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Cigna
Yardi client, Cigna, stepped up to an exciting challenge this year. Through innovation, creativity, and an understanding of client’s needs, the global company has brought healthcare into the mobile age. Cigna’s exciting apps and personalized services have made healthcare more accessible to clients on the go. The company started at the foundation, altering clients’ perception […]
05 / 07 / 14
Enerliance
Yardi® announced this week that it has acquired Enerliance, a leading developer of energy efficiency software. Enerliance produces the Load Based Optimization System (LOBOS), an intelligent HVAC platform that significantly reduces energy consumption in large buildings and campuses. LOBOS also enables automated demand response participation and system-level fault detection and diagnostics. “Joining the Yardi team […]
05 / 06 / 14
Water + Trash
New York City has more miles of waterfront than Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, and Portland combined. In fact, the City’s stature grew directly from its connection to the water, but at times throughout its history, the citizens turned their back on the waterfront, both literally and figuratively. That is about to change. Under Mayor Bloomberg’s […]
05 / 05 / 14
Averting Data Disaster
With an interest in marketing, job title based in IT, a strong grasp of social media and a passion for real-life residents, Bill Szczytko has earned a following as someone who can be counted on to deliver prescient insight about apartment management. His network of contacts in the industry is nationwide, and he effectively uses […]
04 / 30 / 14
Centershift
Like multifamily real estate, the storage industry has made a strong post-recession recovery. The renting of convenient space for storing extra personal possessions attracts both mom-and-pop proprietors and the investment dollars of large, publicly-traded REITs. Centershift, a Salt Lake City, Utah based company, created a scalable, flexible management system for storage 15 years ago. Recently […]
04 / 29 / 14
Devon Management
With its existing portfolio made up primarily of tax-credit affordable housing for seniors, New York’s Devon Management is now expanding into affordable properties that will house all ages. In the next few years, the company’s holdings will nearly double with the addition of 1,000 units in the Hudson Valley. “We’re just addressing the same dearth […]
04 / 28 / 14
What Renters Want
Builders, market analysts, corporate bloggers—everyone wants to know what renters want in order to earn their business. For residents of military housing, the list goes beyond granite counter tops and a great community pool. Military families have unique concerns that create a tall order to fill for builders of new military housing. It’s an even […]
04 / 25 / 14
Raul Gil Honored
The Rotary Club of Santa Barbara is pleased to honor local leaders with Community Service Awards for their commitment to Santa Barbara, the Westside and Bohnett Park. Yardi team lead Raul Gil accepted an individual award, and Spencer Strom accepted the award on behalf of BEGA-US. Gil is an entrepreneur and longtime active resident of […]
04 / 24 / 14
Tribridge Chooses Yardi
TriBridge Residential manages 16,000 residential units in seven U.S. states. Since 1990, TriBridge partners have overseen more than $2.75 billion in acquisitions and development of more than 33,000 multifamily units. Needing a comprehensive technology solution to effectively manage its business operations and provide detailed reporting to investors and clients, TriBridge selected Yardi Voyager® as its […]
04 / 23 / 14
Creating Family
At the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange, Inc. (MARE), family isn’t always a group of people united by genes. Family is a matter of commitment, will, and compassion. Children enter state foster care on a temporary basis so that the problem in the their birth families (usually neglect or violence) can be investigated and resolved. Foster […]
A House in 24 Hours
Giant 3D printers, though still in the research stage, may be the perfect candidate to replace built-by-hand homes. USC Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis designed a robot able to build a 2,500-square-foot home in just 24 hours. The process, called Contour Crafting, is in fact scaling up 3D printing to the scale of the building. The big […]
04 / 22 / 14
Talking Training
Technology provides many different ways to improve our lives and business processes. Yardi recently launched an exciting new training product that offers both our clients and their employees the chance to improve new hire training and ongoing employee development. Yardi eLearning, developed internally at Yardi with the invaluable input of industry experts, is changing the […]
Introducing Cortana
Microsoft needs to take bold steps to regain precious ground. To that end, its Build 2014 Developer’s Conference included news both expected and surprising. The expected announcements were related to the new Windows Phone 8.1 software and the much-anticipated update to the Windows 8.1 OS. The surprise was the new Windows 7-style Start menu for […]
04 / 18 / 14
Community Environmental Council
You know those people with the electric car, the one that’s charged by the solar panels on the roof of their net-zero, LEED Platinum house? The people that only eat organic produce that’s delivered by bike from the local co-op? The Community Environmental Council knows that you’re probably not one of them. Whether you’re striving […]
Crafting Cooler Content
On April 8, I was a panelist on a multifamily webinar sponsored by Apartments.com and Yardi Systems. Those who dialed in to the event were treated to an hour of insight on the best practices for multifamily content marketing. My section of the presentation focused on content marketing, specifically for multifamily communities. Here are a […]
04 / 16 / 14
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