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The Gold Standard In Commercial Real Estate Research And Market Information

As a commercial real estate professional, you need more than just basic statistics. You need in-depth information — and you need it fast. Harness the far-reaching power of the industry's most comprehensive real estate research firm for commercial property: CoStar. Let us perform the meticulous, time-consuming research you need to do your job effectively while you focus on clinching the opportunities we uncover. To maintain the industry's largest independently verified real estate database, our team of researchers scours the field daily, collecting and verifying volumes of property-level details that you don't have the time or the resources to do yourself. The result? A vast inventory of fully researched and continuously updated commercial properties of all classes and types, plus an astounding assortment of analytic tools. Our researchers' efforts are supported by sophisticated technology that gives you access to key information such as reliable transaction records, property values, and online listings. Our research experts ensure you the competitive edge by:

  • Tracking more than 30 billion square feet of available space
  • Examining more than 60 million public real estate records
  • Interviewing more than 750,000 brokers, owners, investors, and tenants
  • Canvassing more than 300,000 buildings all across the United States
  • Photographing more than 90,000 buildings, lobbies, and locations

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Discover More Leads With Our Vast Commercial Real Estate Database

Spend less time spinning your wheels and more time driving sales. Get on the road to success with the commercial real estate research experts at CoStar Group as your trusted navigator. With over 700 highly trained researchers, including 150 professionals working in the field, we're able to deliver more accurate and up-to-date commercial real estate information — a tradition of excellence that spans two decades. By any standard, our work represents an unprecedented scale of effort, investment and dedication. Jump ahead of the curve with key statistics such as building ownership info, vacancy rates, lease expirations and dynamic maps. Get regular email updates that help you build business and reinforce client trust. Our market-driven real estate database is constantly expanding, allowing you to better advise clients, reduce investment risk and maximize revenue. Our process includes:

  • Ground-breaking field research. Highly trained researchers in almost every U.S. market strive for a complete inventory, monitoring for-sale and for-lease opportunities, new buildings under construction, available land and other important factors to enhance your understanding of local markets.
  • Centralized research centers. Knowledgeable research analysts develop enduring relationships with brokers, owners and principals all across the country as they compile as many as 200 pieces of information on any given property and verify details through millions of phone calls, e-mails, Internet updates and faxes, by reviewing public records and monitoring the news.
  • Unmatched quality control. Thanks to cutting-edge technology and our brilliant software development team, we implement more than 100 data checks to provide more timely, accurate commercial real estate information.

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Discover the wealth of knowledge available through CoStar, the number one provider of commercial real estate information. Whether you are looking for valuable commercial property sales, for-lease listings or analytic market research to better serve your clients, call 877-7COSTAR (877-726-7827) — or consult our contact list.

CoStar's researchers verify commercial property information
CoStar's analysts confirm commercial listings
Highly trained research analysts understand local markets
CoStar's research covers nearly every U.S. market
CoStar's patented field research process includes custom-designed mobile research vehicles that bristle with the latest commercial real estate research technology, including computers; proprietary Global Positioning System tracking software; high resolution digital cameras; handheld laser that measure buildings, geo-code them and instantly position on digital maps; pneumatic masts that extend up to 25 feet for "bird's eye" image generation. All vehicle data is instantly relayed to the appropriate research center by wireless technology.