Project Destined

We are thrilled to highlight Project Destined Alum, Nia Westbrook, who recently accepted an offer to join Apple as a Real Estate & Development Intern in Cupertino, CA. Nia, a Junior at Howard University, showcased her exceptional skills in Commercial Real Estate during our 2022 Virtual Internship Program. This is a full circle moment. We launched our West Coast platform with support from Apple and the Oakland Athletics in 2019 supporting 20 incredible high school and college students featured in the video below. It is powerful to see our alumni starting their careers with Apple. Congratulations to Nia Westbrook on this opportunity! Special thank you to Apple, Pete Brown, Oakland Athletics, Stephanie Gaywood and Margaret Dixon for their support of our program. Watch the video here: https://lnkd.in/g99Gaj6c

We are thrilled to highlight Project Destined Alum, Matthew Hsu, who recently accepted an offer to join CBRE Investment Management as a Summer 2024 Intern. Matthew Hsu is a Business Administration with a Minor in Real Estate Development student at University of Southern California and participated in the Project Destined Summer 2023 Internship as a part of Team CIM Group (Los Angeles). He went on to become a Program Manager leading Team Boston Properties (BXP) in Fall 2023. Congratulations to Matthew Hsu. Special thanks to CBRE Investment Management, Jack Wills, Blake Lee, Minnie Allison, Norman Harris, LaToya Everett, MBA, CBRE, Chelsea Cutler, Spencer Levy, Priya Hempel, Margaret Klever, Michael Longo, Murphy Cheatham, Kaler Davis, Mark Washington, CFA, Ryan N. Mitchell, Veronica Hayden, CIM Group, Alec Rabinowitz, Andres Villanueva, Caissa Maria Martinez, Erica Zenn, MS, Jared Sakni, Andrew Harwood, Linette Mesa, Dragana Djukelic, Zack Kaminsky, Alex Kolodziejczyk, Cole Norton, Borna Nassab, Jenae Edwards, Boston Properties (BXP), Tommy C., Alicia Barr, RPA®, Michael Choung, Bernice Kong, Connor Bear, Rod Diehl, and Pete Back.

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Greystar to launch the Greystar Scholarship Award, designed to inspire the next generation of leaders in commercial real estate. This scholarship honors two Project Destined alumni who are passionate about the Real Estate sector and exemplify Greystar’s Core Values: integrity, equality, professionalism, teamwork, accountability, and service. Each recipient will receive a $1,000 award and exclusive mentorship opportunities with industry leaders at Greystar. Additionally, all applicants are invited to a special virtual session with Greystar’s Director of Development, Steve Martin, who will share valuable insights on tackling challenges in complex real estate markets. Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now at: https://lnkd.in/gEXydhTw Special thanks to our partners and supporters at Greystar, Kacie Peltier, Trent Conner, Kathryn Doyle, Davis Baldwin, Abby McConnell, Alison Colquhoun Donnelly, Julie Skolnicki, FAIA, Ashley Heggie, Derek Ramsey, Kristin Burton, Darin Cook, Remy Midkiff, Kurt Hoelscher, David Paredes, Ashley Zubizarreta, W. Perry Corrigan, Youssef Elsaadi, Jordan Egan, Jose M. Escallon, Kevin Kaberna, John Clarkson, Chris MacNaughton, George Hayward, Leadi Cole, Shawn Hansen, Bennett T. Wallander, Jr, Gary Kerr, Andrew Phelan, Michael Henry, Carson Mayes, Chrissy Pringle, Kory Jeter, Annabella Borgese, Donovan Herndon, and Lily Clarkson for building this program. #Greystar #GreystarScholarship #CommercialRealEstate #ScholarshipOpportunity #CareerDevelopment#RealEstateCareers #Mentorship #CREScholarship #ProfessionalGrowth

We are thrilled to highlight Project Destined Alum, Kayla Richard, who recently accepted an offer to join Goldman Sachs as a Summer 2024 Analyst. Kayla Richard is a Bachelor’s of Arts in Economics student at Spelman College and participated in the Project Destined Spring 2024 Internship as a part of Team The RMR Group (Atlanta). She also participated in the Winter 2024 Project Destined Commercial Real Estate Fundamentals Program Congratulations to Kayla Richard. Special thanks to Goldman Sachs, Cris Zertuche Wong, Allyson Gemberling, Sierra Brown, Shradha Negi, Cameron Farr, Nick Noble, Nadine G. Sheiness, Dirk Degenaars, Lizzie Adams, Ryan Kaplan, Jill N., Ronnie Wimberley, Alyssa Cook, Kevin Sokal, The RMR Group, Annette Fionda, Katherine Velten, Hilary Browne (née Waterman), Jack Weiland, Julie Livingstone, Yael Duffy, Rebecca Buchanan, Nikkia Russell, LEED GA, Yessenia Tejeda, James Godbold, Sadler Walker, and Thomas Evans.

This Spring, we had the privilege to train 2,000+ incredible students with the support of 50+ corporate partners / sponsors, 400+ corporate volunteers and 500+ academic institutions. We are excited to share our Spring 2024 Impact Report celebrating the students, sponsors, mentors and staff members dedicated to creating a new generation of #owners and #leaders in commercial real estate. Thanks to you all. We remain excited to grow our work and impact together. Click here to learn more about Project Destined: https://lnkd.in/ehci3RC Special thanks to our Spring 2024 partners CBRE, Brookfield Properties, Hines, Greystar, PGIM Real Estate, Invesco US, Arbor Realty Trust, Greystone, AEW, Madison International Realty, SitusAMC, WX Inc., Eastdil Secured, Marcus & Millichap, Welltower™ Inc. (NYSE:WELL), Beacon Partners, Asana Partners, East West Partners, Related Companies, Olympia Development of Michigan, The RMR Group, The Meridian Group, Fairstead, Realterm, Capital One, Ballard Spahr LLP, Regency Centers, Starwood Capital Group, FCP, Al. Neyer, EisnerAmper, Quarterra Group, Prime Finance, QuadReal Property Group, and CIM Group.

We are thrilled to highlight Project Destined Alum, Zion Wynn, who recently accepted an offer to join Hilton as a Summer 2024 Intern. Zion Wynn is a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance student at Rhodes College and participated in the Project Destined Fall 2022 Internship as a part of Team NAIOP Colorado. He went to participate in the Fall 2022 Project Destined Real Estate Financial Modeling Fundamentals Certificate Program. Congratulations to Zion Wynn. Special thanks to Hilton, NAIOP, CJ Manning, Jayma File, Tamara Small, Vivek Sharma, Suzanne Kinney, Erin Everett Stevens, Brian Cleary, and Paula Chavarria.

We are thrilled to highlight Project Destined Alum, Travis Zhou, who recently accepted an offer to join First Washington Realty as a Summer 2024 Intern. Travis Zhou is a Hotel Administration student at Cornell University and participated in the Project Destined Spring 2024 Internship as a part of Team Eastdil Secured (NY). Congratulations to Travis Zhou. Special thanks to First Washington Realty, Mary Jane Geraci, Max Peker, Alex Nyhan, Eastdil Secured, D. Michael Van Konynenburg, Will Silverman, Kristin Gannon, Martha Wallau, Aimee Florin, Loretta Spencer, Matthew Gil, Tommy Kim, Christian Chavez, Emily Collins, Catherine Reinecker, Matthew Lerner, Auston Ingram, Carly Shoulberg, Daniel Prendiville, Darwin Rodriguez, Ian Banger, Caroline Klinedinst, Jared Queen, Carissa Maines, Oliver Bennett, Tommy McGlone, Anna Winter, Alex Stone, Jake Greene, Donald Kelly, and Elijah Gregory.

We are thrilled to highlight our partnership with Brookfield Properties. Since 2019, Brookfield Properties has sponsored 250+ students across 100+ universities through our Virtual Internship Program and Inaugural Brookfield Properties Real Estate Development Cup. As part of our partnership, Brookfield Properties has leveraged our talent acquisition tools to hire 45+ students to date for Internship and Full Time roles across Development, Land and Housing, Finance, Communications, and Accounting. We are thrilled to highlight incoming Summer 2024 Analysts including Yashwant Kandalam, Norman Mwangi, Li Yin, Alex Warner, Ishan Sinha, Zachary Nnaji, Cady Yu, Carlos Ramirez, Joshua Nafarrete, Alex Cheng and Andrew Hyunh. Special thanks to Brookfield Properties, Adrian Foley, Chris Ball, Pam Evans, Ted McKibbin, Trent Edwards, Brooke Gredler, Charlene Barrett, Darren Kogut, Eric Peterson, Erik Granum, Evelyn Natali Espinoza Centeno, Jason Bernstein, Jon Vandevoorde, Leila Tuma, Josh Roden, Katie Russell, Peter Lauener, Peter Tsoukalas, Ryan Moss, Sam Scales, SHRM-CP, Scott Janis, Brynne Thurston, Brit Godoy, Brooke Gredler, Erika Mellin, PHR, Rico Green, Ben Brown, Brian Kingston, Richard Rashad Romeo III, Jack Tse, Chris Maine, Natalia Hozdevila, EIT. for their support in providing early career opportunities to our students. Learn more about our work with Brookfield Properties: https://lnkd.in/ehci3RC

Thank you to the Commercial Observer for highlighting our launch of the Real Estate Certificate Program with launch partners BGO and Walker & Dunlop. Click here to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gywjvYwB Special thanks to Commercial Observer, Observer Media, James R Freiman, Anna Staropoli, Tom Acitelli, Kate Harrington, Faith Akinboyewa, Max Gross and Cathy Cunningham.

We are thrilled to highlight Project Destined Alum, Jacob Zheng, who recently accepted an offer to join CIM Group as a Summer 2024 Investments Analyst in Los Angeles. Jacob Zheng is a Bachelor of Data Science & Economics student at University of California, Berkeley and participated in the Project Destined Fall 2023 Internship as a part of Team Boston Properties (BXP). He went on to participate in the following Project Destined Bridge programs: the Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. Community Building Bridge Program, Walker & Dunlop Affordable Housing Equity & Debt Financing Bridge Program, Nareit Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Bridge Program, U.S. Bank Access to Ascend Bridge Program, BH Management Multifamily Investment and Operations Bridge Program, and the Housing Partnership Network (Affordable Housing) Next Gen Talent Academy. Jacob also participated in the following Project Destined Certificate programs: the Commercial Real Estate Fundamentals Certificate Program, the Real Estate Financial Modeling Fundamentals Certificate Program, and the Advanced Real Estate Financial Modeling (Equity Waterfall Analysis) Certificate Program. Congratulations to Jacob Zheng. Special thanks to CIM Group, Christopher Polanco, Katee L., Bethany Chang, Jared Sakni, Caissa Maria Martinez, Andres Villanueva, Andrew Harwood, Alec Rabinowitz, Erica Zenn, MS, Linette Mesa, Dragana Djukelic, Zack Kaminsky, Alex Kolodziejczyk, Cole Norton, Borna Nassab, Boston Properties (BXP), Tommy C., Alicia Barr, RPA®, Michael Choung, Bernice Kong, Connor Bear, Rod Diehl, and Pete Back.