New York’s real estate industry is a weird place.
Most of the city’s buildings are aging, and subject to all sorts of regulatory requirements. Elevators need to be inspected, there should be bars placed on windows of units where children reside, and those 311 complaints actually have to be followed up on. All of this adds up to a huge headache and the potential for some serious financial ramifications for overwhelmed property managers and landlords. That's where
comes in.
SiteCompli creates software that makes it easy for landlords and other concerned parties to stay ahead of building compliance requirements. Their software takes all of the things a landlord needs to keep track of, and puts them into a simple-to-read dashboard. Before an elevator needs to be inspected, their system will warn you. If your building is the subject of a 311 complaint, you’ll be notified within five minutes of the person hanging up the phone. SiteCompli will even give you tips about how to resolve whatever compliance issue you're having.
As great as this all is for wealthy New York real estate owners, it’s good for us normal humans that live and work in the city as well. Building regulations exist for a reason — namely to keep us safe — and having a system that makes it easy for landlords to keep buildings in top condition is bound to make our lives better. Not only does it mean the elevator is likely to keep working in your building, but it also means your home is less likely to burst into flames. I mean, did you hear about the woman that died, trapped in an elevator for months, because of lax building management?
The company has grown steadily since being founded eight years ago, and today over a 1.5 billion square feet of New York real estate is managed with their product. To put that into perspective, Staten Island is right around 1.6 billion square feet.
Next time you’re in an elevator, it’s kind of fun to think about everything that went into keeping it moving.
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