Juge of RE/MAX installed as president of the CCIM Institute

Richard Juge, CCIM, was installed as president of the CCIM Institute at the fall business meetings. Juge is the institute's 44th president and the second to hail from New Orleans. A 22-year commercial real estate veteran, Juge was honored by the New Orleans Metro Commercial Investment Division for the largest commercial office leases in 1997, 2000, 2001, and 2002; the largest special purpose transaction in 1998; and the largest industrial lease of 2004, 2005, and 2006. He is a senior instructor for the CCIM Institute's User Decision Analysis, Market Analysis, and Introduction to Commercial Investment Real Estate Analysis courses. Juge has held numerous leadership positions at the national, regional and local levels, including president of the Louisiana CCIM chapter. He is a RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and a perennial Platinum Club member. He also holds the Society of Office and Industrial Realtors(SIOR), and Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) designations. The CCIM movement began more than 40 years ago with commercial real estate practitioners who wanted to elevate their business practices through focused education and networking opportunities. Still, today education and networking remain the cornerstones of the CCIM designation and the reason for its success. The CCIM Institute confers the CCIM designation and is an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Established by the California Association of Realtors in 1954 under the name Certified Property Exchanger (CPE), the CCIM designation took on national significance in 1967 under administration by a division of the National Association of Realtors. In 1969, the designation was renamed Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM). A council was established to administer the designation, and in 1991 it was granted institute status as an affiliate of NAR. Now, with more than 19,000 members in 33 countries and 61 chapters worldwide the CCIM Institute has emerged as a truly global organization.