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Online Retail Real Estate Institute
Expand your knowledge about the Marketplaces Industry through a wide range of courses designed to help you advance your career goals.
This three-part self-directed program will take you through the process of developing a retail real estate project. Learn how to open and manage the property and create a strategic plan for continued success. Each section includes interviews with industry experts and innovative content that will help improve your understanding of the essentials of each topic with a library of optional online courses included in your purchase.
At course completion, participants will
- Identify the key stakeholders in retail real estate and understand their varied needs and motivations.
- Understand how various roles in retail real estate work together to achieve success.
- Understand the processes that contribute to the success of a retail real estate project.
- Work productively with cross-departmental teams to achieve their company’s goals.
- Identify a path for career advancement that fits one’s strengths and interests.
Core Courses
- Course I: Creating a Successful Retail Real Estate Project
- Course II: Building and Growing Value in Retail Real Estate
- Course III: Envisioning a Successful Future
Optional Learning Library Courses
- Management Overview
- The Lease and Its Language
- Leasing Strategies
- Security
- Retailing
- Maintenance
- Finance
- Insurance and Risk Management
Pricing
- 6 months of access to all 3 courses: Complimentary for members / $1200.00 non-members
- 2 months of access to 1 course a la carte: ($250.00 members / $450.00 non-members) Note, prerequisites apply for these courses. They must be taken in order.
Group pricing can be negotiated for groups of 3 or more.
Registration Process
Upon completion of the registration form, you will receive a confirmation e-mail followed by login information within two (2) business days. Click on the link in the confirmation e-mail to register on our online learning platform Bridge. ICSC will send detailed information on the process for accessing Bridge.
Once your access to Bridge has been set up, the program is accessible at icsc.bridgeapp.com.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to
- Understand the rationale and strategy of each step of retail real estate development.
- Identify red flags in development, financing and initial leasing.
- Understand best practices in developing a shopping center.
*prerequisite is course 1
By the end of this course, participants will be able to
- Identify their role and responsibilities in the success of the company.
- Identify the priorities of key stakeholders and understand how to best communicate with various departments to create a successful center.
- Utilize appropriate tools and resources to successfully run a retail real estate project.
*prerequisite is courses 1 & 2
By the end of this course, participants will be able to
- Understand how to strategize and forecast in order to keep a retail real estate project competitive
- Understand the current career trajectories in the retail real estate industry
- Hear how successful industry leaders fostered their careers and learn what they wished they’d known when they started in the business