
The Art and Science of Place
The McDevitt Company was founded in 1997 by Wade McDevitt with the goal of becoming one of the finest, full-service real estate firms in the world. With offices in Philadelphia, Greenwich, Nashville, Palm Beach, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, and Amsterdam, our experienced and highly creative team has a deep understanding of the most compelling retail and gathering environments throughout the world, as well as a wide breadth of industry knowledge and relationships.
As a full-service real estate firm, The McDevitt Company partners to create strategic visions for places, compelling marketing packages and comprehensive leasing plans focused on the long term success of our clients and their assets. Recognizing that there is both an art and science to real estate decisions, we focus our efforts on creating an all-inclusive formula for success that draws from our in-house data science department, the global market knowledge of our dealmakers, and the skill of our project managers.
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Tenant Representation
We combine our market knowledge and experience with demographic and psychographic analysis and strategic planning to recommend the best available sites for expanding retail brands. We partner with distinguished clients who value unique spaces and seek to create an exceptional shopping experience.
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Landlord Representation
We collaborate with select landlords and developers to create unique and distinctive retail destinations — bringing together targeted, best-in-class tenants in transformational and innovative retail environments. Experienced and highly creative teams with a deep understanding of the most compelling retail environments.
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Capital Markets
Investment-oriented disposals and acquisitions across all retail real-estate asset classes. We advise investors of every category, from institutions to private individuals.
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Development
A leader in retail real estate for over two decades with a proven track record of finding profitable, pioneering locations that define neighborhoods. We believe today's residents want to live, work, and play in singular, mixed-use environments with a heightened focus on authenticity, exclusivity, and provenance.
ExploreUnparalleled data science with customized analysis and insights. Proven modeling based on demographic as well as psychographic data to inform global expansion strategy and support specific locations.
Tapestry Segmentation
ESRI's market-leading psychographic system, dividing the US into 67 unique lifestyle groups.
Point of Sale Analysis
Point of Sale data sets containing millions of observations of consumer behavior.
Target Households
Tapestry groups form the basis of a retailer's or investor's target demographic.
Sales Performance
Advanced analytic techniques make raw data actionable by accounting for economic, demographic, and geographic context.
Co-Tenancy Correlations
A database of nearly 100,000 individual retail locations to determine co-tenant impact on client sales.
Trips Data
Start and end point analytics give actual drive times and more accurate volume projections. Powered by Placer.ai.





“They have an intuitive sense of what we want and what we're looking for.”
Dick HayneFounder and CEO, URBN, Inc.
“They have the ability to offer locations in many different types of formats — from malls to lifestyle centers, to high street locations.”
Brendon LynchCEO, Rudy's Barbershop
“Having this global presence helps me when I'm looking globally but also gives me a more worldly sort of wisdom and advice when I'm looking in the United States.”
Stephen StarrCEO & President, Starr Restaurant Group
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