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    The Social and Technological Demands Changing the Office

    A recent survey by Price Waterhouse Cooper found that 87% of employees think the modern office is important for collaborating with team members and building relationships. However, there are still many questions ...

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    Using Tenant Experience Software to Grow Community

    Tenant experience software can take many shapes and forms. In today’s world, the tenant experience extends beyond the building itself, meaning the tools to support it must encompass every element in and around a ...

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    Let’s Go Show Recap: Discussing the State of TeX in the U.K.

    Return to office plans are still up in the air for some landlords as the delta variant poses new health and safety challenges for the workplace. The U.K. is no exception: as of August 20th, fewer than one in five ...

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    Let’s Go Show Recap: Creating a Workplace People Want to Return To

    Though 70% of business leaders plan to have employees back in the office in some capacity by the fall of this year, things are not set in stone. Health and safety challenges have continued to fluctuate depending on ...

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    What’s the Deal with Commercial Food Ordering?

    We all know that feeling: your alarm went off, and you hit snooze one too many times. You quickly realize you only have enough time to get dressed and barely catch your train to work, bypassing your usual cup of coffee ...

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    Getting Tenant Data That Matters

    In “The New Tenant Journey,” we explored the importance of understanding the attitudes and opinions of tenant-employees. While employers set the work rules that determine when, where, and how their teams work, the ...

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    Let’s Go Show Recap: Creating Community Through Sustainability, Wellness, and Charity

    Since its founding in 1936, Bulfinch has dedicated itself to protecting the environment and creating stronger communities in the areas which it operates. From day one of the HqO-Bulfinch partnership, they have stood out ...

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    Modern Workplace Amenities: Solutions for the Tenant Commute

    If this last year has shown us anything, it’s that tenant experiences cannot be confined to the four walls of an office space. The entire commercial real estate (CRE) industry has grappled with how to transform the ...

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    Let’s Go Show Recap: Old Friends, New Season

    A few years ago, Chase Garbarino met up with Michael Beckerman, the CEO of CREtech, in New York City. They connected instantly, and talked about everything from the emerging tenant experience category to AAU basketball. ...

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    Building Analytics Software and Retail: Creating Opportunity for the Office

    If you’re in the commercial real estate (CRE) space, you know that the building analytics market is growing exponentially. In fact, MarketsandMarkets expects the industry to grow to $11.10 billion by 2023. But what is ...

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    Conversations with Bernard Lee of the Terminus Buildings (Atlanta, GA)

    Bernard Lee Property Manager at Cousins Properties As a Property Manager at Cousins Properties, Bernard is in charge of the maintenance and operations of the Terminus buildings located in Atlanta, GA. Bernard uses his ...

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    Behind the Scenes of HqO’s Access Lab

    Modern access control solutions play a crucial role in the tenant experience. The right technologies can achieve any number of property management goals, like enhanced physical security for your building; a seamless, ...

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    Working Smarter With a Tenant Communication App

    Today’s office tenants have spoken. According to a recent CBRE study, 62% of tenants seek connected technologies and building apps in their workplaces. As the commercial real estate (CRE) landscape changes greatly, the ...

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    The New Tenant Journey

    The dynamics of the employer-employee relationship have profoundly changed in what we all hope are the waning days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Until March 2020, employers commonly set the work rules that determine the ...

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    Visitor Management Software and Tenant Experience

    Put simply, visitor management is any process that an organization uses to keep track of who enters and exits their property. Until now, manual visitor registration methods such as visitor badges and physical logs were ...

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    CRE Data at Work: Supporting Leasing Needs, Investments, and Customer Satisfaction

    Data collection is nothing new. Every time we use an app on our phones, companies are able to learn more about our habits through our unique behaviors. Ordering something online? Amazon can determine your interest in ...

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    Touchless Technology and the Workplace

    Post-pandemic social distancing protocols kicked off the use of touchless technology across every industry. Of these, commercial real estate (CRE) arguably went through the largest transformation. And contactless ...

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    Cortney Haney of the Lincoln Centre

    Cortney Haney Assistant Property Manager (Community Manager) As an Assistant Property Manager for Cushman & Wakefield, Cortney manages all of the event planning and tenant relations at the Lincoln Centre located in ...

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    How to Leverage and Protect Tenant Data, The Right Way

    Technology is everywhere. Our phones are alarms, work assistants, commuting advisors, health trackers, and entertainment sources. The cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) channel these experiences across all connected ...

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    Tenant Experience Software: How CRE Teams Are Getting Creative Around the World

    When it comes to tenant experience software, we’ve seen it all. This past year, digital transformation and tenant experience became higher priorities among commercial real estate (CRE) teams. This is a pattern we’ve ...