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Nov 5, 2024 | 
nacsmagazine.com | Joe Beeton
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Tough Love: How to Keep Stores Safe
Hardening stores requires a soft approach to community and competitors.
November 2024
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
caia.org | Joe Beeton
By Joe Beeton is the Editor at CoStar Group. LoopNet has narrowed down several broad uses for the metaverse that may be relevant to the commercial real estate industry, at least for now.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
nacsmagazine.com | Joe Beeton
Retail media—digital displays at the gas pump and in the store—and retail media networks (RMNs)—which incorporate other touchpoints, such as social media, along with a data-heavy approach to advertising—are redefining the c-store experience. Although scale is an advantage, retail media networks aren’t just for the big players.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
richmondbizsense.com | Joe Beeton
With its revenue climbing at an average of 1,238 percent over the preceding three years, Brandefy had “no ceiling” when it topped last year’s RVA 25 list of fastest-growing local companies. In the 12 months since then, with another $1 million in revenue from its cosmetic skincare line, Brandefy’s founder and CEO Meg Pryde still sees nothing but blue skies overhead for the six-year-old firm. The difference now, Pryde said, really comes down to the ground beneath her.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
loopnet.com | clicking "Log |Joe Beeton
If how “cool” a niche neighborhood in another country is factors in to your application for a loan, you’ll be laughed out of the bank. The quantitative nature of real estate finance cares little about such subjective measures. But if what you’re seeking is a place of permanence in a transforming part of a city with increasing foot traffic, undeniable curb appeal and intangible allure, then “cool” matters. Of course, statistics and data should guide all investment decisions.
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Nov 13, 2023 | 
loopnet.com | Joe Beeton
Rarely does a tax office or a corner bodega strike awe in a passerby — let alone even catch their eye. But Storefront Mastery — a creative marketing agency run by architect and bookstore owner Jaime Izurieta — is on a mission to change that.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
loopnet.com | clicking "Log |Joe Beeton
It’s easy to get lost in a matrix of discussions on artificial intelligence algorithms, data harvesting models and climate change regulations at CREtech New York — a conference the organize calls the built world’s largest innovation and sustainability conference — especially at a time when the economic market is in disarray.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
loopnet.com | clicking "Log |Joe Beeton
At every tech event this year, AI is being discussed like it's the internet in 1997. Last week's CREtech, billed as the built world’s largest innovation and sustainability event, was no exception. But AI, or artificial intelligence, raises fundamental questions for even the savviest real estate decision-makers, especially during a time (unlike the ‘90s) when they’re faced with immense capital constraints. Thought leaders at the Sept. 19-20 event in New York City may not have had all the answers.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
loopnet.com | clicking "Log |Joe Beeton
When a Texas developer converted 200,000 square feet of Charlotte, North Carolina, flex space into a sprawling boutique office campus in 2018, the market seemed promising. But if the sector's current climate is any hint, the timing meant that the project never leased. So, what’s next for a warehouse that was made into an office that now awaits a new use?
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May 15, 2023 | 
loopnet.com | clicking "Log |Joe Beeton
You might ask, "what sane investor would offer above-asking price for a 33-year-old, 150,000-square-foot, low-rise suburban class B office with a few dwindling leases, right at the onset of an office-fueled commercial real estate downturn?"Well, any of the 12 suitors of 615 The City Dr. in Orange, California, would qualify not just as sane, but sharp, according to the listing brokers at Newmark who sold the property for $22.5 million in April.
