HI HEUTE Exclusive interview with Richard Gerritsen, senior director for Europe at Yardi. At EXPO REAL, HI HEUTE chief editor Thorsten Müller spoke with Richard Gerritsen, senior director at Yardi, about the latest trends, in-house developments and the impact of recent global events. HI HEUTE: In the past few years alone, the world has gone through […]
Investment Management
How Is Real Estate Tech Adopted Today?
Today, real estate investors and asset managers face a mass of transformational factors impacting their business, ranging from the climate emergency to changing working practices and the economic and geopolitical tensions triggered by the Covid crisis and the Ukraine war. In this challenging environment, they are turning to new technologies to improve their investment strategies. […]
Digitising investment management processes for smarter decision-making
The topic ‘Digitising investment management processes for smarter decision making’ made for an interesting discussion at the Invest Tribe at Space UK’s London BWT event on Wednesday 29 June. Fay Chester, international solutions consulting regional director for Yardi, hosted the discussion along with co-hosts, Rachel McIssac, managing director at AEW Investment Management LLP and Jonathan […]
Three Property Developers on The Software That Is Making Capex Control Possible
Cost certainty in construction has rarely been so scarce. Brexit, the pandemic and the situation in Ukraine are all impacting materials and labour costs. Whether a developer is constructing an industrial warehouse, a new neighbourhood in London or a variety of schemes across Ireland, managing capex is complex. “The best way to keep a handle on capex throughout […]
How Can a Connected Solution Improve Collaboration in Real Estate?
Real estate is an industry filled with spreadsheet reports, manual processes and disparate systems. The modern office may include more smart technology, but it still faces challenges with multiple systems, inaccurate data as well as outdated thinking about the “right” data. Having technology in place that is designed for supporting your business decision-making and being […]
“Corona has strengthened our customer relationships even further”
Exclusive interview with Neal Gemassmer, vice president of international for Yardi Systems The software company, Yardi, which also has numerous well-known companies as customers in the retail real estate sector, was present with its own stand at the international real estate trade fair MIPIM in Cannes. Thorsten Müller, editor-in-chief, spoke to European Vice President, Neal […]
Harness the FOMO: Creating Workspaces Worth Leaving the House For
Offices need to instil a sense of FOMO (fear of missing out) to bring people happily – and willingly – back to work post-pandemic. “Forward-thinking occupiers know that quality of space matters, and they are prepared to pay for it,” said Stephanie Crombie, head of sustainability at architecture practice Morrow + Lorraine on EG’s Future […]
AI in Real Estate
Artificial Intelligence has been a buzzword in the real estate industry and a growing number of companies now offer services backed with AI. According to PwC, AI-based innovation will lead to 10.3 percent growth in UK GDP by 2030 as a result of AI. But what exactly does AI do? To answer this question, we […]
What do real estate investors really want?
By Chris Barbier, Industry Principal for Investment Management, Yardi People invest in real estate with the expectation of making a return on their investment through periodic distributions and increased asset value. Although that fact remains largely unchanged over time, some elements of the investment process are evolving, most notably investor expectations for timely access to […]
Innovation & Technology – Data in Real Estate
Yardi’s Richard Gerritsen sat down with Kirsi Simola-Laaksonen, chief information officer for Citcon, Nick Wright, head of digital sales for CBRE and Andreas Hoffman, managing director for Cromwell at the EPRA Conference 2021 to discuss the topic of data. In the past as an industry, we’ve spoken about data at events, in person and online, […]