Great Lakes Management Company is pleased to announce that two of their communities, Laurel Village and University Village West, are the latest communities to qualify to post on ApartmentGrade.com. These listings are a direct result of a recent strategic alliance with ApartmentGrade.com and SatisFacts Research, which have joined forces to help promote those apartment communities that "Make the Grade". Under the terms of the alliance, all SatisFacts Research clients will now be able to list, at no cost, any of their communities that receive a 3.5 rating (out of 5.0) or higher to the ApartmentGrade.com web site.
"One of our goals at Great Lakes is to provide a superior service," stated Ken Perusek, Great Lakes Management Director of Operations, "and ApartmentGrade.com is a great way to prove that our communities are really committed to providing outstanding service. It is also a great way to educate prospective residents that communities managed by Great Lakes Management are exceptional places to live according to the current residents of the communities."
"It's great to see a leading provider of multifamily housing like Great Lakes Management work directly with SatisFacts Research and ApartmentGrade.com in an ongoing effort to provide superior housing," confirmed Lucas Haldeman, founder of ApartmentGrade.com. "We look forward to working with them in their ongoing effort to only provide the best in resident services."
About Great Lakes Management Company - www.greatlakesmc.com
Great Lakes Management Company (GLMC) is a Minnesota business that provides real estate management, marketing and consulting services for property owners. GLMC presently manages a portfolio in excess of 3,500 apartment units and 575,000 square feet of class A office and industrial space. GLMC also markets and manages condominiums.
Through superior service, Great Lakes Management Company has become one of the leading marketing
and property management firms in the Midwest and offers professional property marketing and management services to owners of commercial, investment-grade multifamily residential, student, retail and office properties.
About ApartmentGrade.com - www.apartmentgrade.com
Featuring only those apartments that "Make the Grade", ApartmentGrade.com is the first Web site dedicated solely to providing prospective renters with a credible, objective and accurate rating of apartment communities based on the current resident's feedback. When prospective residents view an apartment community at ApartmentGrade.com, they see a rating based solely on the ratings of the existing residents. For more information on how your community can participate on ApartmentGrade.com, please contact Leigh Curry at lcurry@curryconduit.com or 609-882-3868.
About SatisFacts Research - www.SatisFacts.com
SatisFacts Research is the multifamily industry's authority on resident satisfaction and retention. SatisFacts understands relationships, their challenges and the impact on residents. Having worked with well over 1,000,000 units nationally, and utilizing years of experience as multifamily operators themselves, SatisFacts' seasoned team of experts help clients manage relationships and enhance performance. Their candor may surprise you, the solutions offered will impress you and the results will thrill you. Harnessing a suite of satisfaction research, performance assessment programs and tools, SatisFacts develops feedback systems designed to help client Take the Guesswork Out of Retention™, reduce turnover and help grow NOI. Annual resident surveys are planning tools, while Insite™ Move-In, Work Order, Pre-Renewal and Unclosed Traffic programs provide feedback 365 days/year (from $1/unit/yr). SatisFacts provides clients with a competitive advantage not only through providing a blueprint for improving revenue, but through walking along side them step-by-step. Serving as strategic partners with clients, SatisFacts offers solutions that sustain enhanced performance (no matter the market condition). SatisFacts clients report nearly a ten point lower resident turnover rate than those reported nationally by NAA. Imagine what reducing costly turnover would have on your NOI and asset values! For more information, send an email to info@satisfacts.com.