Real Estate Research, Market Analytics and GIS

Using their expertise, training, and advanced technology, Alvarez & Marsal’s senior real estate experts provide applied research and thought leadership in a number of areas.

Real Estate Research:

Explaining and predicting critical real estate capital market trends, risks, and opportunities in equity and debt markets
Identification and analysis of significant real estate economics impacting commercial real estate demand, supply, cap rates, investor behavior, and values
Development of applied commercial real estate investment strategies and portfolio risk analytics
Statistical analysis and modeling, spatial analytics, and academic literature review and application related to property tax appeals, real property damages, portfolio disputes, and mortgage financing, and other disputes
Real estate trends continuing professional education for law firms and banks

Market Analytics:

Real estate cycle analysis and forecasting for 100+ U.S. markets covering office, retail, industrial, multifamily, and hospitality[1]
Proprietary models and investment strategy products that identify “tomorrow’s risks and opportunities today” for 2,000+ U.S. submarkets covering office, retail, industrial, and multifamily sectors with applications for equity and debt markets[2]

Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS):

We develop both static maps and interactive cloud-based GIS sites for use in analysis of property trends, demographic data, environmental conditions, and other market and business operations data. GIS are often utilized in relation to class action litigation and mass tort matters. Our professionals also advise on strategic business decision-making.

Our professionals provide:

Maps which display the locations of residential property owners along with the location of actual or alleged contamination and overlays of property transaction data
Map-based analyses across a wide range of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, retail, real estate, energy, construction materials and utilities
Analyses of a variety of mapping and GIS data, including detailed population trends, population demographics, housing statistics, traffic counts and highways, and business competitor data
Animated maps for use in deposition or live testimony to convey trends in property data, migration of contaminants, or other critical variables
Integrated graphs, photographs and maps to maximize our client’s understanding of the forces at work in the market
Interactive web-based maps to facilitate access by multiple users
Fully customized GIS solutions delivered through a secure web site

[1] See Exhibit 2 Example U.S. real estate cycle positions

[2] See Exhibit 1 Example U.S. submarket risk and opportunity forecasts

Thought Leadership

Key P3 Takeaways from the AIAI’s Convention, Sports & Entertainment Facilities (CSEF) Conference

August 19, 2020

Jay Brown and leading public-private partnership (P3) and infrastructure advisor recently spoke on a panel “Private Investment for the Public Benefit” at the Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure (AIAI)’s virtual Convention, Sports & Entertainment Facilities (CSEF) Conference.

Thought Leadership

Delivering Transformative Public Buildings for the Future

January 28, 2020

Schools, libraries, hospitals, courthouses, and government buildings serve as the cornerstone of society and facilitate core functions of democracy. Despite the critical role these facilities play in our daily lives, our public buildings, often referred to as social infrastructure, are crumbling.

Thought Leadership

Here’s Hoping Congress Comes Up with a New Infrastructure Plan

November 27, 2018

“I believe there will be more infrastructure projects in 2019 than in 2018, particularly for social infrastructure due to the significant need for capital improvements in this asset class and the significant momentum that is building in the municipal and higher education Public Private Partnership (P3) spaces.”