Building a Competitive Database of Local Buildings
I'm fresh out of college, and just got hired as an intern at a commercial real estate firm.

One of my first major projects is building a database of local office buildings (mostly high rises in the city) and building a spreadsheet including name of company, suite number, sq ft, price per sq ft, and rental lease expiration date.

I have physically gone to the buildings to get the name of each company and what suite they're in, and back at the office, have been calling or emailing to find out the info I need.

The problem I'm running into is twofold... A) the person answering the phone usually has absolutely no idea about square footage or when their lease ends, and B) if I can get them to transfer me to the proper person, I've been getting some resistance getting the info from them (understandable, as they have no incentive to answer those 3 questions).

Does anybody have ANY suggestions on how to get this info? I'm going to attempt to physically go from suite to suite instead of calling, but I still feel like I'm going to get shut down a bunch.

I just don't want to not be able to complete my first project as an intern, I don't want to give them an incomplete spreadsheet and excuses.


Thanks in advance for any and all help!!
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