The American Arbitration Association (AAA) recently announced that its Cleveland Regional Office will close. The Cleveland regional office will maintain a small staff until December 16, 2005 to transition pending cases to their new administrative location in Detroit, Michigan. The AAA provides conflict management and dispute resolution services in a number of fields, including those involving construction and real estate disputes. The Real Estate and Construction Practice Group at the law firm of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP has represented a number of clients in construction and real estate arbitration matters before the AAA.