What a data scientist would have done is find the list of shops and property prices and see which correlate.
Of course, you also need to do it over time because "up and coming" implies the future state, not the current.
1. Buy cheap housing in area that attracts new grads / creatives / artists
2. Those people attract certain business types
3. Hot area attracts richer people + people in 1 get more money
4. Property prices rise
5. Sell
What a data scientist would have done is find the list of shops and property prices and see which correlate.
Of course, you also need to do it over time because "up and coming" implies the future state, not the current.
1. Buy cheap housing in area that attracts new grads / creatives / artists
2. Those people attract certain business types
3. Hot area attracts richer people + people in 1 get more money
4. Property prices rise
5. Sell