Author: Sarah Fisher
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Commerce Coverts to New Operations Management System
Commerce Real Estate Solutions today announced the selection of Building Engines to replace a legacy system throughout their entire portfolio. The organization, which manages over four million square feet of commercial, retail and industrial property and is among the top commercial real estate brokerage firms in the Inter-mountain and Pacific Northwest region, wanted to significantly…
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A Pepto-free T-day Tradition: Giving Thanks
Thanksgiving tradition is usually served with an unhealthy heap of glut, recipes involving cans and lard, holiday shopping nervosa, traffic emotions cycling between ennui and road rage, minor football injuries among the aged, and televised flamboyance in the streets of Manhattan. What’s not to love? The one tradition you can partake in free from harm…
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Payback’s a Cinch! The ROI of Mobile
For a business decision maker, return on investment is key to any decision. As attractive the practicality of the technology, it has to work from a financial perspective. In this post, I’ll outline where you’ll see the payback from investing in a mobile property management strategy.
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New Webinar: Preparing for a Mobile Future
Mobile property management is a new business reality. Real estate operations that provide property managers and field personnel with mobile access to applications and data are more productive, deliver better customer service, are better informed, and can respond more nimbly to changes in their operating environment.
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4 Steps to a Proactive Mobile Strategy
In our recent webinar, Preparing for the (Not So Distant) Mobile Future, three panelists discussed what the mobile future holds and how businesses should move forward in light of the changing environment. My main takeaway from the discussion was how mobile strategies are becoming such a pivotal part of organizations, but are often daunting with…
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Fire up Fire Prevention Month with 7 Steps
Halloween, a day characterized by lit candles inside vegetables, marked the last day of Fire Prevention Month. Why not end it with a non-fire starting bang? You can’t just prevent fires by being a wet blanket – you need to follow codes and standards, brush up on safety information, train your team, and conduct routine…
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8 Best Property Management Halloween Costumes
Halloween costumes have long included many professions – policemen, nurses, presidents, etc. But amidst all the cats, pirates and princesses last night, I saw no love for property management. So to help you out for next year, here’s a little inspiration:
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Preparing for the Next Hurricane
With the damages of Hurricane Sandy still emerging along its East Coast path and more than 8.1 million homes and businesses hit with power outages, it becomes clear how important disaster preparation and a quick response are. To prepare for a similar event, here are some basic things you can do now to ensure the…
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3 Weeks, 2.8 Million SF, 1 Deployment Plan
Building Engines today announced the expansion of its platform throughout the growing Urban Renaissance Group portfolio. Using its unique tools and techniques, a coordinated set of best practice activities, system checks, and a skilled deployment team, Building Engines orchestrated deployment of its operations management system throughout Urban Renaissance’s 2.8 million square foot expansion within fifteen…
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4 Trends Impacting Mobility in the Workplace
Work today is much more an action as opposed to a place – you’re not chained to a desk anymore. You don’t have to go to your desktop computer in order to complete work that you do. Instead, you’re out working with your constituents, customers or tenants. Questions come up in real time, issues come…