ABOUT
Guiding Your Business to Success – Historically, when people have looked for guidance, especially in exploration and discovery, they rely on the navigational cues of the north star, or the Polestar. At Polestar Analysis we are here to help guide appropriate decision making in the land planning and real estate development market. Employ us to be your guide, to create and maintain guardrails and to improve the efficiency, success and sustainability of your planning and development needs. We will research and test the market to determine the capacity and/or unmet demand, with a personal touch. We will review code and find pitfalls and make recommendations for efficiencies.
The Polestar advantage is that we have experience in all types of venues, from the public sector, to non-profit institutional, to design, and private sector development. We have deep understanding of the relationships of design, zoning, human nature, demand and supply. Our influence is strongest in the housing and economic development sectors. But we also have strength in the legal realm of expert witness work and support of specialized permitting and financing projects.
WHY POLESTAR
RISK MANAGEMENT
Smart, data-driven risk guidance for better decisions.
DATA INTERPRETATION
We turn raw data into clear, actionable insight.
SITE & COMMUNITY ANALYSIS
We go beyond the data—with on-site, in-person analysis, and stakeholder collaboration.
Risk – Everybody manages risk all the time, every day. Is it safe to cross the street or parking lot? Is your coffee too hot to drink? What to do when approaching a turtle on the road while you are driving? The measured risk is personal and typically subconscious – different for everybody.
When we are unsure, we tend to pull out our cellphone or PC and “research” for advice. Information at our fingertips. Sadly, there are equal parts of misinformation and good guidance online. But how do we vet that and better yet, apply it? We all have our swim lanes – the skills in which we personally and professionally excel.
In the economic, land, and community development world there is low risk-tolerance due to financial and time considerations. We need good solid, verifiable information to create decisive, viable, executable, and high-quality plans. This is the Polestar Analysis swim lane.
Anybody can do the research, but we are skilled at interpreting and corelating the data. We immerse ourselves in the community, personally experience the flow, interactions, culture, and strengths, as well as take note of the gaps, inconsistencies, opportunities and threats. We measure the capacity and potential in person and provide first-hand reports for the task at hand. At Polestar,
the work is completed directly by experienced hands. We collaborate directly with the clients and stakeholders to capture the nuances of the project and aspire to provide solutions, collaboration and achievable goals or milestones.
Polestar will do the research and measure the risk, whether it be for filling an apartment building with tenants, or fiscal impacts of a new industrial development, or the short- and long-term impacts of tax increment financing. We will help clients decide what risk is acceptable for their community development or investment in a project or place. Analysis is not universal – in real estate, every site is unique and presents a unique set of circumstances.