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In-Person Seminars

This list displays all in-person (classroom) seminars by title. 

  • Includes Credits Includes a Live In-Person Event on 08/14/2024 at 8:00 AM (CDT)

    Examine objectives of lease clauses from viewpoints of landlord, tenant and legal counsel and analyze situations in office, warehouse, industrial and retail leasing. Keywords: Leases, Lease administration

    This seminar provides an in-depth look at commercial leasing and the various (and sometimes very different) objectives of lease clauses when seen through the eyes of the landlord, tenant and legal counsel. The program has been revised to emphasize collaborative exercises requiring you to spot, analyze and solve a wide variety of common, advanced situations that arise in real world office, warehouse and industrial and retail leasing. The faculty is composed of leasing experts with experience on all sides of the negotiating table, providing valuable insights from their perspectives to help broaden your understanding of the leasing process. Highly practical, the seminar format promotes an interactive collaboration and debate about each topic among you, your peers and our experienced faculty.

  • Includes a Live In-Person Event on 09/16/2025 at 4:00 AM (CDT)

    Analyze complex business scenarios to formulate, propose and defend Corporate Real Estate (CRE) solutions that align with corporate priorities. Required for MCR. Pre-requisites apply. Keywords: MCR, Capstone

    In this culminating experience for the MCR program, you will review key elements from previous seminars. Beginning with a custom-designed simulation exercise, thought leaders will facilitate the integration of corporate real estate (CRE) knowledge and best practices from a holistic, integrated, and strategic perspective. Gain insight into your own leadership style and how to leverage your strengths in working with internal and external partners. Leading experts share current, real-world strategies applied in their own organizations. Through interactive case studies and team activities, you will analyze complex business scenarios to formulate, propose, and defend real estate solutions that create value for the organization.  MCR Requirement. Prerequisites apply.


  • Includes Credits Includes a Live In-Person Event on 08/14/2024 at 8:00 AM (CDT)

    Align corporate real estate functions to business strategy, objectives, and priorities. Improve strategic relationship management and implement proactive change management. MCR requirement. Keywords: Enterprise Alignment

    This seminar is essential to mastery of corporate real estate (CRE) and developing the competencies required to be effective in the CRE role. Successful CRE professionals must have a thorough understanding of the core business strategy of the enterprise and strive to support that strategy in a way that adds value to the bottom line. In this seminar, learn best practices to strategically manage the real estate portfolio to serve the corporation’s business model, work, and culture. Leave this seminar with the skills necessary to create action plans and the knowledge needed to foster strategic relationships and management practices. MCR requirement.

  • Includes Credits Includes a Live In-Person Event on 04/24/2024 at 8:00 AM (PDT)

    Use corporate real estate skills, methodology, and tools to enhance value and manage risk in any large-scale portfolio. Improve skills in developing and presenting plans to reduce costs and mitigate risks. Keywords: Financial Management, Leadership and Accountability Strategic Fiscal Management, Driving Organizational Results, Strategic Organizational Alignment, Communication

    Real estate is often the second largest item on the balance sheet. While many companies manage individual real estate cost items, few effectively manage the overall portfolio. This seminar provides the corporate real estate practitioner with the skills, methodology, and tools to enhance the value and manage the risk inherent in any large-scale portfolio. The seminar is based on a sound financial management approach that takes away the alchemy and grounds the approach in well-established corporate finance doctrine. It is intended to help you understand how to effectively manage a portfolio of corporate real estate assets.

  • Includes Credits Includes a Live In-Person Event on 10/31/2024 at 8:00 AM (EDT)

    Use corporate real estate skills, methodology, and tools to enhance value and manage risk in any large-scale portfolio. Improve skills in developing and presenting plans to reduce costs and mitigate risks. Keywords: Financial Management, Leadership and Accountability Strategic Fiscal Management, Driving Organizational Results, Strategic Organizational Alignment, Communication

    Real estate is often the second largest item on the balance sheet. While many companies manage individual real estate cost items, few effectively manage the overall portfolio. This seminar provides the corporate real estate practitioner with the skills, methodology, and tools to enhance the value and manage the risk inherent in any large-scale portfolio. The seminar is based on a sound financial management approach that takes away the alchemy and grounds the approach in well-established corporate finance doctrine. It is intended to help you understand how to effectively manage a portfolio of corporate real estate assets.

  • Includes Credits Includes a Live In-Person Event on 05/02/2024 at 8:00 AM (CDT)

    Identify how Corporate Real Estate (CRE) transactions impact financial statements, calculate performance measures, and optimize CRE strategies using accounting treatment of transactions. Keywords: Finance, Transactions, Accounting Practices, Financial Statements, FASB, IFRS

    Where does management start when considering investment options? … Financial statements. These valuable reports summarize the present financial condition of a business and are key for management making investment decisions. This seminar will demonstrate the importance of understanding the CFO’s view of corporate real estate (CRE) within the framework of financial reporting. After taking this seminar, you will be able to answer the “what, why, and how” of financial statements. Learn how real estate transactions impact financial performance measures and how financial statements are used by senior management, financial institutions, investors, and shareholders. Build the bridge between real estate transactions and corporate financial statements.