{"id":356117,"date":"2024-03-26T16:50:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T23:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/?post_type=yardi-testimonials&#038;p=356117"},"modified":"2026-03-10T06:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:19:17","slug":"cousins-properties-on-yardi-elevate","status":"publish","type":"yardi-testimonials","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/en-gb\/about-us\/success-stories\/cousins-properties-on-yardi-elevate\/","title":{"rendered":"Cousins Properties on Yardi Elevate"},"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\/plugins\/cmw-client-success\/images\/story_header_web.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\">Cousins Properties<\/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\">Cousins Properties<\/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\">Cousins Properties on Yardi Elevate<\/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\/cousins-properties-on-yardi-elevate\/?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\">With Yardi Elevate, we have visibility and share data throughout our organization \u2014 and every team sees the true benefits of using the solution to make their jobs easier.<\/p>\n                                        <footer class=\"uk-text-right\">Cindy Hill, Vice President of IT Applications<\/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\">Cousins Properties is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company, based in Atlanta, GA and acting through its operating partnership, Cousins Properties LP, primarily invests in Class A office buildings located in high-growth Sun Belt markets. Founded in 1958, Cousins creates shareholder value through its extensive expertise in the development, acquisition, leasing and management of high-quality real estate assets.<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\">Limited software<\/p>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Cousins previously used a software system that was owned by their accounting department and did not extend functionality across operations to include all teams. The company sought a single stack solution that would get all staff on one software platform to increase efficiency, collaboration and transparency.<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 Elevate<\/p>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Yardi Elevate centralizes in-depth operational data for asset and property teams to improve transparency, control costs and drive performance. To optimize business processes from end to end, it connects the deal pipeline to revenue forecasting and construction management as well as tenant and facility management in one connected solution. The Elevate suite includes Yardi Facility Manager, Yardi Construction Manager, Yardi Floorplan Manager, Yardi Forecast Manager and Yardi Valuation Manager.<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\">One connected platform<\/p>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">When Cindy Hill joined Cousins as their vice president of IT applications, her first project was to transition the company from its existing software to Yardi Voyager to achieve a single stack solution. Hill explained that the company needed a cultural shift from the mindset that software was only meant for accounting functions. Further, without a development team to manage integrations, the connected Yardi platform with a centralized database was the clear choice. \u201cWe really wanted to go with a single solution that would meet the needs of not only accounting but also every other team across our business,\u201d said Hill.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h3 class=\"uk-margin-small\"> <\/h3>\n<p class=\"uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">A unified organization<\/p>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Yardi Elevate has helped Cousins develop internal partnerships with various departments across the company, and every team member is using the solution in some capacity to do their job. Hill commented that training staff to use Elevate has been easy and that they understand the need for software and how it makes them more efficient in their daily tasks. It also provides Cousins with visibility across departments that they never had before. For example, you can log in and see leasing activity in Yardi Deal Manager as well as what types of jobs are in progress with status and budget details in Yardi Construction Manager.<br><br>With regard to external leasing staff, it was initially hard to get everybody on board with new software. But when Cousins adopted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/product\/deal-manager\/\">Deal Manager<\/a>, Hill said it was effortless to convince external teams to use the solution thanks to its powerful dashboards and easy navigation \u2014 they could instantly see the benefits for them. And since it\u2019s easy to train people on Deal Manager [and the other Elevate products], it\u2019s also easy to manage turnover.<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                        <div class=\"uk-display-block uk-width-1-1 uk-padding-small uk-margin-remove\">\n                <div class=\"uk-width-2-3@l uk-align-right\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Cousins-logo.png\" alt=\"Cousins Properties logo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Cousins-logo.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Cousins-logo.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Cousins-logo.png?resize=300,150 300w, 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https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Cousins-logo.png?resize=768,384 768w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Cousins-logo.png?resize=1024,512 1024w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Cousins-logo.png?w=400 400w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Cousins-logo.png?w=500 500w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Cousins-logo.png?w=600 600w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Cousins-logo.png?w=720 720w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Cousins-logo.png?w=800 800w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Cousins-logo.png?w=1000 1000w\">\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"uk-clearfix\"> <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"uk-clearfix\"> <\/div>\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                                                                                            <\/ul>\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\">2004<\/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\/elevate\/#commercial\" target=\"_blank\" >Elevate<\/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\/construction-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Construction Manager <\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/facility-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Facility Manager<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-deal-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Deal Manager<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/commercialcafe\" target=\"_blank\" >CommercialCafe<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-voyager-commercial\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Voyager Commercial<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-procure-to-pay\" target=\"_blank\" >Procure to Pay Suite<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/investment-accounting\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Investment Accounting<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-payment-processing-commercial\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Payment Processing<\/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\">Cousins has unprecedented portfolio visibility and shares data that unifies teams and enables greater collaboration and efficiency.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                        <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">About Cousins Properties<\/p>\n                            \n                                <p class=\"uk-margin-remove\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cousins.com\">cousins.com<\/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    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