Overview · News Releases · Member News · Features · Media Backgrounder · About The Counselors of Real Estate Established in 1953, The Counselors of Real Estate is an international membership organization of 1,100 advisors who provide intelligent, unbiased, and trusted real estate advice for clients and employers. Counseling Counseling is not considered a specific real estate discipline with a defined body of knowledge, such as brokerage, management, or appraisal. Rather, it is considered a problem-solving process. No matter the property type, real estate decision makers call upon Counselors for advice on the many diversified issues encountered in the broad field of real estate. Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to: economic and fiscal impact studies financing development site location, relocation, lease/purchase evaluation corporate real estate strategy acquisitions and dispositions investment analysis and strategy market research and demand/supply analysis land use/master planning pension fund consulting arbitration and mediation expert witness testimony and litigation support capital formation and syndication public/private partnerships Membership Members are admitted into the organization by invitation only and carry the designation Counselor of Real Estate (CRE). To be invited, advisors must be recognized by their peers for outstanding professional achievement, impeccable judgment, and commitment to integrity in their counseling careers. Purpose The purpose of The Counselors of Real Estate organization is to serve as an information resource and to provide its members with opportunities for professional development, knowledge sharing, and networking, all grounded in a culture of camaraderie. The organization produces educational programs, market resources, and publications for its members and the real estate community at large. Outreach Programs The organization's CRE Consulting Corps is a public service that provides municipalities, not-for-profits, government entities, public/private developers, and owners of real property with real estate analysis and action plans. Clients have included the City of Gdansk, Poland; to the General Services Administration of the federal government. The James E. Gibbons Educational Development Trust Fund of The Counselors of Real Estate underwrites worthwhile projects of social, community or international significance that benefit the needs of society, the commercial real estate industry, and the membership of The Counselors of Real Estate. Headquarters The Counselors of Real Estate 430 North Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: 312-329-8427;   Fax: 312/329-8881 info@cre.org Contact Alice L Muncaster Director of Communications & Marketing The Counselors of Real Estate 430 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: 312-329-8430 Fax: 312-329-8881 E-mail: amuncaster@cre.org Print Friendly Email This Page For more information contact The Counselors of Real Estate.

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