Category: People

Group Focused

New Senior, Affordable Approach

John Huskey has a different twist on seniors and affordable housing. He’s giving it a theme—and not just to attract residents but to drive resident interaction and engagement. His theory, at least in the case of senior residents, is that being an essential part of a group is vital, answering a desire to feel needed […]

People

Kyle Kazan

Beach Front Property Management

While biking down The Strand in Orange County, Kyle Kazan blends in with other fitness seekers and nature lovers. With his broad smile and down-to-earth demeanor, one couldn’t easily tell the years of graveyard shifts and pavement pounding that it took to build his company from the ground up. That company is now a Yardi […]

People

A Home Run

YASC contest winner Steve Schutz

Steve Schutz would have come to the Fall 2013 Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference (YASC) no matter what – as a 12-year user of Yardi products, he recognizes the value of the event to educate and inform him about developments and solutions for the software he uses daily. “I do everything from training, document writing, help […]

People

Jeff Elowe

Laramar Group

Last month, The Laramar Group announced a major acquisition in Southern California. With the purchase of Los Angeles-based JB Partners Group, the company assumed management of 7,000 new third-party owned units, adding 77 properties and 170 employees with the merger. It’s the latest significant uptick in what has been a steady several years of national […]

Giving, People

United Way Day of Caring

Santa Barbara

Every year, local chapters of United Way host Day of Caring festivals throughout the nation. These celebrations promote the value of volunteerism while shining light on community service programs, civic agencies, and human-interest organizations. Saturday, September 28th marked Santa Barbara’s 22nd annual United Way Day of Caring. Yardi employees joined forces with more than 1,000 […]

People

Honoring Gene Glick

Veteran, developer, philanthropist

He was a member of the Greatest Generation who exemplified its values so wholly that Tom Brokaw featured him in the definitive book by the same name. His success in real estate development changed and improved the state of Indiana post-World War II, but that success never went to his head. He and his beloved […]

People

Mercy Housing

Affordable housing with a heart

Mercy Housing has found the key ingredients to a successful affordable housing community. Trendsetting design, effective public programing, and soulful community involvement have been combined to create award-winning communities that are residents’ pride. For more than 30 years, Yardi client Mercy Housing has offered program-enriched affordable housing for families, seniors, veterans, those with special needs, […]

People

Ashish Dhamnekar

Yardi

Many first read about Ashish Dhamnekar in the July issue of the Yardi newsletter. Ashish teamed up with fellow Yardi employee Nilesh Shinde to help drought victims in the village of Ashathi. Their initiative began with an assessment tour, followed by volunteer and staff recruitment. At the project’s culmination, the village received drinking water twice […]

People

Tips from the Teachers

YASC presenters share insight

If you are joining us for our upcoming Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference in Anaheim, Calif., from Oct. 9-11, you can look forward to an experience that will be packed with value. From the course sessions, which are tailored to your corporate needs, to the chance to troubleshoot Yardi issues one-on-one in the computer lab, to […]

People

A Rising Star

Pettit Recognized by MFE

Billy Pettit, senior vice president of Seattle’s Pillar Properties, has been named 2013 Rising Star of the Year by a major multi-family trade publication, Multifamily Executive. Pettit’s aggressive rebranding of Pillar’s marketing strategy and strong leadership of the company, a division of R.D. Merrill Co., helped earn him the award. A passionate and creative visionary […]

People

Matthew Scott

Yardi

A North Carolina native who puts faith and family first, Matthew Scott’s colleagues on the Raleigh Payment Processing Implementation Team say his energy and enthusiasm is tremendous. Though he has been with Yardi less than a year, Matthew has already developed a real passion for the company, its products, and the customers he interacts with […]

People

John Crossman

Crossman & Company

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 […]

Giving, People

Unity Shoppe

Lending a helping hand

It’s a time of transition for the Unity Shoppe, the food and clothing clearinghouse for people in need in greater Santa Barbara. In the process of moving to a new building on Sola Street, the loss of their longtime facility on Victoria (adjacent to the Victoria Hall) has been a setback. But with a clearly […]

People

LCOR

Expanding in Philadelphia

Though Philadelphia is a major city, on the whole, many apartment developers haven’t sought out to construct new buildings in the area. However, Yardi client LCOR, a real estate development, management and investment company, is looking to expand their pipeline in the area, which they consider to have unique attributes. “I think this is an […]

People

Award Winning Programs

Improving public housing in Los Angeles

Providing high-quality, secure and supportive public housing in any major metropolitan area, as any housing provider can imagine, is a real challenge. Add on the desire to create a sense of community, offer sustainable building design, and truly change residents’ lives, and it might sounds like a task of insurmountable proportions. But the Housing Authority […]

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