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A faster, less expensive alternative to court, the CRE Real Estate Dispute Resolution Program is designed to resolve high value, complex real estate disputes.

While other organizations also provide dispute resolution services for business, The CRE Real Estate Dispute Resolution Program ensures that real estate disputes are arbitrated and mediated by only the highest level of real estate experts who understand the complexities of such a broad field.

The CRE Real Estate Dispute Resolution program offers the following benefits:

  • Provides a formal framework for the settlement of complex real estate disputes
  • Offers a variety of accepted methods that can be customized to meet the needs of the disputants
  • Provides seasoned, high level real estate professionals trained and certified in the processes of dispute resolution and committed to the highest ethical standards
  • Permits disputants to select their own dispute resolution "neutrals" from a list of approved CRE arbitrators and mediators with expertise related to the real estate dispute at hand (as opposed to court appointed or other alternative dispute resolution provider who may not understand real estate)
  • Delivers superior service as a reliable, cost-effective, and time-effective alternative to litigation
Following is a sample of the types of real estate disputes that may be settled through the CRE Real Estate Dispute Resolution Program:
Fee simple valuation
Rent resetting
Partial interests
Landlord-tenant disputes
Mortgage or equity positions
Operation procedures
Sandwich lease
Occupancy and use controversies
Sublease
Purchase options
Leasehold operations
Fractional ownership
Air rights
Public or private syndication
Transferable development rights
Property management contracts
Riparian rights
Loan, title policy or asset management agreement
Subsurface rights
Condemnation
Remainderman rights
Tax certiorari
Easements
Land use
Estates for life
Zoning and environmental issues
Renewal and purchase options
Portfolio allocation (necessitated by divorce, estate or dissolution of business)
Rights of first and last offer


The resolution of disputes is conducted in accordance with the "CRE Real Estate Dispute Resolution Protocol," which presents disputing parties an array of choices in dispute resolution methods that can be selected.

Requests for services may be initiated by either party to a dispute, provided that:

  1. The underlying contract or agreement contains an "alternative dispute resolution" provision; or
  2. The disputant parties have mutually agreed to pursue dispute resolution as an alternative to court

Download a copy of the Dispute Reolution information brochure (1.1mb PDF)

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