Posts by: Joel Nelson

Smooth Sailing

Property Congress Recap

Yardi celebrated the 40th anniversary of Property Council of Australia’s “Property Congress,” a premier event for the Australian real estate industry. Yardi held its accustomed place as Principal Sponsor of the event, which took place in Cairns, Queensland. Several senior members of the Yardi Australia team attended, including Mark Heaney (project manager), Kelvin Manual (regional […]

Technology

Procurement Payoff

Saving Time + Money

Cutting costs never loses appeal, even in a robust industry and a thriving economy. Inescapable expenses such as insurance and taxes, along with competitive pressures, have forced property owners to become increasingly creative in finding opportunities to cut costs and work more efficiently. Processing payments for the various products and services that keep properties running […]

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Countering Threats

To Smart Buildings

A panel of corporate security experts held a recent Realcomm-hosted webinar to discuss strategies for managing cyberattacks to buildings that are increasing in frequency, sophistication and impact. Don Goldstein, senior vice president of IT for CBRE, recounted how the “Not Petya” ransomware attack of June 2017 encrypted hundreds of thousands of computers around the world […]

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Document Management

Voyager + SharePoint

Longtime Yardi client Gary Shaw, president of Arizona-based commercial property manager Arcadia Management Group Inc., is a fan of doing business with a single connected solution. “Going with the single stack approach was a no-brainer,” he says, referring to Arcadia Management’s use of Yardi Voyager, Yardi Procure to Pay, Yardi Inspection and other products from […]

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Tech Evolution

New Truths for CRE

Alex Stanton, Yardi industry principal for Commercial, joined other technology experts in exploring the fast-paced evolution of technology, automation and innovation in a recent Realcomm-sponsored webinar. The six-member panel described the current real estate technology paradigm that considers tenants, guests, employees and shoppers as interrelated elements of a user experience. As a result, property owners […]

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Recon from Space

Satellites + Real Estate

Earth-orbiting satellites have been part of the fabric of daily life for more than 50 years. Billions of people depend on them to support fast, accurate execution of communication, weather monitoring, military and intelligence operations, and other activities. In recent years, the property management industry has become a leader in leveraging space systems’ elevated perspective […]

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Self Storage Data

Yardi Matrix Expands

Yardi Matrix has expanded its self storage coverage to 125 markets, up from 99. This total represents 26,535 properties, of which 1,398 are some form of new supply, and 1.4 billion square feet of space and encompasses 83% of the U.S. population. The addition of 26 markets produces the self sector’s most comprehensive market intelligence […]

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CRE Tech Trends

Teel Talks at Realcomm

Rob Teel, senior vice president of global solutions for Yardi, offered perspective on new tools that help commercial real estate companies gather, analyze and use data in new ways in an interview at the Realcomm conference in San Diego. Guided by collaboration with clients and industry trends, Yardi is directing its product development beyond traditional […]

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Cloud Clarity

CRE Data Trends

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 […]

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Ready For Anything

Emergency Disaster Prep

How well a business manages a natural disaster or other emergency depends on its degree of readiness before, during and after the event. There is no way to guarantee that your workplace will never have to deal with a natural or man-made disasters, but by being prepared and communicating effectively employees can stay calm and […]

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At Bat: Yardi Voyager

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves

In 2017, Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves, the National League’s winningest franchise over the past quarter-century, will launch their season in a sparkling new 41,500-seat stadium, SunTrust Park. In conjunction with that move, the team and three partners are developing The Battery Atlanta adjacent to the park. The Battery Atlanta is a 1.5-million-square-foot mixed development […]

People

Built to Last

Kaiserman Company

Philadelphia real estate developer and manager Kaiserman Company knows something about stability. It’s a third-generation family business founded in 1923. Some residential properties the company built in the 1950s still stand. Many of its retail and office building tenants have been clients for decades. Today, Kaiserman seeks another type of permanence: environmental preservation, a goal […]

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Great Goals

Barkan Management Company

One of Jim Merski’s favorite quotes, rooted in a 17th Century Italian proverb, is “Good is the enemy of great.” “Our goal is to be great,” says Merski, chief financial officer of Boston-based Barkan Management Company Inc., a Yardi client that manages 147 residential communities with more than 23,000 units, primarily condominiums, along with other […]

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Creating Continuity

Disaster Preparation Checklist

Assessing risk and planning ahead can help property managers and owners safeguard their assets, employees and tenants in the event of a disaster. Yardi® clients have an invaluable resource for creating and executing business continuity strategies—the procurement solution known as Yardi Marketplace™. Yardi Marketplace is a source for more than 1 million discounted MRO products […]

Giving, People

The Gershen Group

Keeping Business Personal

Princeton, N.J.-based property management firm The Gershen Group LLC opened in 1959 as a small family based firm. It concentrated on planning and consulting before branching out to housing management in 1972. Its principal focus today is affordable and senior housing, although the company’s commercial holdings have consistently increased over the years. Long after The […]

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