Membership Benefits
At CREDA, we’re not just empowering our members as they build their businesses – we’re shaping the future of commercial real estate.
CREDA’s 21,000 members – top developers, owners, investors, brokers and other suppliers to the industry – know that we are their strongest support as they aim high and accomplish their professional goals. Achieve professional success equipped with the information and connections you need for your commercial real estate career.
Getting Involved and Getting Ahead
“I attribute a lot of the success of my career to the network that I’ve been able to integrate with through the organization.”
CREDA membership “has really broadened my horizons to see the bigger picture in commercial real estate and not just within my area.”
Bronwyn Scrivens
Vice President, JLL
Edmonton, Alberta
Member since 2016
Developing Leader member, CREDA Edmonton Region
Strategic Relationships
Propel your business forward with programs, events and conferences that connect you to industry leaders and new opportunities.
- Attend a chapter or CREDA Corporate event to meet with your peers, network with leading experts and gain new concepts and strategies to achieve financially successful projects.
- Reach out to other members through the CREDA membership directory. You can search for others in your chapter, by property type and more.
- Log in to CREDA Connect to collaborate with peers to share strategic advice, solve challenges and develop new approaches.
- International Insight – CREDA has four distinguished chapters in Canada – Calgary, Greater Toronto, Edmonton Region and Vancouver, expanding the reach of CREDA’s powerful network.
Along with connections with members from across North America, CREDA members also belong to one of CREDA’s superior local chapters, allowing easy access to market education as well as additional personalized networking opportunities and legislative affairs efforts.
Advancing Careers and the CRE Industry
The CREDA community “is filled with people who are very smart, very motivated, and are willing to help – and they are willing to do deals.”
“If you have not been to a Corporate event, you need to put it on your calendar and go now, because you get a chance to learn about national trends, to talk to national players, and find out what’s different in every market you need to know about.”
Louis Fontenot
Vice President, Development Management, Trammell Crow Company
Portland, Oregon
Member since 2007
Former Vice Chair, CREDA-PAC
CREDA Oregon
Exclusive Network
Complete your membership directory profile to easily find new partners and tell others about your skills and contact details.
You’ll develop important business relationships and share experiences with colleagues who are among the industry’s leading dealmakers. Additional networking tools CREDA offers are:
- Find your next position in the CREDA Career Center.
- CREDA Forums – This select program brings together successful commercial real estate leaders in a structured environment to share knowledge and discuss topics of interest. Forums members range from experienced executives to Developing Leaders.
- Partnership with AMPIP – CREDA and AMPIP (Mexican Association of Industrial Parks) allows members from both organizations to build strategic alliances and share market insights.
Powerful Advocacy
CREDA advances legislative initiatives that strengthen and promote the growth of the industry on local, state and national levels. You want to stay at the forefront of legislation impacting commercial real estate, and CREDA is always hard at work protecting your business interests at every level of government.
- Learn about CREDA's legislative priorities including CREDA's position and key points for federal, state and local issues.
- Read bi-monthly posts from CREDA's Government Affairs team on the Market Share blog and columns in Development magazine.
- Find out how you can get involved: contribute to CREDA-PAC, learn how to contact your elected officials; and get involved with your chapter's outreach program.
- CREDA's Source newsletter will deliver the latest association and commercial real estate news directly to your inbox.
Exceptional Education
Maximize your professional development with CREDA’s The Center for Education, which offers relevant and timely resources so you can lead the conversation instead of observing it.
In addition, CREDA members receive a complimentary subscription to the award-winning Development Magazine and industry updates through email. Register for our podcast and learn insights from the people behind many of the projects you know!
Explore CREDA's Center for Education and increase your industry knowledge with:
And much, much more on CREDA’s The Center for Education.
Cutting-edge Research
- Learn trends and thought leadership that will help you navigate the industry.
- Access the latest research reports from the CREDA Research Foundation, including industrial and office space demand forecasts, the annual economic impacts of commercial real estate, and more.
- Follow CREDA's Market Share blog for commercial real estate news and perspectives, including market trends and conference coverage.
- Read Development magazine, published quarterly and available in print, online and for download as a PDF.
- Stay at the forefront with other industry updates and association news.
CREDA Membership
CREDA membership is one of the most valuable investments you’ll make in your business and career.
Our commitment to our more than 21,000 members and the commercial real estate industry is the foundation of all that we do.
Your CREDA membership opens the doors to…
- Business opportunities and connections in your local market.
- A network of colleagues in chapters that span North America.
- And opportunities to lead and give back to future generations of our industry.
When you join CREDA, you get more than a membership.
You get the resources you need to meet the changing demands for how people work, live, shop and play.
Together, we’re building the future of commercial real estate.
Ready to Join?
Join now and you’ll be among commercial real estate industry leaders with instrumental resources at your fingertips! Only CREDA membership can offer leading industry education, government affairs representation, networking and business development to propel your business forward. The available resources are endless.
Join online now or call 800-456-4144.


