Increased efficiency in property management
The SVIT Zurich real estate association is committed to more precise management and evaluation of property management tasks aimed at promoting community. In collaboration with the Age Foundation, the association has launched a project to support the realisation of residential concepts that strengthen social interaction within neighbourhoods and address age-appropriate living in particular.
Although intergenerational living concepts have the potential to strengthen coexistence in neighbourhoods, many owners of large property portfolios are reluctant to implement them. The reason for this lies in the lack of experience with the administrative burden of these special forms of housing, which differ significantly from conventional offers.
In order to meet these challenges, an orientation framework and a toolbox have been developed that offer insights into the necessary administrative tasks and questions that need to be clarified. The aim is to provide owners, portfolio managers and property managers with a clear guideline to simplify the realisation of such innovative forms of housing. These useful tools emerged from an intensive exchange of experience organised by Zimraum and Stratcraft, in which various stakeholders took part. In a total of four brown bag meetings, essential topics such as marketing, letting, operational management and advice on project development were discussed and solutions developed.
With the new orientation framework and the toolbox, SVIT Zurich is providing important impetus for the property sector by not only paving the way for the implementation of community-promoting forms of housing, but also helping to rethink and redesign housing for the elderly.