Brandon Svec is the National Director of U.S. Retail Analytics for CoStar Group, where he guides the firm’s research and analysis on the U.S. retail real estate market. Prior to covering the national retail market, Brandon led CoStar’s analytic coverage of the Chicago market. Brandon has extensive prior commercial real estate experience across multiple disciplines, including lending, portfolio management, private and public real estate fund analysis, research, and fund structuring. Brandon previously held Series 7, 24, and 66 securities licenses and received his MBA from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, where he concentrated in real estate finance and investment.