I think this is a great question, Joe. I'd also be interested to hear some people's insights on resources that provide info on estimated asking or in-place rent growth trends from a metro level, sub-market level and property level. I know CoStar sort of has this, but it's fairly cost prohibitive .
Also if there are other resources to see approved construction permits for specific projects and/or their use types (i.e. retail - grocery, special use - school, etc.) that would be beneficial to provide some data to support the economic story. In other words, it would sell the market that has the most robust growth by having the data points to back up the story. I know some brokers tend to have this data in broad strokes, but if there's a resource to dig deeper and see specific trends and data points, I think it'd be very helpful.
Thanks
