An Ohio licensed real estate broker/agent is able to join the Columbus Board of REALTORS® as a residential or commercial member.

The Commercial/Investment (C/I) Section was created in 1994 to serve the needs of CBR members involved in the purchase, sale or lease of commercial land, office, apartment, industrial, investment, and retail real estate.

As part of the CBR, not only do C/I members receive all the benefits from the CBR, but they receive personalized attention to services that benefit the commercial/investment REALTOR®.

No matter which section a REALTOR® chooses to join, the dues are the same and all listing categories of the MLS - residential, land/farm, multi-family, industrial, office, business and commercial - are open to every member.

The C/I Section is overseen by the C/I Steering Committee comprised of seven commercial REALTORS® elected by the members of the C/I Section. The Chair of the C/I Steering Committee holds a voting seat on the CBR Board of Directors which is the governing body for the entire association. This does not preclude the ability for any other commercial member to run for election to the Board of Directors through the member-wide ballot.

Under the C/I Steering Committee are five commercial focused committees to help direct services and membership opportunities for the section:

The Central Ohio Commercial Information Exchange (COCIE) is a property database (COCIE) which, unlike a listing database (i.e. a traditional MLS), a property database system includes an inventory of all properties whether listed or not.

Both CBR members and non-members are able to enter listings in COCIE as well as their own listing photo(s) and attachments. However, only COCIE Participant listings will display on the Commercial Property Search available to the public.