Site Selection Resources

The EDC can help businesses that are moving or expanding with the site selection process.  The EDC works with local realtors, real estate developers, and property owners to actively market Chatham County's excellent selection of commercial properties, industrial spaces, and shovel-ready sites to potential clients.  The  resources below can help business owners with the initial steps of locating a new site or building.

Chatham Prospector

Chatham Prospector is the EDC's web-based real estate database that combines GIS mapping capabilities with proprietary market data to provide comprehensive profiles of potential properties.  Users can search by property type, minimum and maximum size, properties for sale or lease, and city. For businesses with a specific site in mind, Chatham Prospector's GIS capabilities allow users to map nearby businesses and create demographic and market ring studies. Use Chatham Prospector's fully customizable search tool to search for available office, retail, industrial, warehouse buildings and vacant land that meets your business' specific needs.

NC Certified Sites Property Search

The North Carolina Department of Commerce offers the NC Site Search database to locate business-ready sites and buildings. Certified sites have undergone rigorous tests, including Phase I environmental audits, geo-technical studies, and topographic analyses, to assure that they are ready for development.  NC Site Search helps businesses simplify the site selection process by featuring aerial photography, public utilities availability, industrial quality power capacity, engineered site development plans, a detailed analysis of development cost, and competitive prices in their site listings.

For more individualized assistance with the site selection process, please contact Dianne Reid at dreid@chathamedc.org.