Excellence in Commercial Real Estate
What is a CRI Charterholder?
FIDUCIARY PARTICIPANT IN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT DECISION-MAKING
The CRI Certification is a forward-thinking initiative that seeks to give the public confidence in the professionals and fiduciaries within the commercial real estate industry. Until now, neither individual nor institutional investors had a universally accepted criteria to identify professionals that possessed the combination of knowledge, practical experience, education and ethical standards necessary to lead, transact, and advise.

Fiduciary Participant
A fiduciary participant is a service professional who:
- Maintains knowledge of and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, standards of conduct and statutes
- Deals fairly in any market or marketplace
- Uses relevant competence and independent, objective judgment
- Preserves the confidentiality of client materials and nonpublic information
- Discloses fully to a customer and to a client any material conflict of interest
- Acts as a prudent expert in the best interests of a client
- Has a reasonable basis and supporting documentation for a recommendation in a research report and financial analysis
The CRI Society awards a CRI Charter holder or CRI Associate a limited revocable right to use the CRI Charter or CRI Associate designation.
ABOUT
CRI Society
The CRI Society is a tax-exempt, independent and transparent section 501 (c) 6 association of service professionals founded in 1999 that helps ensure the safety of the public and other stakeholders by supervising its real estate certification, the CRI Charter, and its professional designation, the CRI Associate.
Our Mission
The mission of the CRI Society is to recognize ethics-based competency in the global real estate industry for the benefit of the public through the award of a limited, revocable right to hold its CRI Charter or CRI Associate designation.
Our Function
The function of the CRI Charter and CRI Associate designation is to certify the competency and ethical conduct evidenced by a fiduciary participant in the real estate investment and / or portfolio decision-making and / or implementation processes.

About CRI Designations
Learn more about the CRI Designations, the all the benefits it has to offer.
CRI Charterholders & Associates
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Board of Governors
Learn more about the CRI Society and our Board Members leading the organization.