Reading Time: 4 minutes Update — July 2, 2020 A few years ago, when HqO was just a few months old, our CEO, Chase Garbarino, wrote this blog about the disconnect between office tenants and their landlords. At the time, HqO had just signed some of its first customers and had fewer than 5M sq. ft. in its total …
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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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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. …
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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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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Reading Time: 3 minutes In our experience operating in offices across the United States and abroad, one of the easiest ways to foster a sense of community within a building involves a tenant experience strategy that includes organized promotions of simple items people enjoy, like cold brew coffee, smoothies, or succulents. While these things may seem irrelevant, when a …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes As we settle into the new year (and decade), people are undoubtedly focusing on wellness trends and other ways to better themselves. Whether it be working out more, eating healthier, or prioritizing mental health, it’s difficult to not have resolutions in mind at the start of the new year. However, while this predictable uptick in …
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you’re new to the commercial real estate world, “proptech” is likely one of the buzzwords you’ve heard thrown around. But what is proptech for commercial real estate, and what exactly does it all mean? Here’s a quick breakdown of proptech companies, and how they are already giving commercial real estate (CRE) professionals a competitive …
Reading Time: 5 minutes What’s the goal of every business or investment? At its core, there are usually two things: to offer a product or service that a founder is passionate about through which they feel they can make a difference, and to make money. In short, you care about customer success. It’s really that simple, but executing is …
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Last month, HqO was proud to launch at London Wall Buildings (LWB) — our first European asset! As we geared up to introduce HqO to London, our Tenant Experience (TeX) team was facing a lot of uncertainty. Not only was this our first launch in a new city, but we were branching out into a …
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Why have separate apps for multiple tasks and needs when you can do it all in one place? At HqO, we’re obsessed with tenant experience, and with our tenant experience app we believe we can help improve tenant satisfaction by providing an app that provides centrally-located access to several of the services you need on …
Reading Time: 3 minutes Comparing one tenant experience app to another can be a daunting task. The industry is relatively new, so there isn’t an abundance of third-party reviews on providers. Some providers promise the world and deliver only a small piece of it, so determining what is real and what isn’t can be murky. Finally, tenant experience applications have …
Reading Time: 4 minutes WOOOOOOOOO. THIS COOKIN’ IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!! I love to cook, and I actually like my own cooking a lot when I take the time to do it right. That being said, I’m not a chef. I am a software guy, and in software, we refer to using our own product in our daily lives as “eating …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the past 3 years, the commercial real estate industry has experienced immense change. This is mostly, if not fully, due to the rapid introduction of PropTech solutions. While these new tools are designed to deliver increased efficiency and value to their users, they can sometimes cause the opposite effect. New technology like this often …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes A recent study from Colliers International recommends that commercial office owners should, as a baseline, allocate approximately 10% of their rentable square footage to amenities. For those who are trying to attract highly south-after tenants, they should reserve 12% or more. Thus, as landlords are always trying to attract and retain the best tenants, they …
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