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REAP is an industry-backed, market-driven program that finds and trains career-changing minority professionals for positions in commercial real estate, through education, networking, and on-the-job training with leading firms.

With the enthusiastic support of industry leadership, REAP—the Real Estate Associate Program—is now widely acknowledged to be the most successful diversity initiative in the commercial real estate industry.

REAP Classes in 2008:
New York City	GRADUATION April 22, 2008	REAP’s second New York Class
Chicago IL	APPLICATIONS CLOSED Class begins September 2008 and graduates April 2009 REAP’s first Chicago Class	REAP’s first Chicago Class
Atlanta GA	Application will open Summer 2008	REAP’s fifth Atlanta Class
Washington DC	Application will open Fall 2008	REAP’s eighth Washington Class
New York City	Application will open Winter 2008	REAP’s third New York Class
Sign up here to receive an E-mail notice when applications for the next REAP class will be open, and to be added to our mailing list. NOTE: DUE TO MARKET DEMAND, it was necessary to postpone REAP’s next Classes in Atlanta and Washington in order to open REAP’s first Class in Chicago. We regret the inconvenience and hope you will check back later this Spring for updates.

REAP exists because the commercial real estate industry’s professional ranks are less than 1% minority at management levels. Industry leadership recognizes that new markets open eagerly to firms that look more like the communities they serve.

Over 80 REAP Associates now work for leading firms in the industry, from London to Los Angeles, New York to New Mexico:

Managing and leasing shopping malls and office buildings
Developing new stores and income properties
Analyzing investment opportunities
Performing market research

Only 800-900 commercial real estate professionals are people of color, so REAP is responsible for almost 10% of that cohort. REAP spotlights a talent pool that was always there, but previously unacknowledged.

REAP’s recruiting process is competitive and selective, attracting credentialed, career-changing professionals—architects, accountants, bankers, engineers, lawyers, sales people—college graduates with 3-5 years of business experience. They know how to add value to a company’s bottom line.

REAP has succeeded because it provides an opportunity for employers to interact with potential minority professionals—not across the usual race gulf—but in the more comfortable, common concern of making money from a piece of income-producing real estate.

REAP’s success has been validated by leading minority groups like the Real Estate Executive Council, the National Black MBA Association, the Hispanic College Fund, the National Organization of Minority Architects, and through its affiliations with the Business Schools at Howard and Clark Atlanta Universities.

REAP was launched in Washington in 1997, in Atlanta in 2001, and in New York City in 2006. Chicago will launch in 2008, with Los Angeles, Dallas, and Miami soon after. [more]

For more information, write REAP@projectreap.org.

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