Remote work gave us home-cooked lunches, quieter days, and time with family. But it also distanced us from the spontaneous energy of the workplace – those in-between moments where teams collaborate, connect, and company culture thrives.
Now, as companies navigate hybrid models and safe returns to the office, occupier and tenant experience applications are playing a new, critical role: making buildings more connected to engage with colleagues and build community.
Here’s how they’re reshaping the workplace in a post-pandemic world.
Real-time communication turns buildings into live information hubs
Whether you manage a glass-clad tower or a boutique coworking space, you know the struggle: communicating clearly across an entire building is hard.
But in today’s environment, it’s non-negotiable.
Commercial property management, tenant and member experience platforms like Kinexio and Locale are leading the charge, turning buildings into real-time information hubs. From new cleaning protocols to social distancing guidelines or even live updates on capacity, building managers can now push vital information straight to the people who need it – instantly.
It’s more than safety, it’s about rebuilding community
Work from home (WFH) didn’t just move work into homes – it siloed teams and disrupted office culture.
Tenant and member experience apps are being used not just to manage logistics but to reignite community, fun and wellbeing: from wellness programs to social groups, yoga meetups to after-hours 5-a-side football.
As Rishi Banerjee, Locale’s Marketing Director put it:
“People want to know who they share their space with and feel connected to them.”
When you layer in Sentry Interactive’s mobile access capabilities, using the SDK that embeds into property management, tenant and member experience platforms it becomes the key to the front door, the parking gate, the elevator, and beyond. No shared fobs. No crowded lobbies. Just frictionless tenant and member building flow of access using contactless NFC technology that works within the third party workplace experience application.
Frictionless flow from street to seat
Tenant and member experiences apps are increasingly becoming the central hub for the entire office experience. And with Sentry Interactive’s readerless mobile access SDK embedded, they’re powering a fully contactless journey:
- NFC Mobile Entry: Open any connected door with a smartphone and software – no keycards, no pin pads or hardware upgrades.
- Contactless Parking: iOS and Android widgets and NFC Mobile Access to garages, bollards, and gates without rolling down your window.
- Smart Elevators: Skip the buttons. Request your floor from your phone and reduce congestion at peak times.
- Mobile Printing & Lockers: No queues. No shared screens. Just simple, secure access using your mobile phone when and where you need it.
The future of workplace tech is invisible
By embedding Sentry Interactive’s secure, readerless mobile access SDK into tenant, member and workplace platforms and physical access control systems (PACS), the workday becomes disruption free and is transformed into a safe, secure experience that builds company culture and community.
