Category: CRE Trends

  • 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…

  • The Secret to Mobile Property Management

    While many of us use our mobile devices to stay upstream of the latest viral news and videos, the idea of mobility itself is becoming a viral concept. With the latest technology that mobile providers and mobile engineers are now bringing to the table, or perhaps tablet, the definition of “empowered” is being redefined for…

  • 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…

  • An Old Zoo with New Tricks

    There’s more on 2012’s calendar than the Mayan Apocalypse – it less morbidly marks the Franklin Part Zoo’s 100th year of providing laughs, tapir calves and giraffes to the public. A cool century ago in October 2012, the Franklin Park Zoo opened in Boston and has since grown to include several exhibits (hedgehogs, prairie dogs,…

  • Finally, A Social Profile for Your Building

    We’ve all heard of online profiles for dating, businesses and even pets. But an online profile for a building? With social networking expanding so rapidly, is it that far fetched? Riggs Kubiak, Cody Roberts, and Garrett Kubiak don’t think so. These three young guns have developed Honest Buildings, a software platform dedicated strictly to real…

  • Please Help Us Get iPads!

    With Apple stock hovering around $700 and already the most valuable company in the world, they probably don’t need much additional help from the real estate industry. But I think they’re going to get it anyway.

  • Growth in Mobile Real Estate Operations Spurs BE Mobile

    Building Engines today announced the upcoming release of a next generation mobile app (BE Mobile) as an extension to its Property and Tenant Management Platform. Leveraging new and powerful mobile technology, Building Engines’ enhanced mobility platform combines the independence and power of an “onboard” mobile application with the depth and flexibility of its core operations…

  • Total Service Delivery: One Metric to Rule Them All

    Total Service Delivery closes the service loop and definitively answers the important operational question: Is our service meeting internal and tenant expectations?

  • The Intersection of Technology and Property Management

    Our resident industry expert and VP of Building Engines, Scott Sidman participated in a panel discussion on the Intersection of Technology and Property Management. Joined by TJ Brookover of The John Buck Company, Sidman addressed some of the advancements in technology that are being used to improve management. Keeping the windiness out of the Windy…

  • The Next Evolution of Tenant Service

    Building Engines announced its plan to release its Operations Performance Management (OPM) system at BOMA’s Every Building Conference & Expo in line with the events theme of “achieving high performance through innovation.”