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For thirty years, business owners have purchased video surveillance with the same goal: capture footage of an incident so police can identify and catch whoever did it. The technology was built for that model. The problem is that the model doesn’t work. Criminals come at night, wear hoods and masks, and move quickly. The footage…
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Wireless electronic locks have quietly become the default in multi-family new construction and major renovations. Almost every brand name you’ll encounter — Schlage, Yale, Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, HES, ACCENTRA, SMARTair, dormakaba and others — belongs to one of two parent companies: Allegion or ASSA ABLOY. The brand decision is largely a portfolio decision between two ecosystems.…
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Americans averaged over 70 shipped packages per person in 2025, and multi-family properties are bearing the operational weight. Smart package lockers — led by Luxer One, now part of ASSA ABLOY — have matured into a genuine resident amenity that recovers staff time, eliminates porch piracy, and measurably improves resident satisfaction. Here’s how the category…
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On almost every multi-family construction project, the fire alarm system gets bid by the GC. The national company that wins often becomes the property’s only service option for the next decade — at rates that frustrate owners and on terms they wouldn’t have agreed to if they’d been consulted. This pattern is preventable on new…
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