Know your district's health
before the next grant cycle
A full commercial corridor or district analysis built from municipal parcel survey data — vacancy rates, business mix, housing burden, and federal grant eligibility flags. Designed for DDAs, Main Street programs, and CDFIs who need primary-source evidence, not a dashboard.
Built for district-level decision makers
Not for evaluating a single lease. For the organizations that need to understand an entire corridor: write a grant, brief a board, justify an intervention, or track change over time.
This is not the same as per-address site intelligence. If you need to evaluate a specific address for a business location decision, this is the wrong product.
See Business Site Intelligence →Seven sections, one corridor
Built from city parcel survey data (CIA layers) and U.S. Census block groups. No inferences. Every number cites a specific public record.
🏗️ Commercial Vacancy
Parcel-level vacancy rate from city CIA survey data. Flags corridors above 30% (critical) and 15% (moderate). Table of active vs. vacant vs. unknown by count.
📊 Business Mix Audit
Bar chart of top 15 business categories by parcel count. Concentration flag if any single category exceeds 40%. Identifies gaps in essential services.
👥 Demographics
Block-group breakdown of population, racial composition, and Hispanic share compared against citywide baselines. Majority-minority flag. Per-block-group detail.
🏠 Housing Burden
Occupancy, ownership vs. renter rate, and housing vacancy vs. citywide. High-renter flag when renter rate exceeds 65%. Sourced from ACS 5-year estimates.
💰 Grant Eligibility
CDBG eligibility per HUD LMI threshold (≥51%). Opportunity Zone designation. Both rendered as hard badges with the underlying block-group data cited.
🚨 Opportunity Flags
Automated intelligence flags: vacancy crisis, category concentration, renter density, majority-minority designation, demographic gap vs. citywide. Each flag cites the threshold and value.
📋 Comparison Report
Optional add-on: all corridors in a single side-by-side table. Useful for grant applications that require corridor benchmarking or for board presentations.
How it's built
No opinions, no black boxes. Every figure traces back to a primary record.
Data sources
- Municipal GIS parcel survey layers: Commercial parcel data published by the city (e.g., City of Lansing CIA layers). Vacancy status, business category, tenant, and address for each surveyed commercial parcel.
- U.S. Census ACS 5-Year Estimates: Block-group demographics and housing tenure data. Tables B01001, B02001, B03003, B25002, B25003.
- HUD CDBG 2026 Eligibility File: Low-to-moderate income block group designations. Threshold: ≥51% LMI population.
- IRS Opportunity Zone List: Federal OZ tract designations matched to the target geography.
What this is not
- Not a real-time feed; municipal parcel surveys update episodically, not on a fixed schedule
- Requires municipal parcel survey data. Lansing is the reference example; we scope each engagement around what your city or district has available
- Not automated for new areas; each corridor or district requires initial mapping against the city's GIS layer schemas (2–4 hours per new area)
Five corridors & districts, ready to run
Lansing is the current live example; these areas can be run from existing data. New areas or municipalities require an initial configuration engagement.
| Corridor | Commercial Parcels | Vacancy Rate | Population | Non-White | Renter Rate | CDBG Eligible |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Ave (MACIA) | 165 | 18.2% | 7,980 | 24.2% | 53.7% | ✓ |
| MLK Blvd | 128 | 34.4% | 11,233 | 41.1% | 46.9% | ✓ |
| Saginaw St | 165 | 47.9% | 12,291 | 45.8% | 69.6% | ✓ |
| Gateway District | No CIA commercial survey | — | 11,209 | 44.9% | 31.6% | ✓ |
| Downtown (DLI) | 871 (no category data) | — | 4,878 | 45.1% | 85.9% | ✓ |
Example data, Lansing. CIA parcel survey vintage: 2023–2024. Census baselines: ACS 5-year estimates. Citywide baselines: non-white 52.4%, renter 57.1%, housing vacancy 13.2%.
Scoped, not self-service
This is a bespoke engagement, not a 24-hour automated order.
You contact us
Tell us the corridor, the intended use (grant, board, public), and your timeline.
We scope it
We confirm which data layers exist for your corridor and what the report will cover.
We build it
Pre-configured corridors: 24–48 hours. New corridor configuration: 1–2 weeks.
You receive the PDF
Delivered as a branded PDF. Source data files available on request.
Download the real reports
These are actual output PDFs generated from Lansing's parcel survey data. No form, no email required.
Tell us about your corridor
Name the corridor or district, describe how you'll use the report (grant application, board presentation, public release), and tell us your timeline. We'll respond with a scope and price.
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Looking for a single-address report instead?
See Business Site Intelligence →
Not sure which fits? Your area may call it a corridor, district, business improvement zone, or neighborhood. If it's geography-wide, not per-address, this is the right product.