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“Someone told me to take the course — and I was
blown away,” she says. “You can get a finance degree in
college, but it’s not necessarily targeted to commercial
real estate.”
The McClures got married in 1989. Susan received
her designation in 1994 and joined McClure Partners
in 2007.
The firm’s third partner is Mac’s son, John McClure,
CCIM, who graduated from Baylor University in
2004, hoping to go into commercial real estate for
development and construction. His father and a part-
ner had bought a Chili’s franchise in Georgia.
“I cut my teeth in development over four years,”
John says. Eventually he built 11 more restaurants in
Georgia and South Carolina.
“Dad and his partner really mentored me,” John adds.
He also was studying for his CCIM designation and
remembers his first CI 101 class. “I met three or four
friends who I still keep up with,” John says. “Lots of
people want to move to online classes, because they
think millennials want them. I feel like there’s a lot
you miss out on if you don’t have that in-class envi-
ronment, learning from instructors who practice what
they teach every day.”
John sat for the CCIM exam in San Antonio, Texas.
“It was probably one of the most nerve-wracking things
I’ve ever done,” he says. “My dad was one of 10 moni-
tors. He was about to be the Institute president, and I
thought ‘I cannot fail this test.’ ” John didn’t fail; he was
pinned in 2007 at the age of 26.
All three McClures are active CCIMs, both at
the local and national level. Mac continues to teach;
Susan, also an instructor, serves on the Institute’s
board of directors and also is the education chair for
the North Texas CCIM Chapter; and John is the cur-
rent chapter president.
“It’s kind of challenging when we have a national
meeting, because we have to shut down the office,”
Mac says.
“I have a lifetime of memories of going to instructor
training courses and other [CCIM] events,” John says.
“I was around my father’s cadre for years and years. I’ve
grown up around them, and now to be able to work
alongside them on board commissions and commit-
tees, that’s really special to me.”
Sarah Hoban is a freelance writer based in the
Chicago metro area.
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