Directions & Help
SEARCH FOR AVAILABLE PROPERTIES
To find available commercial properties select the type of property (retail, office, industrial or vacant land) you want to find from the pull down menu. To do this, click on the arrow and then select the category. Then type in the minimum and maximum area you want for a property. To find all properties in this category do not type anything into these boxes. You can select whether the property search will be by square feet or acres by clicking on the pull down menu and selecting "Square Feet" or "Acres. Next, click on the "search" button.
A new web page will be generated showing all of the properties matching your search requirements. Matching properties will be shown on the map and listed as a report. To get detailed information about any of these properties click on the icon on the map or an address listed in the text list report.
A new web page will be generated showing the property information in detail.
If you want to go back to see all of the matching sites click on the "back to sites" button near the top of the web page.
SEARCH FOR A PROPERTY BY ADDRESS/STREET NAME
From the home page, type in the address OR street name of the property you want to view. Then click on the "Search Properties" button below.
After finding a property, click on the "demographics" file tab located above the property report. Select the type of demographic report desired (demographics, consumer expenditures, business & workforce). Next type in the distance around the property you want the report to cover. Finally, click on the "calculate" button and a demographic report will be created. This information can be used to understand market characteristics of the site.
After finding a property, click on the "businesses" file tab located above the property report. Type in the distance around the property you want the report to cover. Then, click on the "calculate" button and a demographic report will be created. A new web page will be generated that will list the businesses around that property by industry category. The businesses will be mapped by color as well as displayed as a list on the report. To view only one industry category click on the underlined link in the report area. This will generate a new web page showing only the businesses in that category on the map and a list of the business names with addresses in the report.
To zoom in and out on the map, use the slider bar on the left side of the map. Another option for zooming in is to simply double-click the left mouse button twice while hovering of the desired location on the map.
MOVING THE MAP N, S, E, W, NW, NE, SW, SE
To "pan" the map in a direction, use the directional arrows located above the zoom slider bar. Another option is to simply left click and hold while dragging the mouse over the map in the direction desired.
VIEW MAP LAYERS OF INFORMATION
To view other "layers" of information on the map go to the area below the zoom scale and select a category by clicking on it. Next, check information on or off and then click the "display" button.