An innovative pilot internship program aimed at advancing diversity in the commercial real estate industry is on track to launch its first cohort of students into paid 10-week learning and mentoring opportunities this summer at some of the nation’s leading REITs.
Known as Foundations: REITs and Commercial Real Estate Internship Program, the program is a joint initiative of Nareit, ULI, and Fannie Mae’s Future Housing Leaders (FHL). Students were selected for the Foundations program in early 2022 and are now completing ULI’s 30-hour, comprehensive introduction to commercial real estate certification.
Read more about the program here, and why Nathaalie Carey, Nareit senior vice president for industry affairs and social responsibility spearheaded the initiative and chose ULI and FHL as partners, as well as how the program could develop going forward.