Site Selection Services
The work behind
the decision.
Site strategy, incentives, and analytics, one integrated team, no handoffs. 1,000+ projects supported across 40+ states. $4B+ in incentives negotiated.
We don't just use AI. We build it. The models, decision tools, and spatial intelligence behind this work are engineered in-house, not bought off the shelf.
What we do.
The three practices most clients hire Vista for.
Site Selection Consulting
Where you locate decides more than any other decision you'll make this decade.
Explore the practice →Incentives Strategy & Compliance
$4B+ negotiated. And the discipline to keep every dollar of it.
Explore the practice →Economic & Fiscal Impact Analysis
What a project creates. What it costs. What it returns.
Explore the practice →Built for your project type.
The same engine, calibrated to the constraints that decide each industry's projects.
Data Center Site Selection
Power, land, fiber, and incentives, evaluated as one decision.
Explore the practice →Manufacturing Site Selection
The right plant location is a workforce decision, a logistics decision, and an incentives decision, at the same time.
Explore the practice →Distribution & Logistics Site Selection
Reach your customers. Staff your building. Keep your cost per unit honest.
Explore the practice →Aerospace & Defense Site Selection
Specialized workforce. Supplier ecosystems. Programs measured in decades.
Explore the practice →Everything else we bring to the table.
Capabilities that run inside every engagement, or stand alone when that's what the project needs.
Labor & Workforce Analytics
Occupation-level labor supply, wage benchmarking, commute-shed analysis, talent pipelines, and turnover risk, the answer to whether a market can realistically staff your operation, built on The System's 1,400+ variables.
Explore The System →GIS & Spatial Intelligence
Interactive maps, H3 grid analysis, drive-time and labor-shed mapping, infrastructure and constraint overlays, and executive map packages. For Vista, GIS isn't a visual layer, it's a decision framework.
Public-Sector & Economic Development Support
Site readiness analysis, real estate inventory review, target industry analysis, competitiveness assessment, and business attraction strategy for communities, EDOs, and state partners. We help communities understand what they have, what they're missing, and how to compete.
Custom Analytics & Decision Tools
Custom market scoring models, site ranking tools, weighted decision matrices, interactive dashboards, and AI-assisted workflows, purpose-built when your decision doesn't fit an off-the-shelf answer.
Site Readiness & Real Estate Inventory
Parcel inventory, zoning and land-use review, utility availability, environmental and floodplain screening, and development risk flags, where a site stops being available land and starts being a real project candidate.
RFP, Proposal & Grant Support
Federal proposal support, economic development RFP responses, site proposal packages, impact narratives, workforce validation, and competitive positioning, data and exhibits that make a submission stand out.
Executive Decision Support
Board decks, decision memos, scoring matrices, market comparison reports, and interactive dashboards. Vista's work isn't just analysis, it's analysis that can be explained, defended, and acted on.
Not sure which service you need?
Most projects need several, that's the point of an integrated team. Tell us what you're deciding, and we'll tell you what it takes.