Author: Anna Silva
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Cheat Sheet: Selecting Essential Property Management KPIs
Established property management key performance indicators (KPIs) set operationally effective commercial real estate organizations apart from their peers because these organizations have the ability to use these metrics to make productive decisions leading to profitable business outcomes. Today, many CRE organizations have multiple technology solutions collecting a vast amount of data. As this enormous amount of data…
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The Hidden Dangers of Poor Certificate Of Insurance Management
Certificate of Insurance (COI) tracking is a vital risk-management activity. If you’re a CRE professional you know this goes without saying, but many times out of date COIs can slip through the cracks if you don’t have an efficient process and clear visibility into how you are managing them. If you are managing COIs with a paper-based or inefficient risk…
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How Technology Impacts Your Emergency Preparedness Plan
We recently partnered with BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association) International on a report that identifies commercial real estate technology trends in 2018. September is emergency preparedness month, so to #BEprepared and protect your building from emergency risk below are a few tips from the Technology Trends report. How safe and secure your building or portfolio is directly…
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Find out How Your Emergency Preparedness Plan Stacks Up
If you own or operate a commercial real estate property, you know that the job inherently comes with risk. Many times, this risk is far beyond your control. You can’t pick and choose when a natural disaster strikes or a physical threat to your building occurs, but you can take all the steps necessary to be prepared during an emergency. It’s safe to say…
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Revolutionizing CRE’s “Most Painful Process”
The tenant experience has changed a lot in the last 5 years. For decades, an office was essentially a “people warehouse”—a place where people gathered to get their work done. The space was mostly just an afterthought. Fast forward to today. The workplace looks much different than it once did. With open floor plans, flexible and collaborative spaces, and many more amenities offered by buildings than ever before, the workplace…
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3 Tips for Navigating the Ever-Expanding CRE Tech Landscape
At the BOMA International Conference we attended a few weeks ago, we heard a statistic from Henry Chamberlain, President and COO of BOMA International, that stuck with us: In 2017 there were 3,500 CRE tech solutions and in 2018 there are about 4,200 CRE tech solutions. That’s a 20% increase in less than one year!…
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How Startups Impact CRE Tech Innovation
Last week we had the chance to catch up with Shaw Lupton, Senior Managing Consultant of CoStar Portfolio Strategy, on the latest episode of CRE Tech Talks. During the podcast, Shaw addressed the red-hot topic of startup tech companies and how they are changing the CRE tech industry as well as what this means for…
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10 Skills You Need to be a Hero of Property Maintenance
We tapped into the annual Property Hero Awards from Building Engines to understand what high-performing commercial real estate maintenance leaders do, as shared by their peers. The 2018 class of nominees placed a well-deserved spotlight on the maintenance professionals operating behind the scenes at commercial assets across the country. These are the people who bring…
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Score Your Property Management Skills
Modern CRE organizations require a variety of skills to meet the demands of today’s tenants and owners. Use this interactive scorecard to grade yourself, or your team. Find out if you have the 12 skills necessary to succeed in today’s competitive environment. This assessment is 100% anonymous and you’ll receive results instantly. Building Engines is…
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All Eyes on Real Estate Tech: 4 Reasons to Watch (and Join) this Space
It’s been a remarkable four months since joining the Building Engines team as we work to bring innovative property operations management technology to all corners of the Commercial Real Estate market. Driven by thousands of incredibly amazing customers and an industry-leading solution, it’s been an exciting journey thus far to say the least. In fact,…