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Project Loon

With all the amazing progress technology has made so far, two-thirds of the world’s population does not have access to Internet, 4 billion people out of Earth’s 7 billion inhabitants. Google’s Project Loon aims to change that. This larger part of the population who needs access to the Internet either cannot afford the cost of […]

04 / 02 / 15

Technology

Self-Storage

The cat is out of the bag. Self-storage is a hot industry with hefty returns and minimal operating costs. If you haven’t explored the possibilities in this sneaky big market, you may be running out of time. Vacancy rates have gradually declined in the past seven years as rentals proved to be a more favorable […]

03 / 30 / 15

Investment management

Project for a Village

Yardi CSD manager Terry Kelly and his wife Pam took the trip of a lifetime to Nepal this spring, but they weren’t on a typical tourist agenda. Instead, the focus of their visit was to volunteer at a pop-up health clinic, called a Health Camp, in the foothills of the Himalayas. The two-day medical outreach […]

03 / 27 / 15

Giving

Superstar Leasing Agents

Deena Howell’s granddaughter sells an uncanny amount of Girl Scout cookies. “That’s because I taught her everything she knows about sales,” Howell smiles with a twinkle in her eye. “That’s why she’s so good at selling those cookies.” For nearly a decade, Howell worked as a leasing agent before becoming a trainer with her company. […]

03 / 26 / 15

SLO Affordable

A groundbreaking ceremony was held last week for South Street Family Apartments, 43 new, sustainable apartment homes for workforce families in the city of San Luis Obispo, Calif. The homes are a project of the Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo (HASLO), a Yardi client; and builder ROEM Corporation. It was designed by KTGY Group […]

03 / 25 / 15

Affordable housing

3D Printed Apartments

Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1439; since then the printing industry has evolved, from printing blocks to 2D printers with the capacity of mass-producing documents in just minutes. Today, 3D printers are capable of creating pretty much anything, from mechanical parts to prosthetics to buildings. Even though it’s been 32 years since an engineer […]

03 / 24 / 15

Technology

Yardi Store

Yardi announced today that it has completed an examination of its security and internal controls for 2014 and has received its final SSAE 16 SOC 1 Type 2 report for its Store Enterprise and Store Advantage applications. Formerly known as SAS 70, SOC 1 is published by the AICPA (American Institute of CPAs®) under the […]

03 / 24 / 15

Mark Coverdale

For most California kids, growing up watching football on TV with Dad on the weekend might mean college games on Saturdays and the NFL on Sunday. For Mark and Jennifer Coverdale’s two young daughters, it’s an early Saturday morning ritual – with all the excitement of English and European games appearing in their Central California […]

03 / 23 / 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

Commercial

Vantage Point

Vantage Point Retirement Living (Vantage Point) has selected the Yardi Senior Living Suite, including flagship components Yardi Voyager® Senior Housing and Yardi EHR™, as its completely integrated platform for marketing, finance, community operations, and resident care management. Rita Stevens, vice president of operations for the southeastern Pennsylvania-based senior living provider, described the features and benefits […]

03 / 20 / 15

Senior living

Introducing iUnit

Believe it or not, iUnit is not the next device a certain ubiquitous technology company wants you to run out and buy. Rather, it’s a new modular housing project coming to Denver, Colo. in 2015, blending smart energy use, wireless connectivity, green construction and the urban living preferences of American Millennials. iUnit is intended to […]

03 / 19 / 15

John Hammill

When Jones Lange LaSalle acquired The Staubach Company from football hero-turned-real estate leader Roger Staubach in 2008, the firm’s two experts on single tenant, net-lease retail real estate decided to strike out on their own. John Hammill, a Managing Director at Staubach focusing on net lease and capital markets, and Ken Shulman, a longtime commercial […]

03 / 18 / 15

Townhouse Trends

National multifamily rents are no longer skyrocketing at breathtaking rates. The news could cause renters to send thank you letters to the powers that be, if they knew who or what those powers were. Primarily, renters can thank a boost in multifamily development which is helping to balance supply and demand. Secondly, they can thank the […]

03 / 17 / 15