By Eric Brueck, Kathy Wolff and Vincent Luke Allen

Managed Wi-Fi deployed property wide is creating $15-25 per unit per month in new revenue for property owners. The community-wide network infrastructure it rests on also supports many smart building installations that create a high level of resident convenience and still more potential revenue.

In response to this new macro trend in the multifamily industry, RealtyCom’s New Construction Department has developed a team devoted to assisting our clients with design and implementation of property wide managed Wi-Fi services and the IoT devices that enable a technology enriched resident experience.  Our investment in providing these advanced services and technologies is in response to our client inquiries and interest in understanding the cost benefit analysis when considering such systems in their future developments.  The capital costs associated with deploying building wide Wi-Fi can be substantial as is the technology integration challenges with other low voltage designed systems such as AV, Access Control, Property Surveillance, Environmental Controls and the Owner’s network.  We’re excited 2021 brings this new team and new suite of services to RealtyCom clients to consider as they embark upon current and future multifamily development projects across the country.

RealtyCom’s new team focused on these […]

Please join us in welcoming Lee McKenna to the RealtyCom team. Lee brings with him over three decades of experience in technology including networking and systems engineering disciplines, telecommunications, technology development, product management, IT, business development, sales and marketing. Lee spent the better part of his career developing entertainment, information and technology systems for the hospitality vertical markets. An avid technology enthusiast, Lee is passionate about smart home technologies, control systems, and open source software.

Lee is involved in his local community as a volunteer supporting several nonprofit organizations with technology projects. In his spare time, he loves to spend time playing the guitar and dabbling with other musical instruments. With his roots in South Dakota, Lee has traveled the world – from China and India, to Fiji and Europe – but appreciates most the serenity of being at home in southern Nevada with his wife Kathryn and their three rescue dogs, a grumpy cat, a horse named Cochise and a few feathered fowl.