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Posts by Chase Garbarino

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    Evaluating Work Order and Property Management Systems with Experience Management

    Due to the immense pressure commercial real estate operators are feeling from higher interest rates and lower demand due to the secular shift in the way people work, many of our clients are looking for ways to cut ...

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    Transform your Real Estate Experience with HqO’s New REX Platform

    The world has dramatically changed over the last few years, especially the way we work, live, and interact with our surroundings. In this environment of digital disruption, data, technology, and a focus on the customer ...

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    High-Performing Companies Need High-Performing Workplaces: The State of Workplace Experience in 2023

    In 2022, the world adjusted to new ways of working, and many companies experimented with new and exciting technologies to optimize the workplace. In 2023, as the state of the market continues to evolve, new trends will ...

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    Drinking Our Own Champagne

    2022 has been a big year for HqO. After scaling globally into new markets, we worked with research firms to uncover important industry insights, and in June, we further expanded our reach by acquiring Leesman, the ...

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    HqO’s Core Ideology

    “Cities are the absence of physical space between people and companies. They are proximity, density, closeness. They enable us to work and play together, and their success depends on the demand for physical connection.” ...

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    Innovation vs. Commoditization

    The Battle Shaping the Future of CRE Back in the fall of 2017, I took a trip to New York City to network and learn more about the commercial real estate (CRE) industry’s relationship with technology. After a few days of ...

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    What Data Reveals About the Disconnect Between Office Tenants and Commercial Landlords

    Update — July 2, 2020 A few years ago, when HqO was just a few months old, our CEO, Chase Garbarino, wrote this blog about the disconnect between office tenants and their landlords. At the time, HqO had just signed some ...

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    Announcing $34.2 Million in Funding for HqO

    It is with great pride today that I get to announce that HqO has closed $34.25M in Series B financing. This round, led by Insight Partners with participation from previous investors including Accomplice, Navitas ...

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    Scaling HqO’s Tenant Experience Platform with Funding from Accomplice, JLL Spark, Navitas Capital, DivcoWest, and More

    Today, our team at HqO is excited to announce we closed $6.6M in seed financing, led by Accomplice with a tremendous group of strategic investors, included in the release below. As the leader in the tenant experience ...

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    How Suburban Offices Can Get More Urban with Proptech and Amenities

    A shorter version of this article first appeared on Propmodo.

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    Why Every Commercial Landlord Needs a Software Interface for Their Property

    This article originally appeared on Propmodo. PropTech means something different to every commercial real estate professional, each possessing varying levels of implementation urgency. And while landlords remained ...