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How OccasionGenius Connects HqO Customers with Popular Local Events

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Reading Time: 5 minutes OccasionGenius is a Virginia-based technology company that connects users with the most popular local events in their area. HqO recently sat down with Nathaniel Marcus, CEO of the company, to understand more about how they add value to the workplace experience for employers.   What does OccasionGenius do for its partners and users? Can you …

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Boosting Satisfaction and Productivity with In-Person Experiences

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Reading Time: 4 minutes The physical office has the potential to improve employee productivity and help companies build stronger corporate cultures.  A report from researchers at the University of Chicago, for example, finds that remote employees complete fewer hours of work per week than their in-office counterparts. That report is supported by a recent paper in Nature Human Behavior, …

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Guest Blog by Haven Diagnostics: Resolving a Patchwork Problem, Technology Innovations for a Safe Return to the Workplace | HqO

Resolving a Patchwork Problem: Technology Innovations for a Safe Return to the Workplace

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Guest 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 produces a one-size-fits-all checklist for office re-entry, many commercial real estate (CRE) landlords are taking an extra level of precaution by …

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HqO and the ‘Burbs: Suburban Tenant Experience Stories

HqO and the ‘Burbs: Bringing Tenant Experience Outside the City

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Due to the changing needs of the workforce, there has been a larger focus on the suburban tenant experience as more and more tenants are considering switching up their workplace strategies and moving outside of central business districts (CBDs). This sudden shift in the commercial real estate (CRE) landscape presents an opportunistic moment for landlords …

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Your Tenants Demand a Tech-Enabled Life — Don’t Let Your Building Fall Short

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Reading Time: 3 minutes From the moment they wake up until the moment they fall asleep — and even for those several hours in between — your tenants are tech-enabled, using multiple technologies to collect data on and improve every aspect of their day. If you’re not facilitating that convenience in the office as well, why should they stay …

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How Your Suburban Office Can Support a Post-COVID Workforce with HqO

How Your Suburban Office Can Support a Post-COVID Workforce

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Reading Time: 7 minutes When times are changing, adaptability is key. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a curveball into every major market, particularly impacting those which include the public realm, such as the commercial real estate (CRE), retail, entertainment, and food industries. Several months ago, this was the situation for Roxbury, Massachusetts-based distillery, Bully Boy Distillers. The distillery — …

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Frank Talks CRE: Managing ‘New’ Normals Is Not So New

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Reading Time: 5 minutes The introduction of a “new normal” – a wholesale change in how we navigate through our daily lives and how industries alter the way they conduct business – is just not that exceptional. In fact, the emergence of a new normal from time to time is, well, pretty normal.  Sometimes, the new normal is a …

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Using Contextual Data to Improve CRE Decision-making with HqO’s Building Population Report™

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Reading Time: 4 minutes During the height of the cold war, Stanislav Petrov was a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Union’s Air Defense Forces, and his job was to monitor the Soviet satellite system responsible for detecting nuclear missile launches from the United States.  On September 26th, 1983 — just a few weeks after the Soviet Union had shot …

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Frank Talks CRE: Fighting Through the Pain Points

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Reading Time: 3 minutes No two ways about it, the competitive environment has changed.  An imposing new contender has swiftly entered the arena with swagger and clout that was unimaginable just a few short months ago.  The challenger – remote working – is hardly new to the game. But when the pandemic began, the robust meeting solution technologies that …

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8 Key Ways Contactless Features Should Fuel Your Building’s Back-to-Work Plan

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Many people are reluctant to return to their offices. For some it’s fear and for others it’s the flexibility of working from home. One thing is certain, though: people will return and when they do, it will be a different environment than the one they left. The expectations for an office experience are changing and …

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Frank Talks CRE: Every Day Is a Home Game

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Reading Time: 4 minutes There was every reason to think that people would never come back.  A devastating pandemic had stolen thousands of lives.  Mass gatherings were banned, businesses failed, and the nation’s economy was left in tatters.  But being the social animals that humans are, people did come back, and they returned in droves. Because they were fans. …

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The Technology CRE Really Cares About, and How It Impacts Your Return-to-Work Strategy

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Your portfolio and your customers need more than an app: they need a comprehensive operating system that weaves all of your commercial office building technology and data together in one platform.  Thursday, HqO Chief Technology Officer Dr. Jim Butler and Chief Revenue Officer Mark Rosenthal conducted a live webinar discussing HqOS technology, and how it …

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How to Use a Tenant Experience Platform for Communication

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Reading Time: 3 minutes At HqO, we talk a lot about the importance of owning the relationship with your customers, but in the digital age, a tenant experience platform can take it a step further: establishing a relationship in the first place. While it’s important to be able to understand your building occupants and tenants through data, communication is …

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