NAI Latter & Blum’s Karl Landreneau Appointed CCIM Institute’s Interim Executive Vice President

The industry veteran and senior instructor to lead the world’s leading CRE organization during this transition in leadership.

Karl Landreneau, CCIM of NAI Latter & Blum has been appointed as the interim Executive Vice President of the CCIM Institute. CCIM Institute is a global community of approximately 13,000 members, more than 50 chapters, and 30 countries that educates and connects the world’s leading experts in investment strategy, financial analysis, and market analysis.

“With his wealth of experience in the industry and the extensive knowledge of the institute itself, we couldn’t have asked for a better person at the helm during this transition,” says Timothy S. Blair, CCIM, 2021 Global President of CCIM Institute. Landreneau served as Global President in 2007 and was instrumental with a leadership transition at that time. “We are thankful that ‘Boudreaux’ was willing to take on this role and provide continuity for the institute to carry out the necessary daily business as well as allowing the due diligence in retaining our next Executive Vice President.”

With more than three decades of experience in the commercial real estate industry, Landreneau currently serves as the Director of Commercial Sales and Leasing at NAI Latter & Blum in Louisiana, where he oversees five offices and 120 brokers throughout the state. He also has a rich history of service to CCIM Institute, serving as an institute instructor since 2007, a member on numerous committees, and CCIM Institute President in 2014. The institute awarded Landreneau with the Susan J. Groeneveld Visionary Award in 2006.

“As we navigate a post pandemic market, the CCIM professional is an integral partner for their clients and to the rebounding of our communities. Searching for a key leadership role while providing support and service to CCIMs, designation candidates, and chapters remains a priority for this organization. I am excited to lend my experience and make things happen,” said Landreneau.

About CCIM Institute

CCIM Institute created the language of global real estate investment. Our courses and worldwide community deploy commercial real estate investment methodologies and tools that speed the pathway between opportunity, a go/no-go decision and success for an asset, taught by instructors who are themselves industry leaders. Today, the organization, through its 50-plus chapters, continues to innovate best practices and elevate the commercial real estate professional through its core designation program to earn the CCIM pin— real estate’s most coveted credential — and its topical education courses offered through the Ward Center for Real Estate Studies. In addition, membership in CCIM includes the industry’s best technology and operational platform, allowing entrepreneurial and mid-sized businesses to compete with the largest multinational providers. Today, almost 70 percent of designees hold the title of owner, partner, principal, or president, representing an exclusive worldwide referral network of approximately 13,000 members in 30 countries. Ultimately, CCIM represents a larger vision of the commercial real estate provider, leveraging investment analysis, opinions of value, and underwriting to become a leader in sourcing capital, building a cash-flow vehicle, and ultimately creating value. Information at www.ccim.com.