How to analyze potential site for first commercial development?

[Robert Rose]

I'm about to embark on my first commercial real estate development project.

I plan to buy a ~1acre property in Georgia to construct a 20,000sqft building with the following breakdown:

8,000sqft retail space

7,000sqft warehouse space

5,000sqft office space

I'll be using some of the office space and warehouse space for myself. The rest will be leased.

How do I determine and analyze a potential location for this development in terms of potential lease rates, vacancy rates, potential area growth, post construction value, etc?