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Adaptive Reuse

New life for old buildings

Among a series of initiatives aimed at improving the urban landscape, adaptive reuse comes as a sustainable solution now embraced by many developers and urban planners. Attempts to revitalize old, unoccupied structures gain importance due to economic and social implications. Projects that involve the restoration of a blighted building or the renovation of a vacant […]

News

Out of this World

Results with Yardi Procure to Pay

Commercial property manager Arcadia Management Group Inc. has saved money and enhanced tenant services by expanding its Yardi Voyager® property management and accounting system with products from the Yardi Commercial Suite™. Arcadia adopted Yardi Procure to Pay™, an end-to-end, paperless procure to pay system that includes purchase order and invoice processing and customized approval workflows. […]

Technology

Nexus 5 on Kitkat Diet

Sweet enough?

The Nexus line offered by Google has created a clear identity; behind each version stands the will to make the best, purest, Android-istic phone, at a price that matches what most carriers and manufacturers would charge with a regular two-year contract. On Halloween Google launched Nexus 5 after months of “accidental” leaks, powered by Android […]

Giving, People

Small Paws Rescue

Yardi Volunteers

Small Paws® Rescue Inc. is a celebrity among animal rescue organizations, sort of like a small breed’s version of Pit Bulls and Parolees Villalobos Rescue Center. With two features on Animal Planet and several spots on the local news, the bichon rescue organization has made headlines for its heartfelt efforts throughout the country. Small Paws® […]

Technology

Managing Investments

In the private cloud

In a recent survey of cloud adoption trends within the investment management industry, respondents reported that despite concerns over security and adaptability, use of cloud services is widespread for investment firms, who are handling both basic business functions and financial applications hosting using cloud services. Moving to the cloud, rather than continued on-site hosting of […]

Technology

Where in the Era?

Are we post, past or plus-PC?

Era of Personal Computing, PC-plus Era or even Post-PC Era – Where are we? What stage in the evolution of technology have we entered, which have we exited? What marked the transition? In 2006 HP launched a new campaign called The Computer is Personal Again, putting more emphasis on empowering users and enterprises and paying […]

Marketing

Apartment Marketing

Content, advertising, and more

The digital environment gives you the power to transcend physical boundaries and reach your audience wherever they are. Virginia Love, Vice President of Leasing and Marketing for Chicago-based Waterton Residential, thinks that a good online reputation is crucial in today’s marketplace. The company partnered with survey company SatisFacts and their Verified Resident Program to strengthen […]

News

Mills Properties

Developing mixed use in St. Louis

St. Louis isn’t known as a hipster haven. But the city’s developers are gradually embracing the concept of walkable urban neighborhoods. The reinvention of a portion of the city’s downtown, into what’s now known as the MX District, leads the way. MX stands for Mercantile Exchange, hearkening back to the days when downtown St. Louis […]

People

Kevin Thompson

Bell Partners

Kevin Thompson, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Greensboro, N.C.-based Bell Partners, a Yardi client, has been known to say that when it comes to multifamily, residents literally “live in our box of Tide.” It’s an intriguing analogy from the experienced consumer product marketing executive, whose diversified experience includes stints at AvalonBay Communities, Iams, Fruit […]

News

HUD Updates

Homeless, Seniors affected

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently received a $1.7 billion dollar Continuum of Care grant. Funds will provide assessment programs, street outreach, housing, job training, mental and physical health care, substance abuse counseling, and child care for formerly homeless persons. This year’s allotment reflects a 5% cut in funding, continuing a trend […]

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Cash from the Crowd

New concept for start-up capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed rules that would permit small companies to seek funding from the general public. Crowdfunding has grown in popularity among artists and inventors. Companies that create home security gadgets, tiny appliances for micro-apartments and sustainable furniture have all received public funding via platforms like Kickstarter. If the proposed rules […]

Technology

Trends to Watch

Storylines from ’13 that aren’t over yet

2013 was quite a year in the world of real estate. Whether your firm was moving forward with new technologies, revamping business practices to be more efficient, or raising rents and acquiring new properties, there was much forward momentum and positive change. Of course, it was only the first step for some of these long […]

News

Smarter Snacks

Eat right for work

Food: celebration, unity, comfort. The cultural significance of a meal, or even a snack, goes beyond our bodies’ need for nourishment. Unfortunately, that’s the problem. Deciding what foods to stock in the break room or how to create menus for a conference can be a daunting task. Organizers must decide between foods that nourish the […]

People

Small Gift, Big Impact

Little charger saves the day

Colleen Gray admits that when a frigid ice storm struck her hometown of Toronto, Ontario a few days before Christmas, she wasn’t prepared. “I had no flashlight, candles, tasty emergency food,” said the Business Applications Leader for Real Estate Management Services, a Yardi client. Her apartment lost power on Dec. 21 around 10 p.m. Nor […]

Technology

Seeing Trouble

Google Glass and Privacy

One of the hottest tech topics of the year in the technology world has been wearable gizmos like smart watches and Google Glass. As hot as these inventions are, they have privacy implications that must not be overlooked. By April 2014, the initial 10,000 people that are currently testing the prototype will multiply. With the […]

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