Research

"No one in the commercial real estate business, in my opinion, does a better job of compiling accurate, reliable real estate market statistics"

Leonard Sahling, Head of Research, ProLogis

Plenty of companies can provide you with market rents and availabilities. But which location is the right location for your headquarters? Your warehouse? Your storefront? That level of advice takes local knowledge and deep insight, the kind Cushman & Wakefield has been providing clients worldwide for generations.

We provide the timeliest, highest-quality information and analysis to help our clients optimize their real estate decisions. We achieve this goal through our vast resources, worldwide coverage, and multi-disciplined approach.

The Gold Standard for Property Research
Cushman & Wakefield performs rigorous, global, primary research and data-driven analysis. The extensive detail of our market intelligence represents the efforts our research professionals worldwide.

Primary local market knowledge is indispensable to our clients in providing actionable advice. Our research is also widely quoted in the international media, because our information is the gold standard for property-oriented research.

From this market intelligence, our highly skilled staff provides analysis of real estate trends and forecasts, tactical and strategic investment analysis, retail analysis, building or project specific feasibility analysis and peer group studies in support of client activities.

MarketBeat Series / Market Analysis
Cushman & Wakefield's award-winning publication, MarketBeat, profiles real estate conditions in major business markets throughout the world. Customized studies are also prepared to meet the specific information needs of owners, occupiers, and investors.

Forecasting
Occupancy decisions require timely, accurate data on availabilities, rental growth or decline and concessions. Tenants need to know the future direction of the market in order to plan their growth strategies. Research has forecasting models and expertise to analyze current conditions and provide advice on future market trends.

Peer Group Studies
We work with various owners and REITs to create a customized research product. The end product furnishes these companies with analyses customized for their portfolios and the market indicators and variables that are most important and unique to their market intelligence needs.

Proprietary Market Knowledge
Cushman & Wakefield performs proprietary research and data-driven analysis. SiteSolutions, a web-based system, tracks over 10 billion square feet of office and industrial real estate. By having the information at their fingertips, SiteSolutions enables Cushman & Wakefield professionals to respond faster to market opportunities. Cushman & Wakefield Research is the premier source of real estate data and advice for occupiers and investors.

Careers In Research
To be considered for opportunities in our research organization, please visit our careers page.

Agribusiness, Natural Resources & Energy

The Agribusiness, Natural Resources & Energy Group performs valuation and advisory services within the agribusiness, natural resource and energy sectors. The focus is on complex land valuation including infrastructure, mineral and water rights and energy components (wind/solar/hydro and power plants).

Appraisal Management

C&W's Valuation & Advisory Appraisal Management Group provides expertise in all facets of appraisal management and administration including; bidding, engaging, and reviewing appraisal reports, compliance, third party appraiser selection, risk analysis and property inspections. Services range from single property appraisal reviews to major portfolio consulting engagements.

Financial Reporting

C&W’s specialty Financial Reporting Practice includes exclusively trained and experienced individuals highly credentialed and familiar with financial reporting and issues on both national and international levels. We offer SFAS and IFRS related services as well as fresh start reporting and portfolio investment valuation services.

Golf

The Golf specialty practice group includes appraisers that have national experience in providing expert advise to clients for various golf-related property types including resort, daily fee and municipal golf courses, private equity and non-equity golf and country clubs.

Government

We offer a full service team specializing in valuation, consulting, advisory services, and litigation support for federal, state, local, and tribal governments.

Green Advisory

Providing cost benefit analysis for green strategies, our Green Advisory team members are some of the thought leaders in the industry, collaborating with some of the best technical consultants in the architectural, engineering and development and design industries.

Hospitality & Gaming

The Hospitality & Gaming professionals specialize in existing and proposed hotels; luxury resorts; conference centers; timeshare properties; condominium hotels; extended stay hotels; land based, dockside, Native American and riverboat casinos; horse and dog tracks as well as mixed use, fractional and middle market and economy facilities.

Industrial

Our industrial valuation professionals have extensive light and heavy industrial experience and are strategically located in the major marketplaces. Our team has completed in excess of 10,000 industrial related valuation assignments over the past few years.

Land Valuation

Valuation & Advisory offers a full range of appraisal and advisory services related to all forms of developed and undeveloped land.

Manufactured Housing

Our team offers key insights into the manufactured housing industry including a strong understanding of market trends, capitalization rates and supply and demand factors which are critical in the analysis of this asset type.

Office Valuation

Office building valuation is a core competency of Valuation & Advisory. We have extensive experience with all types of office buildings and draw from our proprietary in-house resources including a comprehensive database, dedicated research team and access to the top office leasing and investment sale brokers in the world

Portfolio Valuation

Valuation & Advisory provides our clients with a dedicated portfolio team provides offering single point of contact, centralized process, web based accessibility, proven track record and client specific report formats.

Property Tax

We strive to minimize property taxes for our clients and maximize impact on their bottom line. Our business was founded on the premise that valuation expertise represents the single most significant element required in the pursuit of a successful tax appeal, and our experience has proven it.

Residential Development

Our team consists of over 40 talented appraisal professionals specializing in the valuation of residential properties including raw, entitled, and developed land; detached and attached single-family; tract product; high-end custom; urban redevelopment, mid- and high-rise; condominium conversion; master-planned communities; military re-use and subdivisions.

Retail

The Retail Industry Group is one of the largest retail valuation practices in North America. The Group is comprised of 50 retail specialists, including approximately 30 designated Members of the Appraisal Institute, performing a myriad of valuation and consulting services.

Self Storage

Our Self Storage Industry Group is an international, full service, real estate appraisal team specializing in the self storage asset class. We combine local experience with international resources and expertise in this special asset class.

Senior Housing/Healthcare

We have extensive experience appraising senior housing and healthcare properties including hospitals, surgical centers, congregate care facilities, continuing care retirement communities, behavioral care facilities, hospice, skilled nursing facilities and medical office buildings.

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