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Parks discussing modernizing multi-family in a slow market
June 16, 2025SSN Staff
PLANO, Texas —Economic pressures and high costs have seen a slow down for new constructions in the multi-family residential market, but a white paper released by Parks Associates for Kwikset shows owners and operators examining enhancing their properties through technology upgrades.
Encompassing things like modern access control solutions, the white paper discusses the popularity of housing improvements to existing properties.
“Retrofitting is gaining momentum in multifamily...
Industry sees opportunity in multi-families
April 9, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
LAS VEGAS — After years of enduring a soft housing market with rising costs, material shortages and a lack of available inventory, the security industry is betting big on retrofitting multi-family units with access control and smart solutions.
During ISC West, Parks Associates released new research, "Modernizing Multifamily Housing: Retrofitting Access Control," in partnership with Kwikset, that revealed nearly 72% of multi-family owners and operators have reported plans...