Success Stories
Today, CoStar’s suite of Internet-based marketing and information services serves tens of thousands of commercial real estate professionals worldwide. Why do professonal players from so many local, regional, national and international organizations trust CoStar to find, market and analyze commercial properties? What sets CoStar apart? Read what these professionals say about CoStar …
CoStar Showcase is such a logical, cost-effective concept. Take the performance reports. In this economy, it’s more important than ever for owners to know about the number of views their listing generates.
I especially like how listings on CoStar Showcase are continuously updated by CoStar researchers. Not long ago, I got a call from a broker at a top national firm asking about a space listing in their database. 'I closed that deal years ago.' That won’t happen with CoStar Showcase. I trust the information. That saves me time and trouble. CoStar Showcase is phenomenal!
Steven Pressler
Senior Managing Director
Promenade Real Estate Corp.
I’m on my way now to give a tour of a space the tenant found through our Showcase listings on Google. It’s a physician looking at 5,000 sq. ft. at $28 a sq. ft. NRA. It’s a great lead, typical of CoStar Showcase. Our LoopNet subscription doesn’t compare. It’s safe to say 90% of our leads come from CoStar. We’ve seen our commissions triple since we signed on with CoStar four years ago. They’re a life saver.
Showcase means a lot as we expand into new markets across the state. With Showcase, we know investors nationwide see our for-sale listings. Owners like the idea their properties have high visibility on Google and Yahoo. Showcase gives our shop the same marketing clout as the big boys.
Peggy Rougeou
Director of Commercial Leasing
Tarantino Properties
With CoStar, I save valuable time and produce better results for my clients. What took me days or even weeks to do, I can now do in minutes, giving me more time to do more deals.
Mark B. Warlick, SIOR
Senior Vice President
S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co.
Put simply, CoStar Showcase works. We recently sold a high profile retail parcel in Southern California through a lead generated by CoStar. I'd strongly recommend this product to any broker or owner with commercial property to sell.
Jim Menton
RE/MAX Commercial Brokerage
Manhattan, Beach
CoStar COMPS allows us to pinpoint some markets and look very carefully at what the vacancies and trends are in those specific submarkets.
Tom Shields, MAI
Vice President/Distric Manager
Joseph J. Blake & Associates, Inc.
With CoStar, we can identify comparables before we leave the office, which saves us a lot of time, aggravation and money. I would strongly recommend to any serious appraiser.
Richard Shorter, SRA, SCGREA
Chief Appraisal Officer
Columbia Bank
About two weeks before our CoStar Showcase demo, a national financial institution called us about a 25,000 sq. ft. space listing we had on CoStar. That sold us right there. If this kind of quality prospect searches CoStar, why not cast an even bigger net with Showcase?
David Kramer, CCIM, LEED AP
Vice President
Grady Pridgen, Inc.
We were an early CoStar Showcase adopter. Within days of listing, we received a great lead from an office tenant. Within 30 days of that, we had a signed deal. We really like how Showcase gives our listings priority placement on GoogleTM.
Yes, we tried LoopNet. Unlike CoStar, LoopNet makes you enter all the property information and we have lots of listings. Worse, the contact list LoopNet provided was a bust. I religiously emailed those folks each week. It didn’t yield a single sale, not even a single lead. The owners and retailers I represent want Google exposure. Showcase delivers!
Tim McNutt
Commercial Leasing
Bright Realty, Ltd.
I know my local market, but it's impossible to know details of each and every property. With other services it’s hit or miss. CoStar gives me all of the details, and all of the details are verified.
Sharon Gage
Managing Broker
White Commercial
Our CoStar Showcase subscription paid for itself in days with a lead that we turned into a deal on a seemingly unleasable basement suite. Plus, we're landing new assignments and retaining current ones by letting owners know of the huge Internet exposure their properties have on CoStar Showcase.
William K. Montrose
Principal
AMR Commercial, LLC
CoStar gives you the competitive advantage with the huge amount of data...I consider them an extended staff member.
George Livingston
President, Managing Principal
NAI Realvest
Having a tool like CoStar and the ability to tap into the current information quickly [is] the key to success.
Pat Duffy
President
Colliers Arnold
I populate every one of my listings with all the floor plans, site plans and photographs, so that brokers see everything they need to know before they even call me.
Dave Wills
Vice President
NAI Michaels Companies, Inc.