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Real estate occupiers have been rethinking the traditional workplace even before the COVID-19 pandemic. A year into the “new normal” of working from home, attitudes and market trends have shifted dramatically, and it’s become increasingly clear that …

Meetings are such a large part of strata management – and between scheduling, agenda creation, minutes, follow up and chairing the meeting itself, they’re also a huge time sink. Our team at MRI Software understands your need for easier and better mee…

The past year has been challenging for nearly every segment of the real estate industry. The COVID-19 pandemic initiated massive changes in behaviour and transformed how people interact with property. Working from home, non-essential store closures, …

For a corporate occupier, managing the complex leases within the organisation’s property portfolio is a tedious endeavour, especially given how difficult it can be to ascertain the true monetary value of a lease. When it comes to managing a large por…

New tenancy management laws will take effect in Victoria staring 29 March 2021. The Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021 follows on from the proposed Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2018 that has been delayed due to coronavirus (COVID-19). The …

When the Coronavirus pandemic first led businesses around the globe to close offices at the beginning of 2020, few would have expected that so many people would still be working remotely at the end of the year. But despite ongoing uncertainties and r…

FMJ talks to Kevin Shipp and Dorette Van den Ende from MRI about four essential services that must be considered when choosing a CAFM provider, and what each should deliver to help FMs reap the full benefits from this software. The essential serv…

During 2020, many commercial office buildings faced an unexpected challenge: empty offices. The pandemic created a sudden shift to remote working, which will likely continue even after vaccines become more widely available. Businesses of all types ar…