Category: Tenant Experience

  • 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…

  • Buying a Building Operations System? You’re Thinking About It Wrong

    You have the right idea, but you’re missing a key component to achieving your desired business outcome. The key stone to top-notch property and tenant management is not the system. It’s the service. Here’s how to think about buying a vendor, not a system.

  • 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.

  • Being Tenant Retentive (it’s a good thing)

    You want to keep tenants in your buildings. At least, if you care about NOI you do. Increased concessions and vacancy loss days come at a cost to your company. And with the ease and ubiquity of social sharing on the internet, happy tenants can equate to free marketing. So here’s how to ensure that…

  • 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.

  • Publish or Perish: Social Media Musts for CRE Professionals

    Social media has become a powerful tool for professionals in the real estate industry. Here’s how property managers and building owners are using various social platforms to reinforce their brand and stand out amongst the competition.

  • Don’t Be Shaken by a Quake

    Before you get rattled, you need to know your building’s potential points of risk, what to provide emergency responders in advance, and how to communicate with tenants. Here is a checklist of general items to include in your emergency pre-plan.

  • Upcoming Webinar: Real Estate in the Cloud

    In this exclusive presentation, Tommy Russo, Chief Technology Officer of Akridge, will share how to bring your business online to retain tenants, decrease costs and reduce equipment downtime!

  • SaaS- the Model You Want to be Set up With

    SaaS is not as cheeky as it sounds, but it is a brazen model for software distribution. Technical talk surrounding Software as a Service and connected terms such as the “Cloud,” can easily become, well, cloudy. So here are the top things you should know about SaaS: