What We Do
Strategic Real Estate Consulting
Strategic Real Estate Consulting
Strategic Real Estate Consulting
Location Strategy provides real estate feasibility analysis consultancy. We provide market studies to developers in ground up or infill development, builders, banks or lenders, asset owners, or private equity / debt in various phases of a project from concept or evaluating sites to in development, positioning to sell or for bond issuance.
Development Planning Services
Strategic Real Estate Consulting
Strategic Real Estate Consulting
Our experts can help with underwriting materials like pro forma, competitive market analysis, and absorption forecasts to make sure your package is ready for lender review and approval.
Project Feasibility
Strategic Real Estate Consulting
Project Feasibility
We help identify challenges and opportunity in the market to help you position your project as well as make recommendations on how to achieve financial targets or timelines
Services We Offer
Standard Market Study
- City and MSA level analysis of income, jobs, growth, demographics and how it tracks nationally and within the region. Drivers of job and population growth and how it relates to household formation
- Overview of the Retail, Commercial and Residential Landscape
- Competitive Market Area analysis for the real estate asset type including income, demographics, household formation, job centers
- CMA analysis of the eco-system including transit, community facilities, safety/crime, public cultural and recreation centers, public parks, public education
- Standard Rental Analysis components are included
- Statistics and trends in the single family market as those are considered alternatives and move-up options which impact multi-family desirability and length of occupancy
- Demand forecast
- Absorption forecast
Standard Rental Analysis
- Historical and Current Apartment Market Outlook for region
- Provide rental comp analysis evaluating 10-20 comparables depending on inventory. Where inventory does not exist in the subject neighborhood we will identify comparable neighborhoods
- Pricing, concessions, vacancy rates
- Summarize current apartment construction and the impact of new unit deliveries on rental rates and occupancy
- Matrix of features and amenities that each comp contains including in unit/community laundry, parking, storage, elevator, pet policy, and shared building features
- Photos of comparable units and building
- Basic demographic analysis
- Basic community analysis including access and proximity to freeways and major arteries, grocery stores, and transit
Market Study for Special District Creation
- Same content as regular market study
- Includes assessed value forecast for MUD/LID/PID/TIRZ/TIF areas
Additional Market Study Visualization
- Drone and ground photography of the project site and the immediate adjacent community / neighborhood level
- Photography and mapped visuals of key competitors, neighborhood amenities and community ecosystem of work, play, and services.
- Photography and mapped visuals of key MSA area industries/businesses, airport/transit, commercial growth
Highest and Best Use
- Determine the highest and best use real estate or mix of real estate based on opportunities in the trade area including an analysis of subtypes within the real estate type, and potential timing on what stage to introduce types