After 5 Years Of Gains, Commercial Real Estate

The number of people of color and women in the C-suites of commercial real estate’s largest firms dropped over the past year.

It's the first time since Bisnow launched its annual analysis of the industry’s upper-level diversity in 2020 that the industry's dominance by white men increased. Every prior year in the analysis showed gradual, steady gains in the diversity of CRE's upper echelon. 

This shift didn't come as a surprise to diversity advocates and employment attorneys, given how noticeably commercial real estate companies have backed away from their efforts to hire diverse executives as the Trump administration has cracked down on corporate diversity, equity and inclusion policies...

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RSK: I still believe whomever is the most qualified should be given or earn the job. But what if it is a virtual tie? I say have them both perform and see who can handle it in real life....not just on paper.