Local Initiatives Support Corp.’s Milwaukee office is taking the lead on redeveloping the Associates in Commercial Real Estate program to train minorities for career paths in commercial real estate and connect them to industry professionals.
The ACRE program was launched in 2005 by Marquette University’s College of Business Administration and Professor Mark Eppli, now the college’s interim dean. After serving more than 140 students through ACRE, the college temporarily discontinued the program in 2010.
“Since then, there’s been a number of people – both individuals who have been involved with the program as well as industry leaders who were familiar with the program – who were really anxious to have it re-launched,” said Leo Ries, executive director of LISC Milwaukee.
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