Site Selection · AI & Analytics
AI Can Score a Site in Seconds. It Still Can't Tell You Why That Corner Will Fail.
After decades of working with models for retail real estate, I've watched AI transform how we evaluate sites — and watched smart operators get burned by trusting the score over the story. The score is the beginning of the analysis, not the end of it.
May 2026
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Market Strategy · Demand Trends
The Demand Shift: From Where People Work to Where People Live
COVID structurally changed retail site selection. Weekday daytime demand in CBDs has not recovered. Suburban and neighborhood nodes have. The implications for trade area weighting, co-tenancy analysis, and new market screening are significant and underappreciated.
May 2026
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