Connecticut CCIM Chapter Honors New CCIM Designee

CCIM designation is commercial real estate’s global standard for professional achievement.

CHICAGO, April 4, 2017 – The Connecticut CCIM Chapter has recognized a chapter member who recently earned the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation, the global standard for professional achievement, from the CCIM Institute. Headquartered in Chicago, CCIM Institute is one of the largest commercial real estate networks worldwide.

The following Connecticut CCIM Chapter member was among 164 industry professionals who earned the CCIM designation during the organization’s 2017 Mid-year Governance Meetings Arpil 1-4 at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, Illinois:

Robert Reicher, MAI, CCIM, a native of Old Saybrook, CT, is currently self-employed as a Broker and Appraiser for Reicher Realty, LLC in Old Saybrook, CT

The Connecticut CCIM Chapter was well represented in Chicago last week to honor Robert Reicher’s tremendous accomplishment.

“Through hard work, dedication, and sacrifice, these designees have earned real estate’s most coveted credential,” says 2017 CCIM President Robin L. Webb, CCIM. “I am pleased to welcome this new group of designees into our global network of the world’s leading experts in investment strategy, financial analysis, and negotiation.”

To earn the CCIM designation, commercial real estate professionals must complete more than 160 hours of case-study driven education covering topics such as interest-based negotiation, financial analysis, market analysis, user decision analysis, investment analysis, and ethics in commercial investment real estate. Candidates must also compile a portfolio demonstrating the depth of their commercial real estate experience and pass a comprehensive examination.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary, CCIM Institute is a global community of 13,000 members, more than 50 chapters, and 30 countries that educates and connects the world’s leading experts in investment strategy, financial analysis, and market analysis.

About the CCIM Institute

Since 1967, the Chicago-based CCIM Institute has conferred the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation to commercial real estate and allied professionals through an extensive curriculum of 160 classroom hours and professional experiential requirements. The CCIM curriculum was redesigned in 2010 to reflect changing student demographics and real estate brokerage services, growth in international markets, new technologies, and new delivery models. The core curriculum addresses financial analysis, market analysis, user decision analysis, investment analysis, and negotiation-the cornerstones of commercial investment real estate. An affiliate of the National Association of Realtors®, the CCIM Institute also provides members with powerful technology tools including the Site To Do Business, an online site analysis and demographics resource. Currently, there are nearly 10,000 CCIMs in 1,000 U.S. markets and 31 additional countries, with another 3,000+ practitioners pursuing the designation, making the institute the governing body of one of the largest commercial real estate networks in the world. Visit www.ccim.com for more information.

Learn more about CCIM Institute’s education and designation program at ccim.com

Pictured from L- R: Robert Reicher, MAI, CCIM being pinned by his mentor Fred Petrella, CCIM, Past Connecticut Chapter President