Category: People

Monica Makin

Urban Innovations

Monica Makin grew up in public housing in Brooklyn, New York – in Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Marcy Houses, the same projects as rapper Jay-Z. After becoming the first person in her extended family to graduate from college and continuing on to law school, Makin eventually found her way back to the affordable housing realm in a very […]

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Out of the Box

Denver's Urban Land Conservancy

The development projects and community initiatives of Denver’s Urban Land Conservancy (ULC) don’t fit in just one box. In fact, they don’t even fit in several boxes. Founded with the intent to improve and support parts of the city needing the most TLC, the ULC is not just a nonprofit developer, or a project proposer, […]

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Averting Data Disaster

Multifamily best practices

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 […]

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Centershift

Storage Solutions

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 […]

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Devon Management

Housing the Hudson Valley

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 […]

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Raul Gil Honored

For Rotary community service

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 […]

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Tribridge Chooses Yardi

For Multifamily Solution Stack

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 […]

Giving, People

Creating Family

Adoption Resource Exchange

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 […]

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Talking Training

Spotlight on Yardi eLearning

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 […]

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Community Environmental Council

Working for the earth every day

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 […]

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Community Basics Inc.

Meeting housing needs

Lancaster, Penn., is a community in the midst of transformation. New jobs are being created, environmentally-friendly development is trending, and the city’s downtown is experiencing a creative and retail renaissance. But affordable housing, much needed for working-class residents, seniors, is hard to come by. Yardi client Community Basics, Inc. (CBI), has been working since 1997 […]

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Boxtales

Education and original art

When it comes to thinking outside of the box, the Lobero Theatre Foundation nailed it. In 1994, the foundation created a storytelling performance piece for children as part of its literary outreach program. Donning masks, costumes, and a slew of boxed props, three actors set out to perform a one-season show. It was such a […]

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Trending on Twitter

Bozzuto Awards Make a Splash

Every year, The Bozzuto Group recognizes its top property management performers with a late winter gala that’s more like the Academy Awards than a rote corporate get-together. This year, the event truly reached superstar status when #BMA2014 – the Twitter hashtag for the event – trended on the social network while it was taking place. […]

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Denholtz Associates

Upgrades to Voyager 7S

Denholtz Associates’ success as a commercial property developer, investor and manager comes in part from regularly adopting new technology to meet emerging business needs. Most recently, the company enhanced its mobile capabilities, business continuity, tenant services and invoice processing—all with Yardi solutions. Denholtz upgraded its Yardi Voyager® property management and accounting platform to 7S, the […]

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Storyteller

Education and support

Storyteller Children’s Center provides preschool education and support services for at-risk children and their families. The organization began in 1988 as a half-day preschool out of Transition House, with a parking lot for a playground. Over 25 years later it is a thriving organization with two locations, a dedicated staff, and a constant waitlist for […]

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