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Smart Lease: AI lease abstraction for commercial real estate

Struggling with manual lease abstraction? Discover how Smart Lease uses AI to simplify AP, boost accuracy and unlock real-time control over your CRE lease data.

07 / 30 / 25

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

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Adaptable Olympics

While past Olympic Games have left graveyards of unused stadiums in their wake, Brazil hopes its facilities will live on even after the athletes have left the building.

08 / 05 / 16

Major Merger

Two Europe-based grocery chain companies have recently completed their $28 billion merger—a marriage that will have a big impact on the U.S. retail market. Royal Ahold, based in Zaandam, the Netherlands, operates Stop & Shop, Giant, and Martin’s stores in the U.S., while Brussels-based Delhaize operates in the U.S. under the Food Lion and Hannaford […]

07 / 28 / 16

Big Data and Retail

Advances in technology are giving the retail property sector a helping hand to define compelling offerings through the use of big data. Developing financially successful retail centres is challenging. In fact, it’s widely regarded that real estate companies, invested in retail assets, are among the leading pioneers of strategic real estate management. Successful strategies are […]

07 / 14 / 16

WiredScore

Being always connected has become a necessity, especially in the fast-paced business world. Reliable internet connectivity is now indispensable for the commercial real estate industry, as it helps landlords and brokers maintain a constantly open line of communication with both current and potential clients. Most businesses today are using a variety of web-based tools, apps […]

07 / 09 / 16

Yardi Think Tank

LONDON – Industrial property has emerged as one of the strongest performing asset classes this year, apparently brushing off the threat of Brexit as consumers shop – or rather, click – until they drop. The rise of e-commerce means tenant demand is robust, with record rents being achieved in tightly-constrained urban areas where logistics space is […]

06 / 26 / 16

Wall of Capital

Commercial real estate has seen a remarkable run-up in values in recent years, driven by steady job growth and robust fundamentals. The strong performance coincides with the economic recovery in the U.S., but even so, the outsized increases are well more than would normally be expected given moderate GDP growth in the 2% range during […]

Breaking Records

It’s the perfect combination: a boost in local jobs, diminishing office supply, and rising rents. The three have positioned the Atlanta office market for a record-breaking year. With a conservative lens, JLL lists the Atlanta office space vacancy rating at 17.5 percent and average rents of $22.54 per square foot. Transwestern confidently states a 15.9 […]

01 / 19 / 16

Better Leasing with Yardi

In the fast-paced world of retail leasing, preparation for a client presentation is paramount. Managing the slide decks, floor plans, lease documents and other materials that make a lease pitch possible is no small feat. At Yardi client Pyramid Management Group, a commercial property manager handling 16 major indoor shopping malls in New York and […]

11 / 09 / 15

Growing with Yardi

For Phoenix-based Capital Asset Management, use of Yardi software has been a key aspect of coming of age as a company. “Yardi has been one of our selling points,” says Aaron Strole, owner and founder of the company along with his wife, Rachelle. “When we talk to our current or prospective clients, we tell them […]

10 / 26 / 15

Choose Clean Power

Evidence of climate change is all around us – for example, the amount of Americans with asthma has more than doubled in the past three decades, and rates are alarmingly high among lower-income people, who are more likely to live near a power plant. It’s no wonder that people are getting sicker when, as a […]

09 / 17 / 15

Value Quantified

Research by DTZ, one of the top three global commercial real estate services companies in the nation, has quantified the perceived benefits of sustainable office spaces. The studies are helping owners channel their efforts towards features that are most valuable to tenants. In 2014, studies by Nils Kok, Ph.D., executive director of the Global Real […]

05 / 13 / 15

7 Key Drivers

Accessibility on several counts tops the list of secrets to success in e-commerce. That was the determination of a session on e-commerce site and building selection at NAIOP’s second annual E.Con e-commerce conference, held late last week in Atlanta. Moderator K.C. Conway, senior vice president of credit risk management at SunTrust Bank, led the spirited […]

03 / 23 / 15

Stars to Watch

This week, Commercial Property Executive unveiled this year’s Stars to Watch, 17 up-and-coming individuals and teams from across the commercial real estate industry that are sure to make more waves as they climb the career ladder. Like others recognized by this decades-long program, these 40-and-unders are exhibiting insight, creativity and dogged determination in completing deals […]

01 / 30 / 15

Commercial Comeback

Ed. note: The third in a three-part series, our final article on the real estate realities for Detroit, Michigan, as the city emerges from a long period of decline. Read the first installments here (Part 1) and here (Part 2). Walking around downtown Detroit, at many times of day, feels like one has wandered onto […]

12 / 17 / 14

Smart Green Buildings

Going green has become a way of life for many of us. Mostly thanks to the efforts of environmental groups who advocate for a greener future, we can now easily incorporate sustainable practices into our daily lives. We carpool to work, buy hybrid cars, use reusable shopping bags, compost, reduce energy consumption and save water […]

09 / 24 / 14