Joe Beeton

Senior Editor
Joe has built a career over the past decade reporting business news across several continents, with the latter half of it focused on the built environment. He recently earned a Masters of Science in Business — Real Estate & Urban Land Development — from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, where he's now based.

Joe Beeton's Articles

Small Spaces, Big Dreams: Rooftop Ice Hockey Rink Nets Revenue for NYC Office-Warehouse

A recent tour uncovered how and why entrepreneurial developers built an indoor rink on the roof of an industrial property.

Small Spaces, Big Dreams: Bespoke Office Born from ‘Archaeological’ Renovation

A growing business in Brownsville, Texas, secured an SBA loan to move to its new workspace in the renovated remains of a Mexican Revolution-era estate.

5 Properties You Can Buy in Some of the ‘World’s Coolest Neighborhoods’

For insights about places where people actually hang out, subjective takes like Time Out’s annual list of the 40 coolest neighborhoods can be invaluable.

'Every Small Business Can Have a Great Storefront'

Storefront Mastery wants to elevate not just the value of a business, but the property it’s in, the street it’s on, and the neighborhood ecosystem in which it operates.

5 Ways Tech Is Changing Multifamily Management

Mobile keys, chatbots, centralization and connectivity dominated discussions at CREtech 2023.

Thought Leaders Agree: Offices Need to ‘Do Better’

Real estate titans spoke at CREtech 2023 about workplaces taking more cues from hospitality and placemaking.

8 Bold Opinions on the State of CRE and Tech

Thought leaders spoke at CREtech2023 with conviction and clarity about the issues that matter to them most — including tech adoption, return to office, affordable housing and carbon emissions.

4 Takeaways From CREtech 2023

AI, data harvesting and sustainability were the top topics at the NYC real estate technology summit last week.

Temporary ‘Retail Village’ is Pivotal During Permitting Phase of Massive Development

With Redbrick's short-term mass timber pavilion, the developer is helping foster the entrepreneurial spirit of a transforming D.C. community.

Small Spaces, Big Dreams: Couple Finds Empty Furniture Store Perfect for Pickleball

The entrepreneurs were first to market despite it being their first brick-and-mortar business.

Mall Landlords Increasingly Seek ‘Open Container’ Licenses

Owners are increasingly pushing to get entire shopping centers or districts covered under one license that allows visitors to carry alcoholic beverages throughout the premises.

From Warehouse to Workspace to Now What?

It was unlucky timing for a conversion from industrial to office, but now a buyer is banking on an appetite for "eatertainment" and other alternative uses.

What’s Stopping You From Becoming a Real Estate Developer?

“Take one small step off the curb” says Incremental Development Alliance, a group of developers that wants to help anyone getting started in real estate.

$22M Office Teardown Makes Way for Multifamily

“It made all the sense in the world” to position this Class B office in Orange, California, as a conversion play.

Empty Offices Could Become Breweries, Labs and Distro Hubs in Arlington Zoning Change

The mixed-use suburb of Washington, D.C. is enacting changes that will permit its 9 million square feet of vacant offices to be occupied by makerspaces, arcades, wet labs, vertical farms and more.

Zipline Biz Makes Most of Charleston Real Estate

With zoning challenges, accounting pitfalls and soaring competition for land, the $1.3 million deal was about as easy to navigate as the park’s ropes course.

‘Grade II’-Listed Powerhouse Dramatically Restored as ‘Grade A’ Office

Bristol's 1899-built Generator Building, which powered the U.K.'s first tramways, has been adapted into a boutique coworking space for Clockwise.

‘Embracing the Attitude of Art,’ DC Museum Anchors Multifamily

One of the city’s newest museums comes with an unlikely site mate: a nearly 500-unit luxury apartment building. Together, the site preserves culture while delivering highest-and-best use.

Auto Garage ‘Take 5’ Takes a 5 Cap

Triple net investors keen on automotive properties are zeroing in on 5 caps, as evidenced by five similar sales this month across various markets.

Are Student Housing Investments Making the Grade? 

Observers are calling leasing velocity “unprecedented” and rental rates “historic.” For investors looking to ace the next few enrollment cycles, school is in session.

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