From Giraffe Academy
The Industrial Land Rush is on. Where are your sites?
Join a 3 week bootcamp built to help you find them.
This bootcamp is for site acquisition professionals who want smarter tools for sourcing sites that align with power, transport, and market demand. We'll show you to bring environmental, zoning, and utilities data into a single view to qualify sites more quickly and accurately, including off market sites.
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The Giraffe Platform
One year subscription to Giraffe's integrated platform for land design and development.
- Full access to mapping, feasibility, and design tools
- Regional planning layers
- Tailored feasibility templates
- 90 days of onboarding support
US Parcel and Utility Data
US parcel, market, and municipal data from Regrid and HelloData, unified in one workflow.
- Nationwide parcel, zoning, and ownership data from Regrid
- Roadway, corridor, and utility data for assessing infrastructure
- Integration with regional, county, and local planning and land use datasets
Enroll in course cohort starting January 26!
Course: Finding Industrial Sites
Ask us about special rates for teams and available add-ons, including comprehensive utility data from Fiberlocator.
One year of Regrid
Giraffe Mobile App
Expert-led bootcamp
Access to on-demand tutorials and training
90 days of onboarding support
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Why Giraffe?
Results that resonate.
Don't take our word for it. See how developers worldwide use Giraffe to discover sites and move deals forward quickly.
“Giraffe has been a total game-changer for us. I use it from the moment I find a piece of land — zoning, wetlands, elevations — all in one place."
Jack Ross
Director, Investments
Summit Development
“We chose Giraffe due to the partnership they offered Trammel Crow Company to help automate what was previously a manual and time-consuming process for our development teams."
Dusti Wofford
Head of Digital and Technology Strategy
Trammel Crow Company
“I love Giraffe for the speed and accuracy in generating multiple options when assessing new sites. This is particularly valuable for our new business teams.”
John Taylor
Head of Product & Design - Apartments
Lendlease
Ready to build your
deal-making assistant?
Build skills while you pursue deals. Our bootcamps are designed for working professionals who need to put learning to use on Day 1.
Here’s what we’ll cover.
Site Search
- Plug-in Regrid data to find on and off-market parcels
- Filter sites quickly by acreage, ownership status, and utilization
- Identify off-market opportunities aligned with your investment thesis
Due Diligence
- Run terrain, easement, and utility checks instantly
- Overlay environmental and flood constraints
- Generate quick reports to flag red zones before consultants do
Site Planning
- Generate industrial layouts (cross-dock, rear-load, front-load) in minutes
- Model truck circulation and access
- Model cut/fill and grading complexity
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Budgeting and Forecasting
- Connect site plans to hard cost and infrastructure assumptions
- Tie cut / fill metrics to cost assumptions
- Run IRR and sensitivity analyses to refine your investment case
Deal Pipeline Management
- Track sites across markets and regions in a central “land CRM”
- Monitor market coverage and competitor activity
- Reuse templates and prototypes to scale your acquisition workflow
Training at your pace.
Self-paced learning
Your on-demand playbook for modern land development. Learn to map sites, model density, and use Giraffe, AI, and integrated data to move faster and reduce risk. Short, practical modules grounded in real development scenarios.
Community of peers
Join The Tower, a community of digital developers tackling the same challenges: faster site selection, internal buy-in, and scalable feasibility. Share workflows, templates, and insights—and stay ahead as new features and AI capabilities roll out.
Live expert guidance
Live sessions and weekly office hours led by industry veterans who’ve scaled digital workflows across teams. Get hands-on support refining site plans, interpreting zoning overlays, and applying what you’ve learned to real projects.
Pursue deals as you learn
Apply each week’s learning to real outputs for your business—site studies, feasibility models, and investment narratives. Reviewed by Giraffe experts, this is where confidence compounds and learning turns into deal-ready work.
Learn with us.
Master new tools.
Build the future.
James Blackwood
James Blackwood is a key instructor for Giraffe’s Mastering Multifamily Market & Site Selection bootcamp, with deep expertise in real estate finance, analytics, and development strategy. A member of Giraffe’s leadership team, he focuses on data-driven site selection and feasibility for multifamily projects, helping teams assess viability and avoid common pitfalls. James delivers practical training in pipeline management, market analysis, and financial modeling to help acquisitions teams accelerate due diligence and identify high-potential opportunities.
Ian Mize
Ian Mize is a multifamily development specialist with deep expertise in real estate data analytics and land planning. With over a decade of experience evaluating and designing multifamily sites across the U.S., he focuses on feasibility analysis and due diligence automation to help teams identify viable opportunities faster. Ian bridges technical data and practical site planning, translating complex geographic and regulatory inputs into clear, actionable insights that reduce pursuit costs and accelerate decision-making.
