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Ipser & Associates, Inc. (I&A) is a Fort Worth based firm, chartered in the State of Texas, engaged in market surveys and research, business analysis and feasibility evaluation. The company was established in February 1981 to provide innovative, comprehensive, and cost-effective consulting services to both the private and public sectors.
EXPERIENCE
A large share of the company business involves some form of property analysis and evaluation. Consequently, our staff members know what factors are critical for the timing and success of real estate developments.
Projects include:
- Mixed use Developments (highest and best use of tracts as large as 6,000 acres)
- Residential market analysis (single family, multi family, townhouse, condominium, mobile home parks, and retirement centers)
- Affordable housing for lower income families and elderly in rural and urban communities
- On campus apartment style housing for colleges and universities in response to trends of preference over traditional residence halls
- Health and human services needs (hospital site evaluation, physicians offices and satellite clinics, nursing homes and primary care facilities)
- Retail feasibility (central city shops, small specialty centers, and suburban shopping centers ranging from neighborhood to regional malls)
- Office building assessment (multi story, garden, and office/showrooms)
- Industrial property evaluation (manufacturing, warehouse, office/warehouse, and distribution centers)
- Special applications (banking, lodging, recreation/entertainment, equestrian centers and value added analysis of amenities)
Among the projects are surveys and studies conducted under contract with local Housing Authorities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Farmers Home Administration (in several states), City and County Governments, numerous developers throughout the nation, manufacturers, financial institutions, a national hospital chain, retirement centers throughout the Southwest, non profit community service agencies, utility companies, and political candidates.
I&A staff are knowledgeable in every phase of survey research from questionnaire construction, sample selection, data entry, statistical analysis, and interpretation of results. This specialization has allowed I&A to develop and refine methods and techniques for efficient collection and analysis of information. I&A has developed computer software programs and models specifically for the analysis of questionnaire data. The scope of the studies conducted in the eleven years I&A has been in operation range from small, specialized research to large nation wide surveys.
Types of groups surveyed include:
- Households of all income levels (upper, middle, poverty)
- Retired elderly
- Home owners/buyers (single family, duplex, townhouse, condominium)
- Apartment tenants/duplex renters
- Shoppers/diners
- Tourists, conventioneers, and business visitors
- Fort Worth Stock Show visitors & exhibitors
- Patrons of the arts (ballet, symphony, opera, etc.)
- Manufacturing executives
- Retail executives
- Service business executives
- Executives of major industries
- Investors
- Builders, developers, and contractors
- State and local government officials
- Medical practitioners and hospital executives
- Community service agencies
- Bank customers (business and retail accounts)
- Colorado ski condo owners/buyers (nationally)
- Country club members
- Night club patrons
- Owners of boat marinas
DATA ANALYSIS
I&A has developed specialized models and custom software tailored to determination of feasibility, i.e., financial pro formas, buying power analysis, housing demand projections, statistical processing of survey data, etc. Data compilation, analysis, and report preparation are fully computerized. In house equipment includes four personal computers, two laptops, laser and color printers, and other equipment necessary for the production of professional quality reports. In addition, all professional staff have home computers compatible with the in house machines.
CLIENTS
I&A serves a wide range of clients, from public agencies, financial and investment institutions, regional and national health care organizations, large manufacturers and some of the larger national development concerns, as well as small companies that are contemplating their first venture.
AFFILIATIONS
Affiliations of each of the staff members with State boards and commissions and National associations require that each individual and the firm as a whole comply with professional standards and ethics.
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