Dejan Eskic is a senior research fellow at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute where he is involved in housing, construction, and real estate research; fiscal impact studies; and economic and demographic analysis. Professionally, he has focused on providing the best information to key decision-makers, whether they were local or state officials, executives of national retailers, or publicly listed real estate investment trusts. Prior to his current role, he worked in the retail research industry, where he evaluated current and future sales performance for retail sites through statistical gravity modeling that reflected market demographics throughout the country. Additionally, he has worked on several public-private partnerships relating to tax increment financing, along with numerous real estate market studies and economic development plans. Before earning a master’s in real estate development, he earned a BS in urban planning, both from the University of Utah. He also serves as an adjunct professor of real estate market analysis at the University of Utah.