Leadership
Clients work directly with senior leadership on every engagement. Our team brings decades of specialized experience across the full spectrum of real estate market analysis.
Ariel Goldring has served as President of S. Patz & Associates since 2021, following more than 13 years with the firm and over a decade of experience in real estate consulting and market analysis. In this role, he leads the firm's consulting practice and manages company operations, directing market feasibility studies, demand analyses, proffer studies, and fiscal impact assessments.
Mr. Goldring holds a Bachelor's degree in International Affairs from George Washington University and a Master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Tech, where he earned the C. David Loeks Award for academic excellence in planning. His work spans site-specific feasibility analyses, regional housing needs assessments, and large-scale market studies across rental and for-sale housing, affordable housing, age-restricted and student housing, and commercial and hospitality development. He works closely with developers, lenders, nonprofits, and public agencies to deliver independent, data-driven analysis that supports sound real estate and policy decisions. He has also completed numerous assignments focused on housing for veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and individuals with special needs, reflecting a strong professional commitment to expanding housing opportunities for underserved populations.
Beyond residential markets, Mr. Goldring has conducted market demand and feasibility analyses for retail, office, hotel, and industrial development projects. His work informs land use planning, development strategy, and housing policy at the local and regional levels, across markets ranging from competitive urban infill locations to underserved rural communities.
Before joining S. Patz & Associates, Mr. Goldring served as a senior analyst at Info-Prod Research, an international business consultancy that provided strategic market research for governments and Fortune 500 companies pursuing expansion into new global markets.
Stuart Patz founded S. Patz & Associates and brings more than 35 years of experience in real estate market analysis. Before establishing the firm, he served as President of RER Economic Consultants, a division of RER Financial Group, L.P., and led the economic consulting section of the J.E. Robert Company, overseeing RPR Economic Consultants, a primary economic consulting firm for RTC Properties in the early 1990s.
Mr. Patz has directed numerous large-scale and regionally significant projects, including the reuse of the historic airport terminal and 200 acres at Pittsburgh International Airport; the Pennsylvania Avenue Plan in Washington, D.C.; redevelopment of the Ocean View section of Norfolk, Virginia; and the reuse of recreational facilities at Quonset Point Naval Air Station in Rhode Island. He has also completed statewide housing studies, industrial and office market analyses, and specialized studies for unique land uses.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Patz served as Vice President of Hammer, Siler, George Associates, as a senior staff member at Development Research Associates, and as a City Planner for the City of Alexandria, Virginia. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where he was inducted into Tau Sigma Delta, the honor society for architecture and allied arts.