Category: CRE Trends

  • Upcoming Webinar: Metrics That Matter

    Peter Drucker’s modern management principle says it all: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” With a greater demand for accountability from management teams comes a new emphasis on quantifiable operational performance metrics. Join us as senior real estate investment professional, Timothy Donahoe, shares his perspective on identifying key areas for metrics and…

  • Funny Friday: My BlackBerry Is Not Working!

    Difficulties with BlackBerries have left many frazzled recently, but these Brits turn technology gaffes into laughs. Watch this “fruity” sketch from BBC show “The One Ronnie” where Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield are sure to “produce” some smiles.

  • Back in BlackBerry: All Service Restored

    As a followup to the previous post on the BlackBerry outage, I’m here to bear good news to all CrackBerry addicts. Your fix is in: service has been fully restored globally. However, it may be slow as the system recovers.

  • BlackoutBerry- BlackBerry Outages Reach North America

    According to concerned calls to our support center, a slew of gibing tweets, and Yahoo news, blackberry users are experiencing service outages all over the world today. BlackBerry’s transmission problems are now pandemic. Having already hit subscribers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Asia early this week, it’s now hitting home: the…

  • The Key Decision Criteria That Really Matter

    The rationale for automating all the operational areas of your business is clear. Less clear: the process for identifying and evaluating property and tenant management systems. This short video identifies the important considerations and questions to include in your criteria checklist.

  • The Impact of Mobile

    According to Hubspot, 20% of US consumers access a social networking site via mobile phone. Not only your prospective clients, but also engineers, property management staff, and vendors perform their jobs while on-the-go. Watch the Impact of Mobile!

  • CRE- Going Mobile

    The CRE workforce is increasingly accepting this concept: work is an action, not a place. “Work” is now often joined with terms like “on-the-go” and “in the field.” The rise of mobile and other technologies is changing the image of professional space.

  • Go Ahead and Raise Your Voice… Online

    The commercial real estate industry has struggled to find a place for social media within its business operations. But forward thinking companies are proving just how valuable having an online voice is to current and future business. Here are five simple ways to find value in social media programs.

  • New! Emergency Broadcasting Solution

    In an unexpected crisis, companies need to be able to communicate critical information in little time. At Building Engines, we recognized this need and developed the Emergency Broadcast Solution, a new two-way, on-demand emergency alert service and response system.

  • Social Media Musts- the Final Four

    We chose four more social platforms that best in class property management professionals rely on: Google Plus, YouTube, Twitter, and Gist.