Connect CRE offers an integrated business development platform built around the commercial real estate industry. We bring together trusted news and information, industry-leading events, creative and marketing services, and innovative technology to help CRE professionals stay informed, connected, and positioned for growth.
Our work is powered by a team with decades of combined experience across commercial real estate, media, marketing, creative, branding, events, technology, email, and public relations. Together, we provide a coordinated approach that helps organizations develop ideas, tell their stories, reach the right audiences, and create meaningful business opportunities.
At our core, Connect CRE delivers the information and connections that help brokers, developers, lenders, investors, owners, property managers, attorneys, appraisers, and other industry professionals make better, more confident business decisions. From daily news and in-depth market analysis to flagship conferences, networking opportunities, and strategic marketing campaigns, we connect the people, ideas, and opportunities shaping commercial real estate across the United States and Canada.
2015 to 2019
Connect Begins and Expands
2020 to 2022
Connect Pivots and Reconnects
2023 to Today
Connect Broadens and Moves Forward
Connect Media was established in 2015 in Los Angeles, California, built on an understanding of and passion for commercial real estate. We hit the ground running with daily California CRE news, four events across Los Angeles, Orange County, West Los Angeles and the Inland Empire, and client marketing videos and creative projects.
Real estate is a regional business. As our news coverage and offerings expanded market by market, so did our team. Following the launch of our National daily news email in 2016, we quickly expanded our coverage and offerings across Texas, New York, Chicago, Boston and New England, Phoenix and the Southwest, Washington, D.C., Florida and the Gulf Coast, Atlanta and the Southeast, and Seattle and the Northwest.
Our events and advertising offerings grew alongside our news coverage. By 2019, our live events had expanded from four in 2015 to 25, and Connect was named to the Inc. 5000 list for the first time, recognizing us as one of the nation's fastest-growing privately held companies.When the pandemic changed the way businesses operated, Connect adapted quickly, helping clients across the country move their marketing and business development efforts into the digital world. We created websites, improved SEO, developed social media and PPC campaigns, delivered targeted email campaigns, and developed holistic digital marketing strategies.
We also shifted from live events to digital events and webcasts, curating and promoting more than 400 webinars between 2020 and 2022. During this period, Connect was certified by the National Minority Supplier Development Council as a minority-owned business and was named to the Financial Times' list of the fastest-growing companies in North America.
As live events returned in 2022, Connect reconnected with the industry while continuing to expand its offerings. We launched Connect Classroom, CRE Insider, the CRE Ad & Event Shop, and Connect Money, expanding our ability to serve commercial real estate and financial services professionals with trusted information, connections, and business development opportunities.Connect expanded its commercial real estate platform with the acquisition of ApartmentBuildings.com in 2023, adding an industry-leading multifamily online sales platform serving investors, brokers, REITs, private equity firms, developers, and family offices.
In early 2026, Connect acquired Networld Media Group, a leading business media company serving executives and decision-makers across the restaurant, retail, banking, technology, and related industries. The acquisition doubled the size of the Connect team and expanded our capabilities across new sectors.
Today, our mission remains simple: to connect people, places, content, and ideas. Through written, digital, creative, and live channels, we help the people and organizations shaping the industries we serve tell their stories, build relationships, and grow their businesses.
