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Experienced real estate buyers know that acquiring property acquires risk.  Environmental response costs can quickly exceed the value of the transaction, so a reliable assessment is essential to understanding property ownership risks.  Most property carries some degree of environmental risk from historic land use or neighboring property conditions, and CRB provides consulting to real estate professionals for all types of properties, including:
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• Agricultural land 
• Commercial office buildings 
• Industry & manufacturing sites
• Multi-family residential
• Retail & restaurant property
• Universities & schools 

As experienced consultants, CRB's professionals navigate real estate professionals and their representatives through the due diligence process of:

Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (click for information)

Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (click for information) 

Risk Assessment
Risk assessment is our specialty.  As a full-service environmental firm providing initial assessment through completing remediation with site closure, our real estate clientele know that CRB can provide reliable insight into response costs.  

We stay up-to-date on environmental trends and regulations, and our risk assessment process includes a review of likely remediation or response scenarios, third-party liability considerations, and development of a cost range for response options.  Environmental risk response options available to prospective property owners include:

• Brownfield redevelopment liability protection
• Environmental risk insurance & liability transfer
• Prospective Purchaser Agreements (PPA)
• Soil, groundwater, and indoor air remediation options