A hometown publisher and a New York firm are set to take on CoStar Group Inc. in what appears will be a steaming battle for a portion of the commercial real estate information market.

First CLS Inc., founded by Atlanta’s Guy Dorey of Dorey Publising & Research, and Realty IQ Inc. of New York will begin separate marketing programs in September for their online commercial real estate research and listing services.

The new sites will go stat to stat with CoStar of Bethesda, MD. CoStar has had a lock on the Atlanta market since it bought the local Jamison Research firm in February 1998. The Maryland firm has developed a national network by acquiring local real estate research companies.

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