The CCIM Institute Membership, Its Interests, and Collaboration Opportunities with ARES Members

Chris Manning¹, Ron Throupe²
(1. Loyola Marymount University, USA; 2.University of Denver, USA)

Abstract: The annual American Real Estate Society (ARES) Critical Issues Seminar/Workshop is co-sponsored with the Certified Commercial Investment Member CCIM Institute, Appraisal Institute (AI) and other real estate professional associations. Now in its 6th successful year, ARES members need to look more closely at industry partner associations to assess opportunities for further collaboration that can benefit their research and publications. The majority of the CCIM Institute’s approximate 14,000 members work in real estate professions that ARES academic members teach within their universities and undertake research for academic tenure and promotion (e.g., real estate investment and brokerage). Neither the CCIM Institute, nor the CCIM Institute Foundation, possesses the research experience and/or capabilities of ARES members. The CCIM Institute’s acknowledged need for evolving “cutting edge” real estate industry knowledge and expertise compliments the ARES’ goals of (1) being real estate industry thought leaders and (2) currently searching for better ways to disseminate ARES member research to have more impact upon real estate industry professionals. This paper presents selected findings from both the CCIM Institute’s 2007, 2009 and 2011 membership surveys and their 2008 and 2010 Commercial Investment Real Estate (CIRE) magazine subscriber surveys. Selected CCIM Institute membership characteristics and interests are discussed to identify ARES member research likely to be of interest to the CCIM Institute’s membership as well as offer collaboration opportunities between CCIM Institute and ARES members.

Key words: collaborations; CCIM; ARES; research agenda; real estate; professional association; member characteristics

JEL codes: D80, I23