Juan Arias is the National Director of U.S. Industrial Analytics at CoStar, specializing in industrial real estate. He advises clients on market conditions and contributes to CoStar's platform through articles, reports and presentations. In addition to being a regular contributor to CoStar News, his insights have also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Real Deal, Bisnow and NREI.

Previously, Arias was CoStar's director of market analytics for South Florida and, before that, a strategic consultant with CoStar Advisory Services in Boston, where he provided market analysis, portfolio assessment, and investment strategy guidance to commercial real estate clients. Before CoStar, he worked as a commercial loan underwriter and servicer at an international asset management firm. Arias holds a B.S. in Finance from Bentley University and an M.S. in International Real Estate from FIU.