Posts by: Leah Etling

Village Green

Making a Splash

When it comes to making a splash with corporate philanthropic efforts, Midwestern luxury multifamily owner, developer and manager Village Green is jumping into the pool feet first. That’s not an analogy, either. Their property managers and associates at 160 properties in 13 states literally jump into swimming pools to help raise funds for worthwhile local […]

Technology

Ask IT

Four key questions

There’s no doubt that 2014 is going to be another big year of exciting enhancements in technology. Improved software, systems and products really came on the scene in 2013, and more improvements are sure to make our working and non-working hours more efficient, secure and fun in the months ahead. Last year we talked a […]

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Stuart Tanz

Retail Opportunity Investments

Stuart Tanz has a proven track record of producing impressive results for public investors in shopping center real estate. In 1997, as CEO, Tanz led Pan Pacific Retail Properties in its initial public offering. In just under a decade’s time, Tanz and team grew the company from approximately $447 million in shopping centers, at its […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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Yardi Year in Review: Part Two

A look back at 2013, continued

Welcome back. Over the course of 2013, we featured many exciting milestones for Yardi here on The Balance Sheet. It was a year of strong growth for many of our clients, and Yardi’s products evolved to help support their goals and plans in the world of real estate. Here’s a look at some of the […]

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Yardi Year in Review: Part One

A look back at 2013

Over the course of 2013, we featured many exciting milestones for Yardi here on The Balance Sheet. It was a year of strong growth for many of our clients, and Yardi’s products evolved to help support their goals and plans in the world of real estate. Here’s a look at some of the stories we […]

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Data Driven

Ron Brock, Pierce-Eislen

When Ron Brock began forming the business idea that would ultimately become Pierce-Eislen, a data research firm focused on the commercial apartment industry, online databases and the Internet were still in the incubation stages. Fast forward a couple of decades, and Brock’s company, Pierce-Eislen (acquired in 2013 by Yardi Systems) is the leading provider of […]

Giving, People

Relief and Recovery

Yardi lends a hand after disasters

As 2013 wound to a close, natural disasters both abroad and at home were devastating for the Philippines – where Typhoon Haiyan killed nearly 6,000 people – and in Illinois, where tornadoes destroyed more than 400 homes. Both events occurred in November and were fast-moving and unexpected, leaving tremendous destruction behind. Yardi Systems has a […]

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Domonique Dozier

Yardi

Domonique Dozier’s skills at guiding clients through troubleshooting on their Yardi PopCard product have been compared to an Air Traffic Controller working from the tower. “It is so much fun to watch Domonique work when she navigates through her three screens, it is like she is landing an airplane! She has complete control of property […]

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Michael Johnson

ALCO Management

Michael Johnson is a veteran of the affordable housing industry. In 33 years at ALCO Management, he’s held “just about every job from Accounting Manager to CFO to COO to CAO,” he told me at Yardi’s Fall Advanced Solutions Conference in Anaheim, Calif. But Michael loves his work, and in his current position as Chief […]

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Celebrating CSD Week

Recognizing amazing customer service

Each year, Yardi’s North American customer support team – better known as CSD – celebrates the outstanding accomplishments of its many associates. Clients are urged to recognize the support staff that help them troubleshoot, navigate and better utilize their powerful Yardi software by sending in kudos and appreciation for the CSD team members. We are […]

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