In this issue, our 20th annual CiCi awards recognize investment and community impact projects from 2025. These projects span a wide variety of vertical industries, many of them high technology, from all across the United States. We’ve chosen 31 projects that represent high-capital investment or community improvement, or both. Our features cover the latest information in retail, corporate headquarters and commercial real estate, with a special look at newly implemented tariffs, and our spotlights look at Colorado, Georgia, Ontario, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.
Retailers rely on data and internal models. They use analytics, competitive mapping, trade area analysis, location data tools like Placer.ai and their own performance metrics. They study where customers live, where they shop and what sales are leaking to competitors. They run void analysis. They map locations and identify gaps. They evaluate submarkets. more....