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Smart Retrofitting for Apartments and Multifamily Buildings

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Regardless of how old your building may be, retrofitting an apartment with smart building tech can make significant improvements in your property value and tenant experience. It may seem like the future of living is far away, or that investing in tech is too expensive, but smart retrofitting doesn’t have to require heavy renovations or enormous capital expenditures. It will,...
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What is the ROI of Smart Apartments?

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Smart apartments are the hottest thing in multifamily living. Residents love them, but are they really worth the investment? The short answer is a resounding yes. But the long answer is a little more complicated, simply because we don’t have a lot of data on smart apartments specifically. We know the ROI is there, but we are still waiting to…

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Smart Apartment Design: 4 Ideas Residents Will Love

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More and more households are choosing to rent instead of buy. Cities across the country are peppered with cranes and construction sites as developers loft-out old warehouses and build new residential high rises. Renters have more choices than ever, and increasingly, they prefer smart apartments to traditional living spaces. As competition heats up, developers and property managers need to make…

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Top Apartment Amenities: Smart is the New Luxury

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In the words of Bob Dylan, “Times they are a-changin’”. This is especially true for apartments. Top apartment amenities are going through a massive shift. A recent study found that renters today prefer smart home amenities to traditional amenities like swimming pools. Why do renters prefer smart apartments? In short, smart apartments make our lives easier, more convenient, and frankly,…

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3 Principles for Future-Proofing Smart Apartments

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Updated July 12, 2019 Real estate is a long-term investment. Where most businesses barely plan past the upcoming quarter, real estate development companies are looking decades ahead. How will an investment today look 30 years from now? This is part of what makes the idea of smart apartments so scary for some developers. Combining computer technology (known for rapid obsolescence)…

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Smart Apartment Talk E03 | Creating an Amazing Living Experience with Eric Willey, One Light Luxury Apartments

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This week on Smart Apartment Talk we try a little different format for the show than we have before with an in-depth, one-on-one interview with Eric Willey, Director of Concierge Services (and resident Sommelier) at One Light Luxury Apartments in Kansas City, MO. One Light, which is one of the first new residential buildings built in over 25 years in Downtown…

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