Category: Tenant Experience

  • Coaxing Employees Back to a Post-COVID Office

    They’re baaaaaaaack! No, not the ghouls of the Freely family in Poltergeist. It’s your tenants, and they’ve changed. With COVID-19 restrictions easing, it’s time to prepare your building for the return of a new class of tenant occupant. This one is more demanding of a COVID-free office environment, of uncrowded common spaces, and constant communication…

  • Now Shipping: The Next Generation of Space Management

    You asked, we listened. Building Engines is bringing visualization of building operations to commercial real estate. As you may remember, we recently announced new platform functionality for space management. This release came in response to customers saying that they spent too much time scrambling to find current versions of floorplans and waiting on responses from architects. Now, we’re going a step further by bringing you a completely new spatial…

  • 5 Ways to Maximize Occupancy Rates and Improve Tenant Retention

    Are you looking to maximize occupancy and improve tenant retention in the new normal? Social distancing, lockdowns, widespread work from home, and other pandemic changes have changed the CRE industry as we knew it. While these changes help keep you and your tenants safe, they can severely impact your occupancy rates and tenant retention. People…

  • 3 Unexpected Benefits of Visitor Access Software

    Is your visitor check-in process slow, with little visibility? Manual visitor check-in processes can be time-consuming for you and your guests. Your visitors have to wait in line and provide their info – which can take 30 minutes or more. And, your team has to screen each visitor and make sure to save any important…

  • 3 Benefits of Using Chatbot Technology on Your Property

    Is it easy for you to communicate with tenants quickly and through the channels, they prefer (like text or Slack)? 80% of tenants prefer to communicate through instant messaging channels such as texts or Slack. However, most property teams communicate through email and phone calls. If you communicate like this, you’re not creating the best…

  • Checklist: How to Use Building Operations Software to Increase Revenue

    Do you want to increase revenue across your CRE portfolio – but aren’t sure how? While raising rent and increasing occupancy is traditional ways to increase revenue, it can only get you so far. If you have high occupancy rented at market rates, you need to look at alternative methods to increase your revenue. One…

  • How Building Operations Software Can Help You Reduce Operating Costs

    Are you keeping your CRE operating costs as low as possible? Or, do they seem to creep up each year? Reducing your operating costs is one of the best ways you can improve the profitability of your building. But, decreasing your expenses can seem impossible. Everything you do to run your property and keep tenants…

  • How Does Improving NOI Impact My Building?

    Does your building generate maximum revenue with minimized expenses for a high NOI? To maximize building profitability, it’s essential to have a high NOI. That way, you generate as much revenue from your building as possible. All while keeping your expenses down and encouraging team productivity. But, improving NOI doesn’t just make your building more…

  • Checklist: 4 Ways to Increase Security at Your Building – While Reducing Visitor Check-In Time

    How secure is your building? Tenants want to know your building is doing everything possible to keep them safe from unwanted or troublemaking visitors. If your security is haphazard, unwanted visitors could get into your building – causing problems for your tenants. And, make them dissatisfied enough that they move to another building with better…

  • Top Benefits of Resource Reservation Software for Property Managers & Tenants

    Is it easy for tenants to reserve resources – and for you to maximize the profitability of your building assets? If not, you could be missing out on revenue. Great amenities can help you attract and retain tenants. But, if it’s hard for tenants to use these resources, it’s like your building doesn’t have them.…