Real estate funded investments for employees

I should start off by saying that I work for a large commercial real estate investment firm and they have given me the task of setting up an incentive plan for employees of our firm to partake in some of their real estate investments.

I am trying to wrap my head around the concept and figure out the first step to take in getting this type of incentive started. Obviously, there is a giant legal issue to discuss but wondered if any of you have been involved in this type of structured deal geared towards employees?

It almost seems like profit sharing except each employee would actually have part ownership in a piece of real estate...

Thank you in advance for any insight into this idea.