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Bike to Work
Each May, the good people of Santa Barbara, Calif. are encouraged to put pedals to the pavement and ride their bikes to work. Yardi’s home office in Goleta is a longtime participant in CycleMAYnia, the regional cycling challenge that encourages people of all ages to get back on their bikes. The event has been ongoing […]
Lee-Ann St. Jacques
In the northern half of Ontario, Canada, daily life maintains a bridge to an earlier time. Economic drivers include gold mining, and until recently, a paper mill. Winters are long and sometimes unusually frigid. One local politician says the area, an eight hour drive from Toronto, is “truly one of the last frontiers left in […]
06 / 07 / 17
Big Time
We could all use just a little more time to get everything checked off our to-do lists. If you’re a property manager at any size property, you and your team have a seemingly endless list of daily tasks, from interacting with new prospects to taking resident payments. Fortunately, modern technology is evolving to help speed […]
06 / 06 / 17
Tech + Logistics
The rise of ecommerce has revolutionised the way we shop – but it has also transformed property logistics. Technology is helping retailers and carriers to manage stock movements, in-store click & collect and home deliveries, but it is also a costly investment. Who will pick up the tab? How are developers, investors, distributors and occupiers […]
06 / 05 / 17
Cloud Clarity
A group of real estate technology experts—including Alex Stanton, Yardi industry principal for commercial—took stock of cloud computing’s growing role in real estate in a recent Realcomm-sponsored webinar, “The Latest Trends in the CRE Cloud.” With about 80% of companies running some portion of their workloads in public or private clouds, the panel explored the […]
06 / 05 / 17
Space Race 2.0
It seems when the country’s most successful entrepreneurs have finished disrupting industries on Earth, they invariably look to do the same in space. The world is witnessing a new era of space exploration that’s being headlined by companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin, owned by tech billionaire CEOs Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos respectively. The […]
06 / 02 / 17
Student Housing
Just as industry experts thought the interest in student housing may begin to plateau, the prospects for growth are shining brighter. Investors made $1.1 billion in student housing property transactions in the first quarter of 2017, reports CRBE. This figure excludes portfolio deals, which held their own: Q1 ended with the sale of a $1.6 […]
05 / 31 / 17
Apple Park
One of the world’s most impressive development projects is close to being finalized. The super-famous spaceship structure that’s to serve Apple’s needs in Cupertino, Calif., is a few months away from welcoming the first employees. The tech giant announced in a prepared statement that the campus, dubbed Apple Park, will be open to its people […]
05 / 30 / 17
A Smarter Vacation?
A lot of work goes into planning a vacation these days. From airline and bus tickets to hotel reservations, you’re making a lot of plans and getting a lot of emails. It can be hard to find what you need when you’re in a hurry on the road. The Google Trips App is a travel […]
05 / 27 / 17
RentCafe Reach
We are thrilled to officially unveil RentCafe Reach. This advanced set of marketing services is designed to attract qualified prospects to your multifamily properties through SEO, SEM and enhanced online property listings on the RentCafe.com ILS. As a certified Google Partner, we’re ready to help you elevate your search and lead generation programs to the […]
05 / 25 / 17
YASC DC 2017
The 2017 Spring Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference (YASC) in Washington, D.C. kicked off with a glimpse into the future of relationships and technology. Yardi CEO and founder Anant Yardi addressed the crowd of nearly 1,500 clients on how cloud services, mobile apps, and artificial intelligence can be used to improve relationships. Mr. Yardi explained how […]
05 / 24 / 17
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