Expanding into South Carolina usually means stitching together a market researcher, a broker, and a lot of guesswork. We do all of it under one roof: the research that tells you where a store will perform, and the transaction work that gets it open. One team, one accountable process, backed by the gravity-model forecasting national grocers and retailers use to underwrite their own sites.
Whether you’re a national chain entering Ohio for the first time, a regional brand densifying in Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, or a franchisor awarding territories faster than stores can open, the work breaks into four connected services. Each feeds the next: research validates the market, transactions secure the site, and the forecast travels with the deal.
Before you commit capital, we define the real trade area and forecast what a specific South Carolina site will actually sell — historically within roughly 5 percent of actual performance. Validate the market before you sign, not after.
We source and qualify sites against your real estate criteria across every major South Carolina metro — and go get the right corner when it isn't listed — then represent you from LOI through executed lease.
For grocers and grocery-anchored developers, we prove sites the way grocers prove them internally — format fit, competitive context, and a defensible volume forecast.
For franchise systems and multi-unit operators, we plan territories, keep a qualified site pipeline flowing statewide, and execute at the pace your development schedule demands.
Most retail real estate problems are really a handoff problem: the research firm doesn't execute, and the broker doesn't produce defensible research. Decisions fall into the gap between them. We close that gap. The same people who model the trade area and forecast the sales are connected to the team negotiating the lease — so the evidence informs the deal, and nothing gets lost in translation. You can see how each side works in our research and transaction practices.
Completed in the last 18 months for institutional REITs.
The historical accuracy of our sales forecasts against actual store performance, the standard the grocery industry operates to.
Delivered for one of the fastest-growing pickleball franchise rollouts in the country.
Updated June 2022 - South Carolina is one of the fastest-growing states in the country, and the retail opportunity is concentrated in the corridors absorbing that growth — Summerville and Nexton outside Charleston, Fort Mill and Tega Cay on the Charlotte line, Bluffton south of Hilton Head, and the Greer–Simpsonville stretch of the Upstate. Standard demographic screens consistently under-read these submarkets because the rooftops are arriving faster than the data updates.
We support a range of Ohio landlord engagements. Single-asset owners with a center that needs a tenant. Regional portfolios looking for an independent read on which centers are leasing-ready. Institutional owners using us as a research arm to validate internal leasing assumptions. Developers evaluating a new ground-up site against the existing competitive set.
Our research practice and transaction practice work together. If you need trade area research to support an existing leasing strategy, that's where we start. If you also need help executing on tenant outreach and lease negotiation, our transaction team handles that side — and the research informs every conversation. You can read more about our research methodology or how we approach transactions.
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As Business Development Director at CRE-360, Sarah applies a results-driven, collaborative approach to driving growth, strengthening client relationships, and expanding new business opportunities. Sarah brings 18+ years of diversified real estate experience. Holding an MRED from George Mason University and her broker licenses in both Virginia and Florida, she has led brokerage operations, managed multifamily and commercial assets, and supported national brands with market research, site selection, and leasing strategy.
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