Retail Evolution: Specialty vs. Traditional Grocery Location Strategies
Grocery stores are the backbone of many shopping centers, but not every trade area is suited for the same type of grocer. Choosing between a traditional supermarket anchor and a specialty grocer can make or break a development’s long-term success. At AGS, we know the...
Under the Radar
Ask people what metropolitan areas have grown the most over the past half century, and most people will be able to name several major metros that have exploded in size. Lurking below these are the mid-size metropolitan areas which often fail to be on the radar,...
Tracking Infill Development
In recent years, the Nashville metropolitan area has been one of the ‘hot’ markets nationwide, as evidenced by the count of construction cranes in the downtown core. While much of this growth has been an expansion of the urban footprint, in recent years attention has...
August 2025 Round-up
At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from August 2025. Spatial.ai The hot...
Canadian and American Ancestry?
In 1992, when my family moved (temporarily, as we told our families) from Toronto to Los Angeles, one of our early discoveries was that upon hearing the words ‘out’ or ‘about’, many of our neighbors immediately claimed some level of Canadian heritage. This shouldn’t...
Canada Demographic Overview 2025
The population of Canada has for decades growth at a relatively stable pace of about 1% per year. From 1971 to 2021, the population increased from 21.6 to 36.9 million people, averaging around 1% growth per year. Since the 2021 census, however, the population has...
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