Author: Amy Gleason
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7 CRE Headlines we Wish we Saw in 2018
The commercial real estate industry made great strides this year by making progress toward integrations across the CRE tech stack and the use of practical IoT technologies. But there were a few trends many CRE professionals thought would have a large impact on 2018 that did not come to fruition. Here are seven headlines that we wish were…
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Justify Your TRANSFORM 2017 Attendance
Become “Measurably Better” at TRANSFORM 2017. The Building Engines 2017 Client Summit will feature best practices and benchmark data, industry leader panel discussions, full access to the Building Engines Client Success team in our Training Zone, a Product Launch, and much more! Use this letter below to outline some of the amazing sessions highlighted at…
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Building Engines’ New Property Management Networking Series
With the new year comes opportunities to increase our networks and better ourselves professionally. There’s no better source of education and insight than connecting with your peers who are facing the same challenges. To help property managers, building owners, and all others involved in Commercial Real Estate management, we have just hosted our first city…
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We Confess Our Holiday Traditions and Say Goodbye to 2016
2016 was a big year here at Building Engines. We might even say huge. (Yuge) We released several great new features and improvements to our commercial property management software platform (Dispatch, QR Code equipment lookup in BE-Mobile, introduction of the TenHub tenant mobile app), doubled-down on information security by successfully completing a SOC II audit,…
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The Outstanding 2016 Property Hero Award Winners, Unmasked!
It’s a wrap! With over 2,708 votes cast, 32 finalists, and 212 nominations in the “Maintenance” and “Management” categories, we now have our two 2016 Property Hero Award winners. We’d like to take a moment to thank our co-sponsors: Genea, The News Funnel, ITS, and Realpage for their contributions to this year’s awards. Before we…
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Unmasking the Amazing 2016 Property Hero Award Finalists
It’s usually considered taboo to unmask a hero in comic books and comic book movies, but this is the real deal. The 2016 Property Hero Awards, where amazing commercial property management professionals in both maintenance and management can be publicly recognized, is coming to a close. But don’t worry – it isn’t too late to…
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8 Efficient Ways to Slash Retail Property Maintenance Costs
There is a quote by American author Kurt Vonnegut, which sticks out in my mind when I think about property maintenance in commercial real estate – particularly in retail: “Everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” Forward-thinking retail property managers and teams know this, and do everything they can to ensure that…
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What It Means To Be a CRE Property Hero
“A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.” – Christopher Reeve The same can be said about commercial real estate property management teams. Oftentimes they don’t have the time, the money, people, or resources necessary to overcome incredible obstacles. It isn’t always…
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Are You a CRE Tech Laggard?
You clearly understand the value of a building operations system and are able to evaluate the basic features and functions you need at a minimum in order to operate. But how can you determine if your current process and/or provider is limiting your ability to truly impact operational performance?
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How to Emerge as the Ultimate Property Management Thought Leader
If you haven’t heard by now, finding a commercial property management thought leader online is pretty much a crapshoot. You just won’t find many out there. But rather than continue to wonder where all these great, forward-thinking CRE professionals are, I thought I’d take a stab at providing a resource for getting started. You can think…