Use case
Site selection for business & real estate
Select your next office location or development site with confidence. Unlock nationwide site suitability data.
OPTIMIZE SITE SELECTION WITH URBANFOOTPRINT
Evaluate potential development sites with ease
Leverage our one-of-a-kind land use database, extensive data library, and advanced analytics to identify sites that meet your project criteria.
Build higher quality assessments with replicable workflows
UrbanFootprint has the tools to match your site selection workflow. Produce polished maps and reports—no GIS experience required.
Streamline the project approval and entitlement process
Get the preliminary data you need to set your project up for success, including land use, zoning, and more.
Clearly communicate to community stakeholders
Support transparent discussion and reduce project timelines with the ability to analyze and present potential project impacts and benefits.
One-stop data shop for site exploration
Save time and money by leveraging UrbanFootprint’s extensive data library and powerful query tools
Underpin location decisions with high-resolution land use and property data
UrbanFootprint’s parcel-level land use database includes detailed information about population, residential by type, employment by sector characteristics, and more. Parcel data also includes property improvement and land value, year built, building area, and address.
Understand site context out-of-the-box
Use powerful spatial query tools to analyze location choices from all angles. Draw from an extensive library to understand site context through demographics, proximity to infrastructure, transit accessibility, and more.
Build a foundation for success with advanced location analytics
Pinpoint the best possible location for your project according to an array of critical considerations.
Test your development plans
Take site assessment to the next level with scenarios. Test different locations and development programs. Compare the modeled outcomes associated with each scenario to evaluate site suitability for your project criteria.
Measure walk and transit access
Understand your site in its broader context. The accessibility models measure travel times to jobs and residential population, as well as to schools, parks, hospitals, and more.
Streamline project approval and the entitlement process
Present your site selection plan with confidence.
Ensure compliance
The UrbanFootprint Data Library has an extensive collection of environmental and development constraint layers. This makes it easy to highlight areas of critical environmental concern, including essential habitat connectivity areas, wetlands, parks and open space, and more.
Assess performance of key community goals & planning metrics
Estimate the impacts of development across multiple dimensions, including detailed metrics for water and energy use, transportation, emissions, and more. Produce presentation-ready maps and reports to support community engagement and facilitate a smoother entitlement process.
Case study
How to choose your next office location
Learn how UrbanFootprint can help you find the best location for your company campus. Optimize your next location to be cost-effective, attractive to top talent, and supportive of sustainable, long-term growth.
