Put this into practice with Resquared
Resquared is the AI sales platform built for selling to local businesses: the most complete local business database, verified contacts, and outreach written and followed up in your name.
- Verified emails and phone numbers, with owner and staff names on premium plans
- Filter by radius, category, business size, hours and recent reviews
- AI writes each email in your name from the business's own details
- Automated follow-ups that stop when someone replies; replies land in your inbox
Every digital footprint of every brick-and-mortar business, resolved into one record and checked source by source.
See how it worksUse CoStar to understand the vacancy, surrounding properties, market conditions and comparable space. Use Placer.ai to study visits, customer movement and trade areas, then identify tenant categories that fit the location. These tools primarily help answer what belongs in the space and how to support the leasing story.
RetailSphere is more directly oriented toward finding retailers and contacts, so it is the strongest starting point among the three when your immediate job is building a brand prospect list. Check its coverage for the regional operators and independent businesses in your specific market before relying on it as your only source.
Independent tenants require broader local-business coverage and a different outreach process. Resquared's database lists 1,346,687 retail shops in the US and Canada, and 75% of those listed shops are independent. Brokers can filter by radius, category, business size, hours and recent reviews, then run personalized email follow-up to suitable operators.
What to do
- Define the vacancy first: location, build-out, suitable uses, approximate tenant size and excluded categories.
- Use CoStar for property context and Placer.ai when foot traffic or trade-area behavior affects the tenant thesis.
- Use RetailSphere to build a list of relevant regional and national retailers. Add a local-business source for independent operators and smaller expanding brands.
- Separate materially different tenant categories into campaigns focused on one property and realistic trade area.
- Send a short sequence with a simple ask, such as whether the operator has plans to expand or relocate. Call promptly when someone replies.
Related questions
Which of the three is closest to a tenant prospecting platform?
RetailSphere. Placer.ai and CoStar are more useful as research and underwriting layers, although their information can help shape the prospect list.
Can one platform handle the entire leasing workflow?
Usually, your best choice depends on the bottleneck. Choose Placer.ai for location evidence, CoStar for property intelligence, or RetailSphere for retailer discovery; add local-business data and outreach when independent tenants matter.
How should I prospect regional operators versus national chains?
Use brand-oriented tools for national and established regional concepts. For independent operators and brands with a few locations, search locally by category, current footprint and distance from the vacancy, then contact the business directly.