Author: Building Engines
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Weekly Building Beat: RECon, CRE Mergers, and the IoT
You’ve got a lot going on. We get it. It isn’t easy to find the time to scour the internet for the latest property management and commercial real estate news when you’ve got a job to do. With ‘The Weekly Building Beat,’ you won’t have to waste time searching. We hand-select the best industry content…
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Property Management Incidents You NEVER Want to See, and How to Avoid Them
Tell me if you’ve had a morning like this… My morning was going great. I just sat down in the management office of my building with a nice cup of coffee, just the way I like it, from my favorite coffee shop. Traffic was light coming in, with no horn honking or accidents to delay…
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Weekly Building Beat: Optimism in CRE, Multigenerational Teams, and Space Battles
You’ve got a lot going on. We get it. It isn’t easy to find the time to scour the internet for the latest property management and commercial real estate news when you’ve got a job to do. With ‘The Weekly Building Beat,’ you won’t have to waste time searching. We hand-select the best industry content…
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What Does Big Data Have To Do With Property Operations?
I think the real question might be, what can big data DO for commercial property operations? Most would start at the beginning with a definition of big data and follow into a lengthy explanation of the how and where this “big data” can be found and collected. But anybody can do that, and it really…
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How Coffee Will Make You Rethink Retail Risk Management
For a while, shortly before I started working in commercial real estate technology, I brewed a lot. That is not a typo, though I understand the assumption that I might have “brood” before I started working in the exciting, ever changing CRE Tech space. No, prior to that, I worked as a manager for a…
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Weekly Building Beat: The CRE Economy, Going Green, and Retail Best Practices
You’ve got a lot going on. We get it. It isn’t easy to find the time to scour the internet for the latest property management and commercial real estate news when you’ve got a job to do. With ‘The Weekly Building Beat,’ you won’t have to waste time searching. We hand-select the best industry content…
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Why Going Green Isn’t an Amenity in CRE
“Going green,” also referred to as “being sustainable,” “eco-friendly,” and “future-friendly” isn’t an amenity in commercial real estate (CRE) anymore. It is a necessity, for both CRE organizations and for their tenants. In fact, “61% of corporate leaders believe that sustainability leads to market differentiation and improved financial performance,” according to a comprehensive 2011 report…
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CONTENT SURVEY: What Can We Do Better?
Take the Building Beat Content Survey In case you didn’t know, or it wasn’t quite obvious, I’ll just say it. We’re glad you’re here. Building Beat was created a little over seven years ago (Wow!) to deliver unique, and insightful content for individuals and teams working within commercial real estate (CRE) property management and operations.…
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Burgers, BBQ, and Thoughts on Vendor Relationships
Allow me to wax poetic. In the heart of Medford, Massachusetts, sits what is scientifically proven to be the world’s greatest burger joint. “Science,” obviously, is defined as the establishment that’s consumed the most of my dollars, and “I” being the most of its menu. On a recent visit I was stunned when, upon being…
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A Brief Guide to Tackling Pesky Preventive Maintenance Tasks
Everyone remembers their first car. The name of mine was Chuck, and it was a 1998 Saturn passed down from my older brother. It was a new sense of freedom to be able to drive myself to school and go out with friends on the weekend. What I wasn’t prepared for was the responsibility of…