Commercial

Connected CRE tools that sync data & streamline collaboration

See how connected CRE solutions help property teams visualize space, sync data and collaborate seamlessly across planning, leasing and operations.

01 / 30 / 26

Yardi Data Connect: A smarter way to connect data & documents

Yardi Data Connect can connect data and documents to deliver deeper insights, predictive analytics and better collaboration across teams.

05 / 22 / 25

How AI is Reshaping CRE

AI is top of mind across the real estate industry, and the business case for AI in CRE has become clear. CRE stakeholders embracing AI’s impact on the industry are already employing data-driven approaches to decision making while leveraging AI to improve day to day operations including optimized AP processing and customer service. Following are […]

08 / 15 / 24

5 ways CommercialCafe & Yardi Elevate power your CRE journey

Manage the full CRE lifecycle with Yardi, from listings to leases, maintenance to budgeting — all connected on one data-driven platform.

11 / 07 / 25

Talking Twitter

The social media engine seems to be losing steam these days. Twitter’s revenue more than doubled in the fourth quarter yet the tech giant said it hit a roadblock in terms of user growth; in the fourth quarter, the site added just 9 million, or 3.8% more, new monthly active users to 241 million, down […]

02 / 19 / 14

Tops in Technology

Commercial Property Executive is looking for nominations for its second annual Tops in Technology Awards. The ballot will recognize the leading technology product and service providers assisting the commercial real estate industry, with winners in a variety of categories. The number of categories will depend on the nomination process, though, so be sure to enter […]

02 / 05 / 14

Honoring Achievement

Commercial Property Executive is now accepting submissions for the 2014 Distinguished Achievement Awards. The awards program, now in its fourth year, recognizes the commercial real estate industry’s most noteworthy properties and transactions. The winners will be selected by a panel of judges representing expertise across commercial real estate disciplines. Finalists will be announced in June […]

02 / 04 / 14

Yardi at the Core

National real estate investment company Encore Enterprises Inc. found that managing its portfolio of widely dispersed commercial and residential properties with different technology platforms was increasingly untenable. As a remedy, the company elected to adopt Yardi Voyager® as its end-to-end business platform for property management, accounting and investment management. Encore operates in many different sectors, […]

01 / 17 / 14

Investment management

Adaptive Reuse

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 […]

01 / 16 / 14

Out of this World

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. […]

01 / 15 / 14

Trends to Watch

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 […]

01 / 02 / 14

Mind Reading

A growing number of corporate tenants today are thinking of their real estate as more than just a place to house their employees. Instead, they’re treating it like an asset. That is borne out in a recent study of office occupiers by CoreNet Global. In all, 68 percent of respondents reported having a workplace strategy […]

12 / 06 / 13

Executive of the Year

Jonathan Gray’s continued fast pace of acquisitions won him top honors in this year’s CPE Executive of the Year Awards. The Blackstone Group global head of real estate was selected as Executive of the Year for the third consecutive year. He was also named the 2013 Investor of the Year. Now in its 17th year, […]

12 / 03 / 13

The Modern Workplace

With the rapid development of the green building movement and the integration of tech solutions into all sectors of real estate, we are currently witnessing the rebirth of the modern workplace. White walls and blunt office spaces have been replaced with nurturing environments focused on sustainability, livability and cost-efficiency. Architects, designers and developers are working […]

11 / 27 / 13

Mukang Cho

Being tied to one city has never been In-Rel Properties’ CEO Mukang Cho’s M.O. Born in South Korea, he lived in eight countries while growing up due to the career of his father, Key-sung Cho, a diplomat who served as the South Korean ambassador to Guatemala, Peru and Argentina. The family’s immersion into Latin America […]

11 / 25 / 13

People

Next Gen Design

Commercial developers are seeking fresh new insights—and in some cases, designs—from the next generation of creative thinkers: students. Developers of small towns and established institutions are looking past architects and into the untested waters of university classrooms. Student-inspired development has become more common throughout the nation, with good reason. To many observers, American architecture had […]

09 / 18 / 13

Rx for MOBs

As the population continues to age and more medical office buildings come online in response, demand for management services is expanding. But this is not your typical commercial property management. Owners, operators and managers must be able to adapt to a rapidly changing environment. “The healthcare landscape is changing all the time, technology is changing […]

09 / 11 / 13

John Crossman

John Crossman has taken a career in commercial real estate to exceptionally contributive heights. Not content to focus solely on the success of the company he helms, the 42-year-old Floridian takes the time to speak to college students, volunteer and fundraise for non-profit and social justice causes, and all the while maintaining a focus on […]

09 / 09 / 13

People

Healthy Luxury Living

For those familiar with the industry, Yardi client Related calls to mind images of grandeur: a wildly successful company that constructs towers that tickle the clouds of America’s most desirable cities. Related has come to embody the upper echelon of commercial and residential development. Without missing a beat, the company is also promoting health as […]

09 / 05 / 13