highest level of knowledge, production,
and ethics in the real estate industry. Commercial real
estate professionals who hold the SIOR designation, are
recognized by corporate executives, commercial brokers,
agents, lenders, and other real estate professionals as
the most experienced and capable brokerage practitioners
in any market. Designees specialize in industrial,
office, sales manager, executive manager, or advisory
services categories.
A Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) is a
recognized expert in the disciplines of commercial and
investment real estate. A CCIM is an invaluable resource
to the commercial real estate owner, investor, and user,
and is among an elite corps of 7,500 professionals
across North America who hold the CCIM designation.
In 1989, several small commercial real estate
organizations came together with a common goal – to
advance the success of women in commercial real estate.
Seventeen years later, CREW Network has grown to more
than 6,500 commercial real estate professionals in 60
chapters across the US and Canada, representing every
discipline within the industry. The same spirit of
camaraderie and friendship that brought us together
those few years ago is alive today as CREW Network
continues toward its goal to achieve parity in
opportunity, influence and power in the commercial real
estate industry. Our multi-disciplinary membership can
assist you with any phase of any commercial real estate
transaction anywhere in North America. And as we
continue to expand the reach of our growing association,
our membership maintains that feeling of the longtime
friend that is just a phone call away.
Founded in 1957, the International Council of
Shopping Centers (ICSC) is the global trade association
of the shopping center industry. Its 57,000 members in
the U.S., Canada and more than 80 other countries
include shopping center owners, developers, managers,
marketing specialists, investors, lenders, retailers and
other professionals as well as academics and public
officials. As the global industry trade association,
ICSC links with more than 25 national and regional
shopping center councils throughout the world.
CoreNet
Global was formed from the combined memberships of
the International Development Research Council and the
National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives
(NACORE International) in 2002. Before that, nearly 25
years of active business
networking with members of IDRC and NACORE
International helped bring a vision
for The Network into focus. Of course, the
vision was blind to the development of the Internet for
most of those years. The vision was converted to a mission
once the Internet became available.
In 1949 and 1950 respectively, the Patent and
Trademark Office registrations for the term REALTOR®
and the REALTOR® emblem were approved. Dictionary
publishers began to list the definition of
"REALTOR" as a member of the National
Association in 1967.In 1974, the name of the National
Association of Real Estate Boards was changed to the
National Association of REALTORS®.
The Association became the largest trade association in
the United States in the early 1970s, with over 400,000
members. Today, the National Association of REALTORS®
has over 850,000 members, 54 State Associations
(including Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands)
and more than 1,500 local Associations.
