Kimberly Goodwin, Ph.D.

Understanding supply and demand conditions is an important step in the commercial real estate market analysis process. Yet, analyzing supply and demand for commercial real estate can be challenging because it involves sorting through large amounts of data from different sources. In this article we'll walk through an example supply and demand analysis for retail buildings in Orlando, …

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Forecasting industrial real estate supply and demand is an important task for many commercial real estate professionals. For example, developers interested in constructing a new industrial park need to consider whether there is sufficient demand to support the new development.  Supply and demand conditions also affect market rents and vacancy rates, which in turn determine property valuation, and …

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A market analysis provides useful information needed to evaluate the supply and demand conditions for particular types of real estate. For example, investors considering the purchase or development of office space value the property based on future expected cash flows generated from rent. In order to forecast future rental income, the investor or developer must evaluate how much supply exists in …

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