Placer Portfolio Performance Analysis

Author

Will Sigal

Published

May 4, 2025

Objective: surface the shopping centers in our portfolio that generate outsized foot-traffic and loyalty so management can spotlight winners, troubleshoot laggards, and sharpen capital-allocation decisions. We leverage three Placer-derived KPIs—Visits / Sq Ft, Repeat-Visit Loyalty, Composite Quality Score—and track their evolution from 2022-2024 to reveal both structural strengths and emerging trends.

KPIs: - Visits / Sq Ft - Repeat-Visit Loyalty - Composite Quality Score

Here's a sample of the data I used for this analysis:
Property GLA_numeric avg_visits_per_customer_2022 median_visits_per_customer_2022 nationwide_rank_visits_2022 nationwide_percentile_visits_2022 nationwide_outof_visits_2022 nationwide_rank_visitsPerSqft_2022 nationwide_percentile_visitsPerSqft_2022 nationwide_outof_visitsPerSqft_2022 ... median_visits_per_customer_2024 nationwide_rank_visits_2024 nationwide_percentile_visits_2024 nationwide_outof_visits_2024 nationwide_rank_visitsPerSqft_2024 nationwide_percentile_visitsPerSqft_2024 nationwide_outof_visitsPerSqft_2024 visits_2022 visits_2023 visits_2024
0 Property 1 107016 8.12 3 7801 80 40151 2545.0 87.0 21020.0 ... 2 9536 76 40151 4110.0 80.0 21020.0 1661253 1528855 1490412
1 Property 2 99159 6.90 2 11771 70 40151 5454.0 74.0 21020.0 ... 1 11367 71 40151 5011.0 76.0 21020.0 1194043 1291079 1286964
2 Property 3 65808 5.93 1 15983 60 40151 7613.0 63.0 21020.0 ... 1 15043 62 40151 6389.0 69.0 21020.0 875297 829095 988772
3 Property 4 365897 6.55 1 1175 97 40151 4619.0 78.0 21020.0 ... 1 1101 97 40151 4266.0 79.0 21020.0 4673175 5017505 5019688
4 Property 5 98775 5.05 2 13694 65 40151 7520.0 64.0 21020.0 ... 2 14572 63 40151 8462.0 59.0 21020.0 1036259 1038383 1021916

5 rows × 29 columns

1) Visits/Sqft

1a) Top 10 Properties by Average Visits

  • First, lets look at the top 10 properties by average visits.
  • I don’t think there are too many surprises here.
  • The issue with just using this metric though is that it obviously is biased towards larger properties.
Top 10 Properties by Average Visits (2022-2024):
  Property 2022 Visits 2023 Visits 2024 Visits Average Visits
28 Property 29 4,825,087 4,991,752 5,176,547 4,997,795
3 Property 4 4,673,175 5,017,505 5,019,688 4,903,456
75 Property 76 4,517,743 4,687,365 4,966,482 4,723,863
39 Property 40 4,515,407 4,534,461 5,066,181 4,705,350
31 Property 32 4,435,693 4,380,575 4,529,579 4,448,616
51 Property 52 4,159,951 4,285,495 4,265,594 4,237,013
34 Property 35 3,798,661 4,082,306 4,429,453 4,103,473
7 Property 8 3,631,353 4,088,438 4,085,601 3,935,131
47 Property 48 3,895,502 3,850,069 4,041,524 3,929,032
68 Property 69 3,875,309 3,800,674 3,934,154 3,870,046

1b) We will now instead look at the Ranking of the our portfolio by visits/sqft per year.

The table below looks at the average, median, min, max, and standard deviation of the visits/sqft percentile by year.

  • We can see that are top performers are in the 100th percentile and our bottom performers are in the 20th percentile. Having such large ranges is problematic, so we will filter out any properties that are below the 10th percentile in any year then visualize the results over time to get an understanding of trends.
Table 1: Nationwide Visits per Sqft Percentile Statistics by Year (Properties ≥ 10th Percentile)
  Year Average Percentile Median Percentile Min Percentile Max Percentile Standard Deviation
0 2022 73.16% 78.50% 20.00% 100.00% 21.49%
1 2023 73.04% 80.50% 21.00% 100.00% 21.58%
2 2024 72.90% 78.50% 24.00% 100.00% 21.08%

1c) Now we will look at the top 20 performers by visits/sqft.

  • The plot below shows the top 20 performers by visits/sqft. I know it is quite crowded, so you can toggle the legend to hide any of the properties. Additionally, if you double click on any of the properties, you can isolate it on the plot.
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PropertyProperty 9Property 10Property 12Property 14Property 19Property 20Property 23Property 24Property 30Property 43Property 44Property 46Property 50Property 59Property 65Property 69Property 70Property 71Property 72Property 73Nationwide Visits per Sqft Percentile Trends - Top 20 PropertiesYearPercentile

2) Visits

2a) Visits Ranking by Year

  • With the issues mentioned above, lets look at the visits ranking by year.

  • The table below shows the average, median, min, max, and standard deviation of the visits percentile by year.

  • I did the same filtering process as above to remove the outliers, however, we can see that the data is still quite left-skewed.

  • Nonetheless, the median percentile of our properties is quite consistent at the 75th percentile, putting us clearly as an upper-quartile performer.

Table 2: Nationwide Visits Percentile Statistics by Year (Properties ≥ 10th Percentile)
  Year Average Percentile Median Percentile Min Percentile Max Percentile Standard Deviation
0 2022 69.08% 75.00% 11.00% 97.00% 25.47%
1 2023 69.03% 75.00% 11.00% 97.00% 25.64%
2 2024 68.89% 75.50% 11.00% 97.00% 25.92%

2b) Visits Ranking by Year - KDE Plot

To try to provide a visual representation of the skwedness of our data, I created a distrubtion plot of the visits percentile rankings by year.

  • The plot shows that the data is quite left-skewed, with the highest densities found > 80th percentile, but with the median of the most recent year being 75th percentile.

  • The 75th percentile is marked with a black dotted line.

2c) Top 20 Performers by Visits

  • Here I plotted the top 20 performers by visits over time. I additionally, filtered out potential left-skewed outliers by filtering our any properties that had less than 100k visits in any year.

  • The plot shows that some of the owners favorite properties are shown up. However, suprisingly, it seems a few properties that recieve very little allocation or attention show up in the top 10.

  • Just like the other plot above, you can toggle the legend to hide or isolate any of the properties.

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PropertyProperty 4Property 8Property 15Property 21Property 24Property 29Property 32Property 35Property 40Property 45Property 46Property 47Property 48Property 52Property 56Property 59Property 67Property 69Property 76Property 79Nationwide Visits Percentile Trends - Top 20 PropertiesYearPercentile

3) Blended Score (visits & visits/sqft)

3a) Blended Score Ranking by Year

  • Here I created a blended score that takes into account both visits and visits per sqft.

  • I weighted visits by 65% and visits per sqft by 35%.

  • The table below shows the top 20 performers by blended score for the most recent year.

  • Interestingly, [favorite property] doesn’t show up until we make the visits weighted by 95%. On the other hand, I was suprised by the number of properties, like x, y,z that show up in the top 20 yet I honestly never think about. While we also think of x as one of our top properties, it doesn’t show up until we make the visits weighted by 90%. Look, obviously visits \neq sales, but the results of this percentile analysis are interesting and I can follow up with more analysis if needed.

  • Our formula for this is simple:

Blended Score=0.65×Visits Percentile+0.35×Visits per Sqft Percentile \text{Blended Score} = 0.65 \times \text{Visits Percentile} + 0.35 \times \text{Visits per Sqft Percentile}


Portfolio-Level Blended Score Statistics
2022 Blended Score 2023 Blended Score 2024 Blended Score
Mean 69.83 69.64 69.46
Median 76.10 74.50 74.40

Top 20 Shopping Centers by Blended Performance Score (2024)
Weighting: 65% Visits, 35% Visits per Square Foot
Shopping Center Blended Score Visits Percentile Visits/SF Percentile Total Visits Visits/SF
68 Property 69 96.40 95.00 99.00 3,934,154 44.51
45 Property 46 95.45 93.00 100.00 3,346,932 165.67
13 Property 14 93.80 91.00 99.00 3,046,713 18.20
39 Property 40 93.15 97.00 86.00 5,066,181 14.01
28 Property 29 91.40 97.00 81.00 5,176,547 21.94
23 Property 24 91.30 92.00 90.00 3,108,074 16.65
3 Property 4 90.70 97.00 79.00 5,019,688 12.77
58 Property 59 90.10 88.00 94.00 2,547,526 19.16
8 Property 9 90.10 88.00 94.00 2,525,075 16.70
7 Property 8 89.75 95.00 80.00 4,085,601 12.44
78 Property 79 89.70 96.00 78.00 4,266,807 9.82
64 Property 65 89.50 86.00 96.00 2,264,797 25.20
69 Property 70 89.05 88.00 91.00 2,496,984 15.79
31 Property 32 88.30 96.00 74.00 4,529,579 12.41
54 Property 55 87.70 87.00 89.00 2,401,066 15.19
42 Property 43 87.70 87.00 89.00 2,375,442 18.41
72 Property 73 85.90 81.00 95.00 1,785,255 20.72
75 Property 76 85.80 97.00 65.00 4,966,482 10.10
44 Property 45 85.20 95.00 67.00 3,992,094 10.05
51 Property 52 85.20 95.00 67.00 4,265,594 11.25

3b) Blended Score Ranking Changes

  • Here I calculated the centers that had the biggest improvements and declines in blended score from 2022 to 2024.

  • Here we have score where, \uparrow is good, and rank (within our portfolio), where \downarrow is good.

  • Obviously retenanting is a large part of the results of this analysis, for example, property 79 is likely had its decline due to the bankruptcy of 99 Cents. As this was one of the co-anchors, it likely had a large impact on the center’s performance. However, this gives us a way to quantify that drop.

Top 10 Shopping Centers with Biggest Rank Improvements (2022-2024)
Shopping Center 2022 Score 2024 Score Score Change 2022 Rank 2024 Rank Rank Change
78 Property 79 76.00 87.00 11.00 36 16 -20
77 Property 78 74.50 78.00 3.50 40 27 -13
13 Property 14 86.50 95.00 8.50 14 3 -11
43 Property 44 74.00 77.00 3.00 41 31 -10
44 Property 45 77.50 81.00 3.50 30 21 -9
22 Property 23 77.50 81.00 3.50 30 21 -9
14 Property 15 76.00 78.00 2.00 36 27 -9
1 Property 2 72.00 73.50 1.50 45 38 -7
40 Property 41 50.50 58.50 8.00 61 55 -6
8 Property 9 87.50 91.00 3.50 11 5 -6
Top 10 Shopping Centers with Biggest Rank Drops (2022-2024)
Shopping Center 2022 Score 2024 Score Score Change 2022 Rank 2024 Rank Rank Change
33 Property 34 77.50 66.00 -11.50 30 48 18
55 Property 56 79.00 73.00 -6.00 24 41 17
56 Property 57 79.00 73.50 -5.50 24 38 14
26 Property 27 81.00 74.50 -6.50 22 35 13
9 Property 10 90.50 87.00 -3.50 6 16 10
53 Property 54 77.00 71.00 -6.00 35 44 9
0 Property 1 83.50 78.00 -5.50 19 27 8
11 Property 12 78.00 75.50 -2.50 27 34 7
42 Property 43 91.00 88.00 -3.00 4 11 7
6 Property 7 63.00 55.00 -8.00 51 58 7

3c) Stability and Percentile Change Visualization:

  • Now lets look at the most stable properties. These are our properties that have had the most consistent performance (smallest absolute score change) between 2022 and 2024. We can see that of our major properties, property 11, 63, and 73 are some of the most stable properties in our portfolio.

  • Below our table of stable properties, we have a histogram to show the distribution of score changes between 2022 and 2024. We can see that the median is at 0, but that we overall had slightly more properties declining in blended score over this period than properties that improved. Rememeber this is all based on Shopping Center Percentile Rankings, not actual visits or visits/sqft. So these are all relative metrics, not absolute metrics.

Top 10 Most Stable Shopping Centers (2022-2024)
Shopping Center 2022 Score 2024 Score Score Change 2022 Rank 2024 Rank Rank Change
10 Property 11 78.00 78.00 0.00 27 27 0
62 Property 63 27.00 27.00 0.00 67 66 -1
72 Property 73 88.00 88.00 0.00 9 11 2
23 Property 24 91.00 91.00 0.00 4 5 1
68 Property 69 97.00 97.00 0.00 2 1 -1
47 Property 48 68.00 67.50 -0.50 48 47 -1
19 Property 20 75.00 74.50 -0.50 38 35 -3
37 Property 38 65.00 65.50 0.50 49 49 0
66 Property 67 74.00 73.50 -0.50 41 38 -3
46 Property 47 77.50 77.00 -0.50 30 31 1

Summary Statistics of Score Changes:
  Count Mean Std Min 25% 50% 75% Max Positive % Negative %
Score Change 71.000000 -0.350000 4.370000 -12.000000 -2.750000 0.000000 2.000000 13.000000 41.333333 46.666667

4) Loyalty Analysis:

4a) Here we will look at the centers that have the highest and lowest amounts of loyalty in 2024 (measured by Avg. and Median visits per vistor)

  • We can see that 76, 58, 37, and 60 have the highest avg. visits per customer, in 2024. However, loyalty, I believe, is such a function of the tenant mix, and so we should be careful in trying to draw any conclusions from this.
Top 10 Centers by Total Visits (2024):
  Property Total Visits Visits per Sqft Avg Visits/Cust Med Visits/Cust
0 Property 76 4,966,482 11.10 10.68 3.00
1 Property 58 2,104,485 8.86 9.81 2.00
2 Property 37 1,320,461 24.53 9.13 3.00
3 Property 49 1,411,863 15.25 9.08 3.00
4 Property 33 2,129,516 13.71 8.87 2.00
5 Property 8 4,085,601 14.00 8.76 2.00
6 Property 45 3,992,094 11.46 8.51 2.00
7 Property 65 2,264,797 23.58 8.20 2.00
8 Property 60 1,064,408 15.93 7.92 1.00
9 Property 31 632,423 9.92 7.84 2.00
Bottom 10 Centers by Total Visits (2024):
  Property Total Visits Visits per Sqft Avg Visits/Cust Med Visits/Cust
0 Property 22 35,776 2.50 1.74 1.00
1 Property 75 155,598 7.82 2.12 1.00
2 Property 7 391,832 13.04 2.44 1.00
3 Property 6 531,254 3.51 2.64 1.00
4 Property 39 366,316 11.04 2.66 1.00
5 Property 71 197,450 14.91 2.68 1.00
6 Property 26 288,239 2.93 2.72 1.00
7 Property 18 537,082 6.42 2.73 1.00
8 Property 50 494,249 27.13 2.95 1.00
9 Property 17 136,545 8.98 3.02 1.00

4b) Now we will look at the top 15 properties by visits per customer over time.

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Property, MetricProperty 1, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 8, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 30, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 31, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 33, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 37, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 45, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 49, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 57, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 58, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 60, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 65, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 66, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 76, avg_visits_per_customerProperty 79, avg_visits_per_customerAvg Visits per Customer over Time (Top 15 Properties)YearVisits per Customer

4c) Now we will be a little more granular and look at the distribution of avg. visits per customer by year in our portfolio.

  • The chart is a little messy because we have a large range of values for visits, but the chart represents the average and median visits per customer by year (red and green lines respectively) and the interquartile range (blue area) which represents the 25th and 75th percentiles.

  • We can see that our average visits per customer has stayed relatively consistent over the years, at about 5.5 visits per customer, across our portfolio.

5) Composite Score:

Now we will try to construct a overall composite score for each property. We will use the following metrics:

  1. Visits

  2. Visits per sqft

  3. Loyalty (measured by avg. visits per customer)

  4. Visits Growth

5a) Z-score Index (Equal Weights)

  • We will start our composite score with a simple z-score index.

  • This is the most simple metric to create a combined score. What we do is standardize each metric to have a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1. Then we take the average of the z-scores.

  • The scores represent the number of standard deviations away from the mean a property is performing on a specefic metric.

    • For example, property 79 has a scaled visits score of 1.49 meaning the visits at property 79 are 1.49 standard deviations above the mean of all properties.

Z-score formula:

z=xμσz = \frac{x - \mu}{\sigma}

Top Centers by Z-Score Index
VisitsScale VisitsPerSF Loyalty VisitsGrowth Z_Score_Index Z_Score_Index_pct
Property
Property 79 1.491580 0.024693 1.096336 1.534852 1.036865 100.000000
Property 62 0.658050 1.530969 0.175414 1.710263 1.018674 98.734177
Property 14 0.921270 1.654434 -0.263121 1.622557 0.983785 97.468354
Property 8 1.316100 0.172851 1.491017 0.877058 0.964256 96.202532
Property 30 0.109675 1.432197 1.271750 0.745499 0.889780 94.936709
Property 45 1.316100 -0.370396 1.447163 1.096323 0.872297 93.670886
Property 76 1.645125 -0.518554 1.710284 0.570088 0.851736 92.405063
Property 9 0.789660 1.135880 -0.175414 1.447146 0.799318 91.139241
Property 69 1.316100 1.654434 0.482388 -0.438529 0.753598 89.873418
Property 40 1.645125 0.543247 -0.087707 0.833205 0.733467 88.607595

5b) Min-Max Normalized Geometric Mean

  • This is a more complex metric to create a combined score. What we do is standardize each metric between 1 and 10. Then we take the geometric mean of the scores.

  • We use the geometric mean because it rewards properties that are performing well on all metrics more than the arithmetic mean which would reward properties that are performing well on a few metrics more than the others.

  • We also penalize properties that have a higher standard deviation in their scores (uneven performance) by adding a penalty to the geometric mean.

  • We can see that the while the intial min-max normalized geometric mean looks almost the same as the z-score index, the penalized geometric mean is much different with property 79 moving from the 10th to 1st place and centers like property 62, 69, and 30 moving into the top 10.

Geometric Mean formula: GM=x1×x2××xnnGM = \sqrt[n]{x_1 \times x_2 \times \ldots \times x_n}

Penalized Geometric Mean formula: GMpenalized=GM×(1σ10)GM_{penalized} = GM \times (1 - \frac{\sigma}{10})

Top Centers by Min-Max Normalized Geometric Mean
VisitsScale VisitsPerSF Loyalty VisitsGrowth Geo_Mean Geo_Mean_pct
Property
Property 79 9.588235 5.563380 8.384615 9.538462 8.081830 100.000000
Property 62 7.352941 9.429577 5.961538 10.000000 8.018219 98.734177
Property 8 9.117647 5.943662 9.423077 7.807692 7.946266 97.468354
Property 14 8.058824 9.746479 4.807692 9.769231 7.793438 96.202532
Property 30 5.882353 9.176056 8.846154 7.461538 7.725872 94.936709
Property 45 9.117647 4.549296 9.307692 8.384615 7.542894 93.670886
Property 9 7.705882 8.415493 5.038462 9.307692 7.426095 92.405063
Property 76 10.000000 4.169014 10.000000 7.000000 7.349924 91.139241
Property 40 10.000000 6.894366 5.269231 7.692308 7.270672 89.873418
Property 55 7.352941 7.401408 6.942308 7.230769 7.229628 88.607595

Top Centers by Penalized Geometric Mean (Balanced Performance)
VisitsScale VisitsPerSF Loyalty VisitsGrowth Penalized_Geo_Mean Penalized_Geo_Mean_pct
Property
Property 55 7.352941 7.401408 6.942308 7.230769 7.080732 100.000000
Property 8 9.117647 5.943662 9.423077 7.807692 6.688305 98.734177
Property 30 5.882353 9.176056 8.846154 7.461538 6.565019 97.468354
Property 79 9.588235 5.563380 8.384615 9.538462 6.556550 96.202532
Property 62 7.352941 9.429577 5.961538 10.000000 6.519627 94.936709
Property 66 7.000000 6.260563 8.730769 6.769231 6.368749 93.670886
Property 9 7.705882 8.415493 5.038462 9.307692 6.059963 92.405063
Property 14 8.058824 9.746479 4.807692 9.769231 5.974702 91.139241
Property 45 9.117647 4.549296 9.307692 8.384615 5.861216 89.873418
Property 4 10.000000 5.753521 7.461538 6.307692 5.853494 88.607595

5c) PCA-based Composite Score

  • This is a the most complex of the metrics we will look at.

  • PCA is a statistical technique that transforms a set of variables into a smaller set of uncorrelated variables called principal components.

  • Here, we use PCA to find the “optimal” weights for our composite score.

  • This is the most data-driven of the composite scores and finds the weights that best explain the variance in the data.

  • The big downside is that it is very difficult to understand the weights and the composite score is not as interpretable as the other methods.

Top Centers by PCA-based Composite Score
VisitsScale VisitsPerSF Loyalty VisitsGrowth PCA_Power_pct
Property
Property 76 0.981013 0.363014 1.000000 0.670886 100.000000
Property 79 0.936709 0.513699 0.822785 0.949367 98.734177
Property 8 0.886076 0.554795 0.936709 0.759494 97.468354
Property 45 0.886076 0.404110 0.924051 0.822785 96.202532
Property 4 0.981013 0.534247 0.721519 0.594937 94.936709
Property 35 0.936709 0.123288 0.772152 0.873418 93.670886
Property 62 0.696203 0.931507 0.556962 1.000000 92.405063
Property 40 0.981013 0.657534 0.481013 0.746835 91.139241
Property 30 0.537975 0.904110 0.873418 0.721519 89.873418
Property 69 0.886076 0.965753 0.645570 0.379747 88.607595

5d) Final Scores (Using a combination of all ranking methods)

  • Here we will create an average of the rankings across all methods.

  • This will give us a more comprehensive view of the rankings across all methods.

  • I think this is the best way to look at the rankings across all methods.

All Centers Ranked by Consistency Across All Ranking Methods
Rank Property Z-Score Geometric Mean Penalized Geo PCA Consistency
1 Property 79 100.00 100.00 96.20 98.73 98.73
2 Property 8 96.20 97.47 98.73 97.47 97.47
3 Property 62 98.73 98.73 94.94 92.41 96.20
4 Property 30 94.94 94.94 97.47 89.87 94.30
5 Property 45 93.67 93.67 89.87 96.20 93.35
6 Property 14 97.47 96.20 91.14 87.34 93.04
7 Property 76 92.41 91.14 77.22 100.00 90.19
8 Property 4 87.34 87.34 88.61 94.94 89.56
9 Property 40 88.61 89.87 87.34 91.14 89.24
10 Property 55 84.81 88.61 100.00 78.48 87.97
11 Property 9 91.14 92.41 92.41 75.95 87.97
12 Property 66 83.54 84.81 93.67 83.54 86.39
13 Property 69 89.87 86.08 81.01 88.61 86.39
14 Property 49 86.08 83.54 86.08 81.01 84.18
15 Property 33 77.22 79.75 82.28 82.28 80.38
16 Property 24 74.68 82.28 84.81 72.15 78.48
17 Property 32 72.15 77.22 73.42 84.81 76.90
18 Property 65 82.28 75.95 65.82 79.75 75.95
19 Property 59 75.95 78.48 83.54 64.56 75.63
20 Property 23 78.48 81.01 79.75 59.49 74.68
21 Property 58 73.42 72.15 60.76 86.08 73.10
22 Property 35 81.01 67.09 48.10 93.67 72.47
23 Property 29 70.89 73.42 70.89 70.89 71.52
24 Property 15 67.09 69.62 72.15 69.62 69.62
25 Property 2 64.56 70.89 75.95 63.29 68.67
26 Property 47 65.82 65.82 68.35 74.68 68.67
27 Property 11 63.29 68.35 78.48 60.76 67.72
28 Property 78 69.62 74.68 74.68 49.37 67.09
29 Property 46 79.75 64.56 45.57 77.22 66.77
30 Property 67 59.49 60.76 64.56 73.42 64.56
31 Property 37 58.23 62.03 62.03 65.82 62.03
32 Property 70 68.35 63.29 58.23 51.90 60.44
33 Property 19 53.16 56.96 69.62 46.84 56.65
34 Property 60 55.70 55.70 53.16 55.70 55.06
35 Property 73 54.43 58.23 63.29 43.04 54.75
36 Property 3 50.63 54.43 67.09 45.57 54.43
37 Property 38 48.10 51.90 59.49 58.23 54.43
38 Property 44 60.76 59.49 55.70 40.51 54.11
39 Property 41 62.03 46.84 35.44 68.35 53.16
40 Property 48 49.37 48.10 44.30 67.09 52.22
41 Property 21 43.04 49.37 54.43 54.43 50.32
42 Property 52 46.84 50.63 49.37 53.16 50.00
43 Property 25 51.90 53.16 56.96 36.71 49.68
44 Property 51 41.77 44.30 51.90 48.10 46.52
45 Property 1 45.57 43.04 40.51 50.63 44.94
46 Property 57 40.51 41.77 39.24 56.96 44.62
47 Property 13 44.30 45.57 46.84 34.18 42.72
48 Property 56 37.97 37.97 30.38 62.03 42.09
49 Property 16 34.18 40.51 50.63 37.97 40.82
50 Property 43 36.71 39.24 36.71 41.77 38.61
51 Property 54 32.91 35.44 37.97 44.30 37.66
52 Property 10 39.24 36.71 32.91 39.24 37.03
53 Property 12 31.65 34.18 43.04 31.65 35.13
54 Property 22 56.96 31.65 17.72 32.91 34.81
55 Property 20 35.44 32.91 34.18 25.32 31.96
56 Property 31 30.38 30.38 25.32 35.44 30.38
57 Property 27 26.58 29.11 31.65 30.38 29.43
58 Property 5 17.72 26.58 41.77 24.05 27.53
59 Property 64 24.05 27.85 29.11 29.11 27.53
60 Property 74 18.99 25.32 26.58 26.58 24.37
61 Property 34 20.25 20.25 22.78 27.85 22.78
62 Property 72 25.32 24.05 21.52 18.99 22.47
63 Property 39 27.85 22.78 16.46 21.52 22.15
64 Property 68 29.11 18.99 15.19 20.25 20.89
65 Property 61 16.46 21.52 27.85 12.66 19.62
66 Property 53 21.52 15.19 18.99 16.46 18.04
67 Property 42 11.39 13.92 20.25 22.78 17.09
68 Property 50 22.78 17.72 12.66 15.19 17.09
69 Property 18 15.19 16.46 24.05 11.39 16.77
70 Property 77 12.66 11.39 10.13 17.72 12.97
71 Property 63 10.13 12.66 11.39 10.13 11.08
72 Property 36 13.92 10.13 1.27 13.92 9.81
73 Property 28 6.33 8.86 13.92 8.86 9.49
74 Property 7 7.59 7.59 7.59 5.06 6.96
75 Property 6 5.06 5.06 8.86 7.59 6.65
76 Property 71 8.86 6.33 3.80 6.33 6.33
77 Property 75 3.80 3.80 6.33 3.80 4.43
78 Property 17 2.53 2.53 5.06 2.53 3.16
79 Property 26 1.27 1.27 2.53 1.27 1.58

Conclusion — Why the Portfolio-Level Placer Analysis Matters

Looking asset-by-asset tells only half the story.
Raw visit counts or single-year rent rolls highlight obvious stars, but they miss three critical angles:

  1. Spatial productivity (Visits / Sq Ft)
  2. Customer stickiness (Average & median repeat visits)
  3. Trajectory (percentile rank changes year-over-year)

By stitching those metrics together—and expressing them as percentiles, z-scores, and blended indices—we surface patterns invisible in a one-to-one review:

Traditional view Portfolio analytics view
“Big boxes pull the most traffic.” Several mid-size assets deliver top-decile Visits / Sq Ft, turning compact GLA into outsized footfall.
“Anchor closures drive performance.” Rank-change tables pinpoint the exact year a dip began, often months before NOI feels the hit.
“High traffic = success.” Loyalty overlays reveal centers with tourist-style visits but weak repeat engagement, guiding merchandising fixes.

What stakeholders gain

  • Sharper capital allocation
    Composite scores rank centers by balanced performance, ensuring cap-ex flows to assets with both high volume and high efficiency.

  • Evidence-based leasing & marketing
    Loyalty laggards with strong Visits / Sq Ft become priority targets for tenant mix tweaks, community events, or way-finding upgrades.

  • Early risk detection
    Assets sliding down percentile ranks trigger “yellow-flag” reviews before occupancy or rent metrics deteriorate.


Path forward

Horizon Action Outcome
Now Audit any POI boundaries that produce extreme metrics and refresh the dashboard. Removes noise; prevents skewed investment decisions.
60 days Layer in sales or leasing KPIs (e.g., sales per visit, rent-to-traffic ratios) to the blended index. Links foot-traffic quality to revenue, improving ROI targeting.
Quarterly Publish an auto-updating dashboard with threshold alerts for rank drops or loyalty spikes. Keeps asset managers focused on real-time movers, not lagging reports.
Annual Feed composite metrics into predictive models to forecast NOI growth and prioritize hold/refi/sell decisions. Turns historical insight into forward-looking strategy.

Bottom line: the Placer.ai portfolio analysis converts raw visit logs into a quantitative early-warning and opportunity-spotting system—one that sees beyond headline traffic numbers and equips decision-makers to steer capital, leasing, and marketing with confidence.