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Commercial Real Estate Sustainability: Why Your Landlord Suddenly Cares

By Jen Tindle / March 21, 2025 / Comments Off on Commercial Real Estate Sustainability: Why Your Landlord Suddenly Cares

Picture this: You’re a CFO reviewing your company’s office lease renewal. You’ve got two options — one building is newly retrofitted with energy-efficient systems, offering lower utility costs and compliance with emerging regulations. The other? Let’s just say it still has light fixtures that belong in a ‘90s time capsule. Both are in the same… Read More »

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What You Don’t Know About Tenant Satisfaction May Be Costing You

By Grace Hill / February 20, 2025 / Comments Off on What You Don’t Know About Tenant Satisfaction May Be Costing You

Tenant experience and tenant satisfaction are paramount to a thriving commercial real estate (CRE) experience.  Today’s tenants expect more than just four walls and a lease; they seek workplaces that enhance productivity, foster community, and support well-being. From seamless digital interactions to eco-conscious amenities and flexible workspaces, tenant expectations are shifting rapidly. Property managers who… Read More »

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5 Best Practices To Optimize NOI For Smaller Operators

By Stephanie Anderson / June 27, 2024 / Comments Off on 5 Best Practices To Optimize NOI For Smaller Operators

In the world of multifamily, bigger isn’t necessarily better. But being a smaller operator does come with a unique set of challenges. Larger apartment management companies have distinct advantages. They have bigger budgets and operating margins and more resources at their disposal. They generally have more money for payroll and technology and, through sheer scale,… Read More »

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CRE Power Plays: How To Actually Maximize Tenant Satisfaction

By Grace Hill / June 23, 2023 / Comments Off on CRE Power Plays: How To Actually Maximize Tenant Satisfaction

Exploring the crucial connection between provider performance and tenant satisfaction.   Commercial real estate (CRE) organizations often struggle to understand the performance of the providers that support their properties and how that performance impacts overall tenant satisfaction levels across the portfolio. In a recent survey, 83% of tenants said their experience with the service providers… Read More »

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Recognizing Excellence in Real Estate Performance

By Andrew J. Nelson / May 17, 2023 / Comments Off on Recognizing Excellence in Real Estate Performance

Everyone likes to be appreciated for a job well done– CRE firms included. When you work hard and outperform your peers, it feels good to be recognized. But beyond the glow of positive feedback, industry recognition can yield a range of benefits for organizations. This is true across most industries, but awards can be especially… Read More »

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KPI Pitfalls: 5 Mistakes CRE Leaders Should Avoid

By Grace Hill / January 25, 2023 / Comments Off on KPI Pitfalls: 5 Mistakes CRE Leaders Should Avoid

Are your KPIs delivering the accurate and actionable insights you need to improve business performance?   Key performance indicators (KPIs) play a critical role in a CRE leader’s ability to track and measure performance. And because of that, information abounds as to what you should measure and why. But if you’re not careful, your KPIs… Read More »

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Apartment Residents’ Preferences Driven by Remote Work

By Stephanie Anderson / February 10, 2022 / Comments Off on Apartment Residents’ Preferences Driven by Remote Work

Resident behaviors shifted significantly in 2021 as the pandemic led millions to remote work and rethink where to live. Creating more space and specialized amenities enabled apartment operators to thrive, according to the Grace Hill/NMHC 2022 Renter Preferences Survey Report, which featured input from 221,000 renters living in 4,564 communities nationwide, with data available in… Read More »

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2019 Training Benchmark Report: Current Trends

By Terra McVoy / November 25, 2019 / 0 Comments

Grace Hill’s 2019 Training Benchmark Report provides insight into current trends in the multifamily industry.

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2019 Benchmark Report: Future Opportunities

By Terra McVoy / November 15, 2019 / 0 Comments

80% of this year’s respondents say integration of policies and procedures with training offers better implementation, increased efficiency, and reduced risk.

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Grace Hill’s 2019 Multifamily Training Benchmark Report

By Terra McVoy / October 31, 2019 / 0 Comments

We invited training and operations personnel in the multifamily housing industry to participate in our annual Multifamily Training Benchmark Report.

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Industry Trends: Rising Demands & Expectations

By Grace Hill / February 14, 2018 / 0 Comments

The 2018 Multifamily Training Benchmark Report shows compliance risk, turnover and technology use are all on the rise in the multifamily property industry.

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Benchmark Survey Finds CAM Certification Most Recognized Credential

By Grace Hill / February 8, 2018 / 0 Comments

The 2018 Multifamily Training Benchmark Report has revealed that Certified Apartment Manager (CAM) is the credential most recognized by multifamily property companies.

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