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    How Technology Advances in Real Estate Can Enable Flex Space for the Office

    Since before the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen many trends emerge and adapt to changes in the office sector. The most notable trend includes accelerated technology advances in real estate, where property teams have used ...

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    Frank Talks CRE: Membership Has its Privileges (Part 1)

    Ticket-buying fans have long been at the center of the sports business ecosystem. These are the valued customers that invest their time and money to attend a game – despite the inconveniences – rather than engaging in ...

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    4 Ways to Leverage Commercial Property Analytics for Landlords

    There are many hypotheses on the changes – both long- and short-term – happening in the commercial real estate (CRE) industry. What will not change are its fundamentals: occupancy rates and tenant retention will still ...

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    Why Your Office’s First Impression Should be a Touchless Guest Experience

    The touchless technology industry was growing well before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the need to reduce exposure to surfaces due to the virus has since increased demand for products and services that can create a truly ...

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    How Can Building Management Software Improve My Office Investments?

    A lot of people don’t realize that commercial real estate (CRE) has become one of the most tech-savvy industries operating today, as evidenced by recent innovations that professionals are making use of on a daily basis. ...

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    Why Tenant Engagement Drives Sustainability Engagement

    This blog is co-authored by HqO’s Julia Paolucci and Greg Milnarik Throughout the pandemic, CRE has tackled the unforeseen — showing agility, flexibility, and creativity in its problem-solving. As light emerges at the ...

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    5 Ways to Ensure a Touchless Guest Experience for the Office

    When it comes to the modern office, we’ve seen a massive push towards the implementation of smart technologies to provide a more touchless guest experience. According to ProxyClick, the benefits are clear: “When paired ...

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    Programmatic Real Estate

    In the late 1990s, I landed my first “real job” after graduating college. It was an Account Executive role at CBS Radio in Boston. The job was selling spots, or commercials. Though classically parodied, the role is ...

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    Adaptability: The Key to a Modern Tenant Experience Strategy

    Tenant experience has been on everybody’s minds. Whether you’re an owner or property manager looking to bring office workers safely back to the building, an employee seeking out a flexible and modern office environment, ...

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    The Latest Property Tech Insights for Landlords

    Commercial property technology is transforming the way commercial real estate companies do business. Whether you help maintain a large industrial park or a single office building, proptech can make your job easier and ...

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    How to ‘Win’ in the Digital Workplace Transformation

    What is the digital workplace? In today’s world, going digital means creating a workplace where employees and tenant companies can experience highly customized environments for every need. These are spaces that are ...

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    Why Every Property Team Should Be Thinking About Food Delivery, & The 3 Areas of Consideration When Doing So

    When HqO extended the opportunity to publish a guest post on their blog, we jumped at the chance to do so. Not just to celebrate the excitement of recently launching Zuul Market on the HqO platform, but also as an ...

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    Measuring How to Keep Tenants Happy Through Customer Success

    We know a thing or two when it comes to tenant engagement. We also know that the only way to guarantee a successful workplace experience is to guarantee the success of our customers: the landlords and property teams who ...

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    Sustainability’s Role in the Digital Workplace Transformation

    When it comes to the digital workplace transformation, we often think of smart technology. However, there is an increasing association between smart building trends and sustainability initiatives for the office sector, ...

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    Using Tenant Experience Analytics to Inform Commercial Real Estate Decision-Making: Digital Grid Analytics

    According to Ernst & Young, deploying new commercial real estate data and analytics tools is the #1 technology priority for commercial office owners in a post-COVID world. There are many reasons to invest in such ...

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    How to Keep Tenants Happy: From Driveway to Desk

    A major consideration in everyone’s return to office planning is tenant commute. When facing concerns around commonly trafficked areas and the need for strengthened sanitation, this only makes sense. Whether you’re ...

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    Commercial Real Estate Market Statistics: What’s the Next Big Thing for the Office?

    Modern commercial real estate market statistics show that the workplace is evolving quickly. The key takeaway for the commercial real estate outlook in 2021 is accepted across the board: a new reality for the office, ...

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    A Deep-Dive into Property Management Software for Landlords

    Whether you own a small or large business, you will need to ensure innovative, engaging, and memorable experiences that streamline even the most challenging property management interactions and protocols. You need to ...

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    What Commercial Real Estate Market Statistics Tell Us About Tenant Experience

    Commercial real estate market statistics point to several new emerging trends that have painted a technology-driven forecast for the next several years. With a complete digital revolution underway, the office sector can ...

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    7 Strategies Leveraged by Buildings with the Best Tenant Experience

    To be one of the buildings with the best tenant experience, you need the right mindset and technology tool kit. For landlords and property teams, bringing new life to the office demands everything from providing ...