{"id":307651,"date":"2020-09-11T10:52:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T17:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/?post_type=yardi-testimonials&#038;p=307651"},"modified":"2022-05-10T15:16:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T22:16:57","slug":"metropolitan-transportation-authority-on-retail-manager","status":"publish","type":"yardi-testimonials","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/en-gb\/about-us\/success-stories\/metropolitan-transportation-authority-on-retail-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Retail Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uk-container-expand uk-cover-container uk-height-medium uk-background-secondary uk-light uk-margin uk-flex uk-flex-center uk-flex-middle\">\n    <div class=\"uk-position-cover uk-background-image uk-background-cover uk-flex uk-flex-center uk-flex-middle\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/09\/NYC_MTA_Success_Story.jpg);\">\n    <div class=\"uk-width-4-5 uk-margin-auto uk-grid\">\n        <div class=\"uk-width-1-1 uk-width-auto@m uk-text-center uk-text-middle uk-overlay uk-overlay-primary uk-light uk-padding-small\" style=\"border:4px solid #fff;\">\n            <p class=\"uk-h2 uk-text-bold\">Client Success<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"uk-width-expand uk-text-left uk-text-middle uk-overlay uk-overlay-primary uk-light uk-padding-small uk-visible@m\" style=\"border:4px solid #fff; border-left:0px; min-width: 200px;\">\n            <p class=\"uk-h2 uk-text-bold\">Metropolitan Transportation Authority<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"uk-width-expand uk-text-left uk-text-middle uk-overlay uk-overlay-primary uk-light uk-padding-small uk-hidden@m\" style=\"border:4px solid #fff; border-top:0px; min-width: 200px;\">\n            <p class=\"uk-h3 uk-text-bold\">Metropolitan Transportation Authority<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"uk-container-large uk-margin-auto uk-padding-small uk-padding-remove@m\">\n<!-- breadcrumbs & download link -->\n        <div class=\"uk-align-left\">\n        <p class=\"uk-text-small\" id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <span>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/about-us\/success-stories\/\">Success Stories<\/a> \u00bb \n            <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Retail Manager<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"uk-text-right\">\n            <p class=\"uk-text-small\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/en-gb\/about-us\/success-stories\/metropolitan-transportation-authority-on-retail-manager\/?format=pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"uk-link-text\">view\/download the pdf<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"uk-clearfix\"> <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uk-container-expand\">\n    <div class=\"uk-grid uk-grid-collapse uk-overflow-hidden\" uk-grid uk-height-match>\n        <div class=\"cmw-hm uk-width-2-3@m\">\n            <div class=\"uk-padding-large uk-padding-remove-vertical\">\n                <div uk-slider=\"center: true\">\n                    <div class=\"uk-position-relative uk-visible-toggle\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n                        <ul class=\"uk-slider-items uk-padding-horizontal uk-child-width-2-3@s uk-grid\">\n                                                                                    <li>\n                                <div class=\"\">\n                                    <blockquote>\n                                        <p class=\"uk-margin-small-bottom\">Implementing Retail Manager and other elements of Yardi Elevate has been a game-changer for us. We&#8217;re excited that we can do everything from reporting to marketing more efficiently for over 12,000 tenants. <\/p>\n                                        <footer class=\"uk-text-right\">Yonah Bergstrom, Associate Director<\/footer>\n                                    <\/blockquote>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                                                <\/ul>\n                        <a class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-previous uk-slider-item=\"previous\"><\/a>\n                        <a class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-next uk-slider-item=\"next\"><\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav uk-flex-center uk-margin\"><\/ul>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"uk-padding-large uk-padding-remove-vertical\">\n                <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h3 class=\"uk-margin-small\">The Company<\/h3>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is North America&#8217;s largest transportation network, serving a population of 15.3 million people across a 5,000-square-mile travel area surrounding New York City through Long Island, southeastern New York state and Connecticut.\u00a0The MTA network comprises the nation\u2019s largest bus fleet and more subway and commuter rail cars than all other U.S. transit systems combined. The MTA&#8217;s operating agencies are MTA New York City Transit, MTA Bus, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, and MTA Bridges and Tunnels.\u00a0MTA supports 8.6 million commuters every weekday. <br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h3 class=\"uk-margin-small\">The Challenge<\/h3>\n<p class=\"uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\"><strong>A Long, Paper-Intensive Approval Process<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">At one point, an MTA lease agreement required 28-30 steps for review and approval. Large amounts of documents had to be printed and stored in bins. <br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h3 class=\"uk-margin-small\">The Solution<\/h3>\n<p class=\"uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">Yardi Retail Manager<\/p>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Yardi Retail Manager automated MTA\u2019s key retail metrics and leasing activities, making it easy for leasing agents to evaluate current and future occupancy with a visual dimension that includes floor plan graphics. The fact that MTA was already using Yardi Voyager to track and report on all of its properties, right-of-way easements, subway entrances and inspections made adding the new solution a seamless experience. <br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h3 class=\"uk-margin-small\">The Story<\/h3>\n<p class=\"uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">Fewer Steps and Better Service<\/p>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">By integrating all aspects of the leasing process into Yardi Retail Manager, MTA cut five to seven steps from its lease approval process, saving time for staff members to devote to other essential tasks.<br> <br>Dashboards provide complete deal pipeline visibility along with deal oversight and approval functionality, making it easier for teams to collaborate on properties, deals and prospects. Deal timeline tracking embedded within the process automates transaction approvals and execution.<br> <br>Yardi Retail Manager also eliminates the need to print documents for handwritten signatures.\u00a0\u201cOur team can transmit documents electronically, making communication more efficient and bring MTA closer to its goal of becoming a paperless operation,\u201d said Yonah Bergstrom, associate director of MTA, who oversaw the organization\u2019s move to Yardi Voyager in the late 1990s and oversaw four major Yardi technology upgrades in 22 years. <br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n            <div><\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"cmw-hm-target uk-width-1-3@m uk-flex-first@m\" >\n\n            \n            <div class=\"uk-display-block uk-width-1-1 uk-padding-remove uk-height-1-1 uk-margin-remove uk-cover-container\">\n                <div class=\"uk-position-cover uk-background-image uk-background-repeat\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/cmw-client-success\/public\/images\/plus_dark_tileable.png);\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"uk-position-relative uk-margin-left\">\n                    <div class=\"sidebar-inner uk-width-2-3@l uk-float-right uk-margin-small-right\">\n                        <p class=\"uk-text-muted uk-margin\">Overview<\/p>\n\n                        <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-small\">Markets<\/p>\n                            <ul class=\"uk-list cmw-list-condensed uk-margin-remove \">\n                                                                    <li>Government<\/li>\n                                                                                                    <li>Retail<\/li>\n                                                                    <li>Commercial<\/li>\n                                                            <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                                <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">Portfolio<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Over 14,000 properties, including rights-of-way, access roads, substations, yards, shops, bridges, parking lots and stations. MTA manages over 12,000 retail tenants across their portfolio. <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                                <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">Client Since<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">1998<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-small\">Product Highlighted<\/p>\n                            <ul class=\"uk-list cmw-list-condensed uk-margin-remove \">\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/retail-manager\" target=\"_blank\" >Retail Manager<\/a><\/li>\n                                                        <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-small\">Additional Products<\/p>\n                            <ul class=\"uk-list cmw-list-condensed uk-margin-remove \">\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/voyager-for-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Voyager Government<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/lease-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Lease Manager <\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/commercialcafe\" target=\"_blank\" >CommercialCafe<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-payment-processing-commercial\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Payment Processing<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/advanced-budgeting-and-forecasting\" target=\"_blank\" >Advanced Budgeting &#038; Forecasting<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-maintenance\" target=\"_blank\" >Maintenance Mobile<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-inspections\" target=\"_blank\" >Inspection<\/a><\/li>\n                                                        <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                                <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">The Benefits<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">MTA has reduced leasing cycle times, streamlined communication and gained complete deal pipeline visibility. <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                        <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">About Metropolitan Transportation Authority<\/p>\n                            \n                                <p class=\"uk-margin-remove\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mta.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mta.info<\/a><\/p>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <a class=\"uk-button uk-button-default\" href=\"\/about-us\/request-information\">Request Info<\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n       \n             \n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":39,"template":"","yardi-market":[1662],"yardi-product":[15951],"class_list":["post-307651","yardi-testimonials","type-yardi-testimonials","status-publish","hentry","yardi-market-government","yardi-product-retail-manager"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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