Flying low over the Wasatch Front with a military-grade reconnaissance plane, employees with the global real estate information firm are scouring for new construction projects, capturing coordinates and high-resolution images in the midst of a building boom throughout the metro area.
CoStar Group’s data, maps and analytics are used by brokers, developers, investors, property managers and others to help make business decisions — from where to locate a new shopping mall to how much to charge for rent.
The Washington, D.C.-based company maps everything except for schools and single-family homes as it works to survey what is now a record-breaking commercial real estate market in Utah, with $2.