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How flexibility is driving the reinvention of the workplace
In March 2020, when the pandemic hit and a state of emergency was declared, a large portion of the workforce, especially office-based staff, decamped and quickly transitioned to working from home. Business processes pivoted to embrace paperless proce…
3 trends to consider when planning the return to the office
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 …
The real estate industry is experiencing a digital transformation – are you ready?
The events of the pandemic, in combination with the availability of technology, have forever changed the relationship between the things we do and the place we do them. When many office-based workers were sent home in March 2020, business did not sto…
Creating business-wide efficiencies with healthy lease data
As the old saying goes, “You can’t fatten a pig on market day.” So too is it with systems. If you are not ready now, then it is already too late. With the increased level of business planning and reporting that occurs at the change of the financial y…
Prepare for 2021 and beyond with these 6 PropTech strategies
The past year has been challenging for nearly every segment of the real estate industry. The COVID-19 pandemic initiated massive changes in behavior and transformed how people interact with property. Working from home, non-essential store closures, i…
Celebrating 50 years of MRI Software
2021 marks the 50th anniversary of MRI Software, and we are thrilled to celebrate this milestone with our clients, partners and staff around the world. We were excited to close out 2020 (I mean, who wasn’t?) because we couldn’t wait to kick off…
Leveraging facilities management software to reopen commercial properties
2021 has started with more uncertainty than many had hoped for despite the development of multiple COVID-19 vaccines. The spread of new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus has left many who were looking forward to a return to the office n…
The future of work: Reopening offices after COVID-19
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…