CRE Development Certificate

1. Complete the Application Form

2. Take the Introduction to Development Workshop 

   (Offered in-person or as five 3-hour instructor-led online sessions)

3. Complete the Following Courses (in any order):

   • Take Each of the 7 Stages of Development Courses (4 hours each, online instructor-led)

   • Complete 10 Hours of Approved Elective Courses (choose from the official electives list)

4. Take the Advanced Commercial Real Estate Development Practices Course

   (In-person, 2.5 days; requires the "Introduction to Development Workshop" as a prerequisite)

5. Receive Your Certificate

   • Framed certificate from The CCIM Institute

1. Complete the Application Form

   • Earn a $200 discount off the candidate membership fee. 
     Join as a Candidate Member

2. Take the Introduction to Development Workshop 

   (Offered in-person or as five 3-hour instructor-led online sessions)

3. Complete the Following Courses (in any order):

   • Take Each of the 7 Stages of Development Courses (4 hours each, online instructor-led)

   • CI 101: Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate

     (Required for non-designees)

   • Complete 10 Hours of Approved Elective Courses (choose from the official elective list)

4. Take the Advanced Commercial Real Estate Development Practices Course

   (In-person, 2.5 days; requires the "Introduction to Development Workshop" as a prerequisite)

5. Receive Your Certificate

   • Framed certificate from The CCIM Institute

This certificate is ideal for: 

• Commercial real estate professionals looking to expand their expertise into development. 
• Brokers, investors, and asset managers seeking deeper insights into the development lifecycle. 
• Municipal and planning professionals who work with developers and land-use regulations.
• Developers and project managers refining their strategic and financial approaches.

Login to your MyCCIM account or create an account if you don’t already have one, add the CRE Development Certificate application to your order, complete and submit the application form, and remit the $195 application fee. 

The application fee is waived if you’re a CCIM Designee!

Step 1: Enroll in the program. This is an important first step as your enrollment will enable a 5-year lookback within the system. Any certificate program course(s) you have already completed during the 5-year lookback period will be tracked as completed in your program tracker.

Step 2: Complete the nine (9) required courses and acquire the 10 elective hours from the list of elective course options.

You can track your progress using the Program Tracker from within your CCIM My Account.

No, but if you aren’t already a member, we recommend it! First of all, if you like saving money (and who doesn’t), once you join as a Candidate Member  you’ll get the best discounts on all of the CRE Development Specialty courses. In addition to these and other course discounts, Candidate Membership comes with a whole host of benefits, including access to Site To Do Business, The CCIM Institute’s tech platform that provides you with cutting edge tools to analyze market, population, demographic and geographic data to help you analyze opportunities and make the right decisions for your business and your clients. We are offering a special 1^st year price of $200 to anyone who signs up for Candidate Membership after they’ve entered the CRE Certificate Program (normally a $695 annual fee). Sign up and start enjoying the benefits right away!

Great question! The Development Specialty Track has been revised and relaunched as the CRE Development Certificate.

You will receive credit for courses you’ve completed during the past 5-year period that were in the old program structure – but there are some changes to be aware of going forward. In order to provide a more concise and clear pathway for the program, we’ve made some helpful revisions to the curriculum and the requirements. The primary changes are:

• Simplification by revising and combining some of the required courses:
  • The Introduction to Development Workshop has been revised with new case studies.
  • The content in the 8 Tasks of Development courses have been incorporated into the 7 Stages of Development courses.
  • The Advanced Development Practices Workshop has been revised to serve as a comprehensive review of the concepts using case studies.
  • We’ve added CI 101: Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate as a required course for non-CCIMs.
• The elective course hours component has been reduced from 30 hours to 10 hours.

Program Structure: Old vs New!

Yes!  Any certificate program course(s) you completed during the 5-year lookback period will be tracked as completed in your Program Tracker.

The 5-year lookback includes elective courses you completed that were eligible at that time. In addition, if during the 5-year lookback you completed any of the eight (8) self-paced “Tasks of Development” courses, you will receive 4.0 elective credit hours for each “Tasks” course you completed.

Once you submit your application form, the system will automatically update your Program Tracker with this information.

You will receive a framed certificate from The CCIM Institute. If you have not already taken advantage of the one-time $200 discount off the Candidate Membership fee, you will have up to one (1) year after completing the program to use the discount.

If you have any questions, please contact Jenae Grayer at certificates@ccim.com or (312)321-4462 | Derek Beacher at certificates@ccim.com or (312) 321-4482.