Access

Expansion of awareness and access to commercial real estate careers for underrepresented groups are key diversity priorities at Hines. We create opportunities through campus recruiting initiatives and internship programs like Skyline Scholars, an internally sourced education program designed to give college freshmen and sophomores from underrepresented groups career awareness and access to the commercial real estate industry.

Partnerships with organizations such as Project Destined, ULI/WLI, Project REAP, Forte, REEC, CREW, and The Consortium offer equitable opportunities for mentorship, training, and real-world CRE experience for underrepresented talent.

Hiring

A diverse workforce is a stronger, more resilient workforce. We are committed to improving gender and ethnic representation in all our job families - particularly at the officer level - and build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities where we operate.

Belonging

We are committed to an inclusive culture that encourages and supports all Hines employees to thrive. Employees' different backgrounds and perspectives spark innovation and push us to advance ideas that benefit Hines, our stakeholders, and partners. The OneHines initiative serves as a commitment to provide a space for employee awareness, engagement, connection, and learning. Our goal is to provide equity through increased empathy, education and action that drives employee engagement, increases employee understanding, and ultimately creates a greater sense of belonging for all employees.

Elevation

Hiring, retaining, and promoting diverse talent is critical to the future of Hines. It is important that we reflect society and that we have the right talent in place to meet the needs of Hines, our stakeholders, employees, and the people globally where we operate.

We are laser focused on the biggest broken rung in the pipeline — diverse talent at the officer level — and are taking steps towards solutions. We recently updated our officer promotion criteria for more transparency and criteria, and we also launched a new mentoring program to help drive progression opportunities for all employees.