On yesterday’s show we talked about building perimeter access. This is part of an entire building system for your residential apartments.

The other main question is how to provide keys for your apartments. If you use a hotel key card system then you are sending an indirect message to your residents that you don’t expect them to stay for very long and that idea can get planted in a resident’s mind early in the process. They may not say anything about it, but there is a nagging idea in the back of their mind that they should not think of this apartment like their home. It’s more like a short term stay.

If your property truly is intended for a short term stay, then there is no problem with that idea. But if you expect people to stay for years and years, that’s probably not the idea you want to reinforce every time they enter their apartment.

In an ideal world you would want the same database that programs the building’s perimeter to also provide the access to the apartments.

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On today’s show we are looking at one of the most over-looked aspects of real estate product design. The problem is that the architects don’t get involved. The electrical engineer and electricians don’t get involved, and the general contractor doesn’t get involved. These systems often end up as an oversight or an afterthought.

Let’s start with building access. On today’s show we are going to only focus on securing the perimeter of your building and the common areas and amenities.

The way residents interact with your building is often a function of the technology decisions you make to incorporate systems within your building. The life cycle cost of operating and maintaining those systems is also a function of the choices you make.

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Marc Koran is based in Montreal, Quebec which is the headquarters of Campus Habitations. The first of several projects is in Mont Tremblant, a ski resort just North of Montreal. On today's show we are talking about the benefits of renting apartments to corporate clients and not just individual tenants. To connect with Marc and to learn more, visit https://www.campushabitations.com/ or connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-koran/

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