Tag: Middle East

Médecins Sans Frontières

Doctors Without Borders

Yardi-supported nonprofit Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was established in 1971 with headquarters around the EU, including Paris, Barcelona, Athens, Brussels, Amsterdam and Geneva. The organization provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusions from healthcare. Its teams comprise thousands of health professionals, logistics, and administrative staff, most of whom are hired locally. Medical […]

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Aspire Expands

Now Available for Middle East Clients

Yardi Aspire, a dynamic on-demand learning management platform is now available to Yardi clients in the Middle East. Yardi Aspire, formerly known as Yardi eLearning, offers online courses and live webinars in areas ranging from software skills and compliance to company policies and custom career development. By hosting all of an organization’s training-related course content […]

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Real Estate Resiliency

Supporting changing digital needs

Note: the following originally appeared in Gulf Property and is reprinted here with permission. Rapid advances in technology continue to reshape how the real estate industry operates, and how quickly one adapts to change is critical for success. Yardi continues to see growth in the adoption of its digital platforms by clients wishing to improve […]

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Middle East Expansion

Yardi's Global Presence

Editor’s note: The following article originally appeared in Gulf Property Executive and is reprinted here with permission. Yardi is now the most used real estate solution for residential units in the Middle East. The company’s game-changing, cloud-based technology helps property and asset managers reduce the costs of managing properties, improves operational efficiency and allows real […]

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Goals Achieved

Nasser Lootah Real Estate

Riyadh Davids joined apartment manager and Yardi client Nasser Lootah Real Estate, part of the Nasser Adbullah Lootah group of companies, in 2010. As general manager, he is responsible for all asset development and operational management, including the implementation of Yardi Voyager as the company’s property management and accounting platform. He offered perspective on his […]

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AI, IOT and Real Estate

Interview with Said Haider

Editor’s note: Said Haider, regional director of Middle East sales for Yardi, recently spoke to Property Weekly about real estate technology’s transformation and regional implications. Technology is constantly evolving and making our lives easier. Said Haider believes that new technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT) are also changing the real […]

Global, People

Said Haider

Yardi Leadership Series

Said Haider, regional director of Middle East sales for Yardi, spoke to us from his office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) with an update on the region’s rapidly growing real estate market. Q: Said, what are your principal responsibilities and how Yardi is performing in the Middle East? A: I manage our sales and […]

Artists rendering of the Red Sea Mall in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Global, People

Yardi Client Q&A

Geji Masilela, Red Sea Markets

Yardi client Red Sea Markets Company (RSMC) owns Red Sea Mall Jeddah in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia. Red Sea Mall is an iconic shopping and leisure destination and one of the largest shopping centres at Jeddah City. We interviewed Geji Masilela, the company’s CEO. He shared how the company’s use of Yardi Voyager helps them […]

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UAE Update

The rise of REITs

The Gulf Cooperation Councill (GCC) has witnessed significant growth in the number of real estate investment trusts (REITs) across the region, with over seven publicly listed REITs established to date. Since 2006, regulations have perm itted REITs in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), but previous market downturns delayed any real progress within this particular […]

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Better Homes

Real Estate in the UAE

Better Homes LLC in the United Arab Emirates takes pride in seeing things just a little sooner than almost everybody else. Linda Mahoney formed the company in 1986 after noticing the lack of professional real estate companies in Dubai, the country’s largest city. Since then, she and her team have dedicated themselves to understanding their […]

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Enhancing Operations

At the Red Sea Mall

According to a market study carried out by the analysts at Technavio, a business reporting service, the retail market in Saudi Arabia will grow steadily at a rate of above 7 percent by 2020. The recent influx of global retailers in Saudi Arabia will result in the steady growth of the market for the next […]

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Tech + Growth

Saudi Arabia’s ACCL Uses Yardi

Arabian Centres Company Ltd (ACCL) became Saudi Arabia’s largest developer, owner and operator of retail malls by offering international-standard quality shopping and entertainment. In formulating a strategy to build on that success, ACCL’s executive team came to realize that expanding its portfolio across the Kingdom depends as much on harnessing new technology as on providing […]

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Cloud Solutions

Middle East perspective

Aditya Shah, director of Middle East operations at Yardi, writes on the rise of Cloud-based technology in FM activities. Tenants and residents within both, the commercial and residential real estate sectors continue to have rising expectations for technology – most notably about how it will impact service levels and enhance their customer experience and occupancy. […]

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Middle East Update

Yardi Continues to Expand

Editor’s note: The following interview with Aditya Shah, Yardi’s Director for Middle East Operations, recently appeared in Gulf Property magazine and is reprinted here with permission. Yardi Systems, a US-based large asset management and property management software solutions provider, now has more than 1,000 commercial properties, 50 shopping malls and 50,000 residential units using its […]

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A Door to Heaven

Mall of Qatar Chooses Yardi

When it opens to the public in summer 2016, the Mall of Qatar in Al-Rayyan will be a modern paradise smack dab in the in the middle of the Qatar desert. With over 2,755,561 square feet of Gross Leasable Area, upon completion the Mall of Qatar will cater to shoppers’ every whim. Massive in scale, […]

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