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Built by owners, for owners.
BuildingHub started because our founders managed real estate and were stuck with building technology that was outdated, disconnected and hard to secure. We built the platform we wanted to use.
Stuart Garlock
Over a decade acquiring and financing nearly $1B in commercial real estate. Well versed in property management, operations and technology, Stuart saw the gap from the owner’s side and started BuildingHub to close it.
Zach West
Raised in the family real estate business, then a decade-plus across JLL, Google and PwC. Zach combines real-estate fluency with technology leadership to run BuildingHub’s development team.
We managed buildings before we built software for them. The point of BuildingHub is that the work orders, the badge list, the lease dates and the parking sit in one place, so nobody has to keep four systems in their head.
Questions we get asked
The things buyers ask before the demo.
How long does it take to go live?
Most buildings are live in 30 to 60 days. The variable is not the software, it is your data: how clean the tenant and suite records are, and how quickly someone on your side can answer questions about them. A single building with tidy records goes faster than a portfolio in the middle of an acquisition.
Do we have to replace Yardi or MRI?
No, and we would advise against it. BuildingHub sits on top of the accounting system of record and reads tenants, suites and lease terms from it. Money settles where it always has. What changes is the operational layer above it: work orders, maintenance, compliance, access, amenities and parking.
What does it cost?
Pricing depends on portfolio size and which of the four Hubs you run, so we quote it for each customer. Implementation and migration are separate line items and they are shown on the quote. Before you commit, we will walk through the numbers on your own portfolio.
Does it work with the access control we already have?
In most buildings, yes. BuildingHub integrates with Genea, LenelS2 and HID and keeps your existing panels and readers, so nobody has to be re-badged. Mobile credentials, including Apple Wallet, depend on what your readers support, and we check that on site before quoting.
Who uses it day to day?
Three groups. Engineers and porters work from a phone. Property managers use the work order, compliance and leasing screens. Tenants get a portal for requests, guests, bookings and parking, and tenant administrators can add and remove their own people without emailing you.
What happens to our existing data?
It comes with you. Tenants, suites, vendors, open work orders, certificates and lease dates are migrated as part of implementation. If there is anything we cannot bring across, we tell you before you sign. Historical work order detail from some legacy systems exports poorly, so it is worth checking early.