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      Data: US Census ACS 5-year & TIGERweb, LEHD LODES, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), city open-data portals. Tiles by OpenFreeMap.

      Run an analysis to see scores here.

      Market context — growth, new housing, competition vs the US, home values and rents

      Recommended sites — named centers & retail nodes inside the best areas

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      Top areas (hexes)

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        Run or load an analysis first. This tab turns the best areas into actual spaces you can lease or buy, checked against the business model.

        Business model

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        Your listing alert inbox

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        Available spaces, ranked

        Listings you add are scored on location (site model) and checked for size, rent and deal quality against the model above. Verdicts: strong = fits and priced well, fits, check = missing data or marginal, no = too expensive or wrong format.

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        Add spaces

        Paste a listing URL (LoopNet, Crexi, CommercialCafe, BizBuySell…)
        Paste a saved-search alert e-mail (LoopNet / Crexi / BizBuySell / broker)

        Set up a daily alert on LoopNet or Crexi for your city and size range, then paste each e-mail here (or forward it to the app once hosted). Only listings you received yourself are stored, for you.

        Import a CSV export
        Enter one manually

        Find listings on the portals

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        Possibly available (recently closed storefronts)

        Shops that Overture Maps marks permanently closed inside the best areas. Not confirmed vacancies: check Street View, then ask the center's leasing office or property owner.

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        Monitoring is a Pro feature. Wherefront re-checks your markets and saved listings on a schedule and tells you what changed, so the good deals find you.

        Watches re-check the competitor set (OpenStreetMap live, plus each monthly Overture Maps release), newly licensed businesses (Chicago, LA, SF, Seattle, NYC) and building permits that mention the business type (those cities plus Austin), on a schedule. Changes are logged below.

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        Find the right spot before you sign the lease.

        Wherefront scores every block of a city for your kind of business, then checks real spaces for lease against your numbers.

        • Where the customers are. Residents, daytime workers, income and traffic, block by block.
        • Where it is crowded. Every competitor and anchor store mapped, and how your category compares with the national rate.
        • What you can afford. Rent checked against your business model, with flood zone, walkability and market momentum for each space.
        • Deals that find you. Pro watches your markets and listings and tells you what changed.

        Built on U.S. Census, BLS, EPA, FEMA, OpenStreetMap, Overture Maps and Zillow data.

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        Where should your business go?

        New accounts are approved by the site owner before they can run anything.

        Your analyses, saved spaces and monitors are private to your account.

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        Where should your business go?