Live, work, play may sound like a cool saying to plaster across a T-shirt, but it’s actually a trend that’s gained traction in the multifamily industry. Also known as mixed-use, live, work, play communities showcase the convergence of residential, office, and retail space into a single property. Here, residents embrace the convenience of living, working remotely or on-site, and entertaining family and friends without ever leaving the property. RentCafe reports that live, work, play apartments have quadrupled in the last year alone, answering the desire of many in our post-pandemic world to blend lifestyle and workstyle.

For those who own, manage, or develop such mixed-use properties, a complete, cloud-based access control solution is a necessity. Your property has so many different users with different access privileges, and you need to meet those demands securely and efficiently. So, let’s consider how your residents, visitors, tenants, and vendors use your space in today’s world, and how a modern access control solution lets you easily manage it all.

Residents

Residents have come to expect the convenience and safety of proptech without ever having to be inconvenienced by it. They want peace of mind that their building, the parking garage, amenities, and their individual units are always secure. But they also demand their access and those of their authorized visitors be seamless and flexible.

Commercial Tenants

One tenant runs a restaurant. Another manages an accounting firm. The restaurant owner needs high security for several doors to prevent employee theft but also needs an access control system that can accommodate high staff turnover. The accounting firm needs easy yet secure access for employees with the ability to track every entry and exit. And they both want to be able to quickly and easily revoke access without worrying about tracking down keys.

Vendors

Vendors need easy, approved access to make deliveries or perform valuable services. Downloading an app to gain access just won’t work for time-strapped vendors. Nor is tracking down a key from a manager or staff member. Plus, schedules change frequently, and vendors and their clients want to know that updates can be made on the spot and doors will open for that next load of produce or office supplies.

One Cloud-Based System for Many Users, Many Locks

A cloud-based access control solution gives you flexibility to meet the needs of different users and diverse access points of a live, work, play property. Look for a solution that:

  • Accommodates a wide range of Wi-Fi or Z-Wave smart locks and hardwired access systems on elevators and parking garages in one streamlined solution
  • Frees you from using keys and allows you to choose from PINs, key cards and fobs, and mobile credentials, and mix and match them, too
  • Lets you quickly revoke and grant access codes from an app on your smartphone to easily handle employee turnover or changes in delivery schedules
  • Allows for the issuing of time-bound PINs for visitors and package deliveries
  • Lets you track real-time entry to verify who is where and when
  • Has the ability to create schedules for recurring visitors like dog walkers, cleaners, and deliveries
  • Is an easy-to-scale SaaS platform for one property or hundreds
  • Offers an open architecture that easily integrates with your other essential business software like property management and human resource tools

As live, work, play properties continue to grow in popularity, building operators are quickly learning that not just any access control solution will work. These properties, in particular, need the ultimate flexibility in securing different access points and answering the needs of diverse users. Learn more about how RemoteLock’s universal access control platform can help you gain powerful insights into your property and streamline remote access control to every door.

Author Bio

Kim Garcia

Director of Marketing, RemoteLock

Kim Garcia has over 17 years of strategic marketing management and sales experience in the security industry. She specializes in corporate communications, B2B marketing, channel marketing, media relations and product marketing with specific expertise in wireless security, access control and integrator perspectives. Prior to joining RemoteLock, she led marketing for PSA Security Network and Inovonics.