Through Bilt's Neighborhood OS, building owners and employers can now offer incentives to surrounding merchants in addition to building access control, office services, and supporting facilities.
Falls Church, Virginia, November 10th / PRNewswire / -- A leader in the field of security and access control management for commercial and multi-residential buildings, Kastle, today announced a partnership with Bilt with the aim of providing a more cohesive work experience for employees in buildings connected by Kastle. Through Bilt Neighborhood OS™, employers can create a membership system that links building access controls and office services with rewards and benefits offered by nearby businesses. This partnership marks Bilt's first entry into the commercial real estate sector and also provides building owners and employers with a new way to enhance the office experience by connecting time spent in the office with the surrounding community.
Kastle Systems Executive Chairman Mark Ein stated: " Kastle has long been a trusted brand in the field of building security. With the help of Bilt, we are expanding our role to help building owners and employers create a more rewarding office experience." He added, "By linking building access control and office facilities with the benefits offered by nearby businesses, we can help owners make their buildings more attractive to tenants and provide employers with new ways to recognize employees, foster communication, and support a more engaging workday experience."
Bilt Neighborhood OS is a AI platform that helps businesses acquire new customers through personalized experiences in their surrounding neighborhoods and build loyalty. This platform enables businesses to reach new customers with personalized offers, as well as provide experiences and benefits that encourage customers to return repeatedly.
Through this collaboration, 60,000 enterprises that rely on Kastle will be able to provide their employees with:
- A Neighborhood Pass can serve as a single-digit voucher for entering buildings, using eligible supporting facilities, and enjoying surrounding benefits, such as discounts on purchases at nearby dry cleaners or a free cocktail offered by bars.
- An employee membership service that integrates office services, supporting facilities, and personalized rewards from a network of over 50,000 merchant partners Bilt, which includes restaurants, fitness studios, sports venues, and retail stores.
- A 24/7 AI Concierge service, available through Bilt as well as text messages, can be used to answer office-related questions, reserve dining seats for customers' lunches, and book travel arrangements for business trips, among other things.
Employers can utilize this membership service to recognize their teams and promote employee interaction, for example, by rewarding employees who frequently come to the office with tickets to sporting events or by organizing team bonding activities at nearby restaurants. Employees will gain more value on weekdays, while employers have an additional way to support attendance, recruitment, and retention of staff. Building owners can offer these benefits to help attract and retain tenants.
Bilt, the founder and CEO, Ankur Jain said: "The workplace shapes your daily routine... the coffee you buy, the places you take clients to lunch, and the places you pass on your way home from work." He stated, "With Kastle, we can connect these moments into an employee membership service that makes workdays more rewarding. Employers gain a new way to take care of their teams, while local businesses also get more opportunities to interact with the nearby working population."
About Kastle
Kastle was established in 1972 and is the preferred security management platform for over 3,600 properties and 60,000 businesses in the United States and Australia. Kastle is a cloud-based platform that integrates access control, video surveillance, visitor management, identity management, and real-time threat intelligence into a unified operational layer, eliminating the complexity, costs, and risks associated with fragmented security systems. Kastle adopts an open architecture and is delivered as a fully managed service, allowing customers to achieve operational efficiency, scalability, and peace of mind without having to manage complex internal security infrastructure. Kastle manages over 1 billion square feet of commercial property in the United States, making it one of the most comprehensive sources of physical security intelligence in the industry. For more information, please visit www.kastle.com.
About Bilt
Launched in 2021, Bilt is a membership service tailored for residential scenarios and also serves as the driving force behind all surrounding services of Neighborhood Operating System ( OS ). Over 8.2 million members use Bilt to earn rewards in housing payments, establishing a path towards home ownership and allowing them to exchange these rewards for the most valuable currency in markets such as travel, dining, fitness, and sports. With the help of Neighborhood OS ™ – a platform that helps businesses grow through their local communities – Bilt connects property managers of multiple residences, travel advisors, sports organizations, and more than 50,000 merchants across the United States with nearby customers. Bilt supports one-quarter of the apartment buildings in the United States, including those jointly developed with some of the largest property owners and operators in the country, such as Bilt Alliance. For more information, please visit www.bilt.com and download the Bilt app.
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