Senior management has finally heard the message: Corporate real estate proactively and creatively managed does increase productivity and shareholder value. Corporations acclaimed by Wall Street for aggressive management of company resources recognize the importance of professionally trained corporate real estate specialists. Most of the Fortune 500 companies are represented in the cadre of Institute students and graduates. Although the Master and Advanced Study programs require a higher level of commitment and motivation than attending a single course, the benefits are substantially greater.

These programs:

• immediately raise your level of on-the-job performance.
• give you the knowledge and skills you need to maximize the value you personally add to your corporation.
• help you clarify and give you a plan for allocating the time and money necessary for achieving specific educational goals.

The CAS programs provide the integrated and structured courses you need to develop competence and achieve recognition in three important corporate real estate specialty areas:

CAS – Corporate Real Estate Management
CAS – Corporate Real Estate Finance
CAS – Corporate Real Estate

• Three Applied Practice Courses:

CAS - Corporate Real Estate Management
(pick 3 of 4)

• Strategic Management in Corporate Real Estate
• Aligning Corporate Real Estate with Business Strategy
• Corporate Real Estate Portfolio Strategies
• Technology: The New Strategic Tool

CAS - Corporate Real Estate Finance

• Basic Finance: Analysis of Corporate Transactions
• Intermediate Finance: Analysis of Real Estate Impact
• Advanced Finance: Analysis of Corporate Strategies

CAS - Corporate Real Estate (pick 3 of 4)

• Advanced Office Leasing
• Strategic Retail Site Selection
• Construction Management
• Advanced Corporate Real Estate Negotiation

• One of the following Executive Challenge Course: call for registration
• The Fifth Competitive Advantage: The Workplace
• Adding Value through Corporate Real Estate Management
• Negotiating Lab for Corporate Real Estate Experts
• Corporate Real Estate Finance
• Managing Corporate Real Estate in 2005

• One of the following American Management Association (AMA) Executive Management Seminar: call for registration
• Developing Executive Leadership
• Strategies for Developing Executive Presentation Skills
• Getting Results without Authority
• Managing Supplier Performance
• Tools and Techniques for Thinking and Managing Strategically
• Strategy Implementation

Completing a MCR®/MCRS®/CAS program

• clearly communicates to others — both inside and outside corporate real estate — that you have achieved a very high level of specialized competence.
• distinguishes you from others who have not completed the program.
• increases the likelihood of you being called upon for higher levels of challenges within your current job.
• increases the likelihood of your being considered for promotions.

Completing a specialized Institute program in corporate real estate is a strong message to your employer that you care about your work, that you are willing to go "above and beyond" normal expectations to further develop your abilities.

Continuing Professional Development Program

To maintain credibility of the MCR/MCRS designation, all designees must earn a minimum of 50 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits every 3 years. Credit is given for a wide range of professional experiences including courses offered by other institutions as well as leadership activities. The CPD requirement, which is not onerous, is intended to motivate you to continue your participation in professional activities.

Below is a list of professional activities and the number of CPD credits you can earn. CPD credit requirement will be waived at career retirement.

• Attend regular Institute Applied Practice Course or successfully complete an Independent Learning program (25 credits)
• Complete Executive Challenge Experience (50 credits)
• Complete an AMA Executive Management Seminar (25 credits)
• Full symposium registration (10 credits)
• Participate in four or more educational sessions at Symposium (15 credits)
• Moderate/teach as a member of the Institute faculty (10 credits for one day of service; 25 for two days)
• Serve full-term and actively participate as a member of the MCR/MCRS Steering Committee (10 credits per year)
• Attend NACORE regional/chapter/SIG educational program (5 credits for each half-day of pre-approved program)
• Serve full-term as Chapter or SIG Officer (10 credits per year)
• Serve full-term as National or Institute Director (25 credits per year)
• Moderate/speak at a NACORE chapter, council, regional or Symposium program (7 credits per session, maximum 14; printed official program must be submitted)
• Pass Honors Test (25 credits)
• Other educational or professional service experience as approved by the Credentials Review Committee

For more information, please contact the CPD Coordinator at 561-683-8111 x227 or email at: .

The "dot h" program provides a vehicle for MCR/MCRS designees to develop and demonstrate competence across the broad spectrum of corporate real estate specialty areas. Corporate real estate executives can benchmark the level and scope of their professional knowledge. The "dot h" program is an excellent vehicle for meeting the designation CPD credit requirement.

Passing the Institute's Honors Test entitles designees to add "dot h" to their base designation.

The 50-item, multiple-choice test is offered four times per year in conjunction with the Institute's national program in major cities and additionally during the Annual NACORE Symposium & Exposition. The test is curriculum-based and documented in the Institute's Applied Executive Skills Book Series.

All MCR/MCRS designees who wish to sit for the Honors Test will have immediate and equal access to the knowledge base which is covered by the Omnibus Honors Test. The Honors Test is based on and is the pinnacle of the Institute's continuous research project. This research was begun in 1991 with the behavioral analysis of 783 case examples documenting the actual, on-the-job performance of 259 corporate real estate executives.