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3 Things You Didn’t Know About Commercial Access Control SystemsThe logistics around where, when, and how people work have changed drastically — especially due to the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. To triumph over constantly evolving health and safety regulations, ...
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Why Your Property Management App Can’t Stand AloneIn recent years, the tenant experience (TeX) space has been flooded with new software providers and offerings, often making it difficult to identify the best property management app from the rest. However, the pandemic ...
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Why Office Space Software is a ‘Must-Have’ for Your PortfolioToday’s commercial real estate landscape is more complex than ever. Tenant and office building needs have evolved – and are continuing to evolve – at a dizzying rate. The flexibility offered by hybrid work models, which ...
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A Day in the Life: How a Property Management App Creates Frictionless Building ExperiencesIt’s safe to say that technological innovation has been constantly evolving for the past several years. However, no one would have been able to predict the whirlwind of digital adoption before the COVID-19 pandemic ...
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Why Digital Natives are the Key to a Modern Workplace ExperienceWith an increased emphasis on workplace experience taking hold of commercial real estate (CRE), the need for young talent in the workforce has become paramount to the industry’s success. In 2019, the United States ...
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Learning from the Latest Commercial Real Estate Trends: 3 Takeaways for CRE LeadersRecently, we released our commercial real estate outlook for the upcoming year, The State of TeX in 2021. With all the changes that the global health pandemic has brought to the CRE and proptech industries in 2020, a ...
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A New Type of Workplace Experience: Creating a “Phygital” OfficeThe use of technology to bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds in a unique and interactive way for the end-user is a fairly new practice, but one that is not disappearing anytime soon. “Phygital” ...
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Why Smart Building Technology?Smart technology in buildings has been one of the biggest trends in construction since 2015, and it continues to gain strong momentum as the office sector enters a new era of technological innovation. What is a smart ...
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The State of TeX in 2021: Today’s Most Important Commercial Real Estate TrendsWhen we released our commercial real estate forecast last year, The State of TeX in 2020, none of our predictions could have anticipated the complete digital revolution that was to come. Due to the onset of the global ...
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Frank Talks CRE: Opening DayThere is something undeniably electric about Opening Day. The beginning of a new season brings with it a renewed spirit of hope, alongside a fresh, unbridled enthusiasm born of the promise of new possibilities, shared ...
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The New Smart Building is a Healthy BuildingIt’s no secret that building design has come a long way. Though what we currently think of when we envision a smart building — a fully tech-enabled, supercomputer of the future — has only been around since the start of ...
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Strengthening Building Communities with an End-to-End Operating SystemIf you know HqO, you know that enhancing physical office spaces with digital experiences is our bread and butter — we help people to love where they work. We have long stressed that creating a community in the workplace ...
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Frank Talks CRE: Do You Work Here?According to USA Today, an estimated 1 million people attend one of the dozens of events that are held in the host city during the week leading up to Super Bowl Sunday. To meet the needs of this diverse horde requires a ...
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‘Tis the Season: 4 Ideas for Digital Company Holiday Events‘Twas December 10th, 2019, and all came together from the HqO team. They gathered in office with holiday cheer, and excitedly received their new HqO gear. After the gifts the awards show occurred, then later that night ...
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Getting “On the Grid”: The Importance of CRE BenchmarkingBenchmarking — or the process of comparing your business’ data and results with those of your industry peers to increase performance — is nothing new. We’ve seen this in a multitude of ways in the real world: sports ...
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Don’t Waste Your Time on Vanity MetricsWith all the changes that the commercial real estate (CRE) industry has seen this past year, we know that the best way to stay informed and to get ahead is through data collection. However, not all data is good data, ...
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3 Data Sources to Drive Your New Office StrategyAt Spatio Metrics, we’ve seen that workplace design has a significant impact on human health, productivity, and wellbeing. As we adapt to new ways of working and staying healthy amidst the pandemic, the role of physical ...
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Resolving a Patchwork Problem: Technology Innovations for a Safe Return to the WorkplaceGuest Blog by Haven Diagnostics With cases of COVID-19 continuing to fluctuate across the United States, employers are struggling with the question of how to bring employees back to the workplace. Though the CDC ...
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Trick or Treat: Debunking 5 Myths About Proptech and Tenant ExperienceWith Halloween right around the corner, the world has been indulging in all things make-believe. We’ve seen the emergence of costumes, decorations, and candy galore — all of which wouldn’t exist without the storytelling ...
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Why an Operating System for Commercial Real Estate?This past August marked the 25th anniversary of Microsoft’s formal launch of Windows 95, which introduced the broader population to the concept of an operating system for the very first time. At its launch, only about ...