We transformed the online visual identity of one of Chicago’s top real estate institutions. Our work gave them a strong, identifiable brand and a path to new heights.
Help advance CREI’s mission of providing flexible and feasible real estate education to Chicagoans.
Fortress produced a refined, eye-catching, and user-friendly website that potential Chicago Real Estate Institute students will use to affirm that CREI is the right match.


Ran a digital ad campaign with lowest cost per click and higher click through rate compared to industry standards.
A spotlight and platform were created to shine a light on three-star recruits.
Thousands of social media shares of content that was built into the portal.

In building and designing this website, we aimed to emphasize CREI’s established roots in the industry. They have helped over 10,000 people earn their brokers’ license and jumpstart their careers since opening their doors over three decades ago. That reputation of excellence matters.

Our goal for the inner pages of this site was to provide users with answers, skipping over unnecessary filler. You want your broker’s license; CREI wants to help you get there. All the info users need about CREI’s mission, class structures and modalities, and instructors, is easily accessible.