Sharry, a PropTech company developing a smart workplace experience platform, together with Shapack Partners, a multi-asset class real estate development company, introduce an all-new access control feature.
All tenants and employees can now smoothly access the 167 Green Street office building in Chicago with an employee badge in Apple Wallet.
It's the first office building in the United States to offer all tenants building-wide access with a tap of their iPhone or Apple Watch.
Employee badge in Apple Wallet
With the rollout of employee badge in Apple Wallet, 167 Green’s tenants can seamlessly and securely tap their iPhone or Apple Watch to unlock office doors, turnstiles, elevators and key card-protected amenity spaces – eliminating the need to open an app or present a traditional plastic access key.
Even if a user’s iPhone needs to be charged, they will still be able to access the building for up to five hours after with Power Reserve.
“Employee badge in Apple Wallet represents a milestone for commercial real estate development, allowing secure and convenient access for tenants,” says Josef Šachta, CEO and co-founder of Sharry. “I am very pleased that Sharry, in collaboration with Shapack and HID Global, could work to offer this brand-new access feature to clients.”
Improving tenant experience
167 Green’s hospitality-inspired amenities, design and technology stack provides tenants with a seamless experience
“We continuously strive to innovate and improve our tenant experience. We are thrilled to be the first multi-tenant office building in the United States to offer all tenants access through the employee badge in Apple Wallet,” says Jeff Shapack, Founder & CEO of Shapack Partners.
“167 Green’s hospitality-inspired amenities, design and technology stack provides tenants with a seamless experience.”
“HID Global is excited to continue bringing new deployments of employee badge in Apple Wallet to market”, says Matt Bennett, Director of Strategic Alliances at HID Global.
“The solution represents an exciting new modality to access secure spaces. Our leadership in this space, coupled with Sharry’s technical acumen and Shapack’s innovation, represents a new era for Commercial Real Estate technology and innovation.”
Benefits of employee badge
Following are the benefits of employee badge in Apple wallet:
- Touchless experience: Once users generate a mobile badge in the 167 Green Street building's app (developed by Sharry), they add it to Apple Wallet with one click and use their personal device to unlock secured areas. The whole card management process is done remotely to reduce unnecessary physical contacts and to fully meet the demands of hybrid work.
- Seamless experience: Mobile badge in Apple Wallet uses Near Field Communication (NFC) technology between the user's device and the card reader or any NFC-enabled lock. There's no need to unlock the device or tap any app or button. Just hold it up to the card reader. Even if the iPhone runs out of battery power, the smartphone's Power Reserve provides up to five hours of access.
- Secure experience: The employee badge in Apple Wallet also takes full advantage of the privacy and security features built into the iPhone and Apple Watch. An employee badge is stored on the user’s device, which means Apple doesn’t see the places staff or employees access, so data is private and Unlike plastic cards, users almost immediately notice when they lose their phone and can track it with Find My app. Therefore lowering any potential security risks.
Raising workplace experience standards
167 Green continues to raise workplace experience standards – not just in Chicago's Fulton Market District, but globally
167 Green continues to raise workplace experience standards – not just in Chicago's Fulton Market District, but globally.
The building’s 17th floor Amenity Penthouse includes a 400-person town hall that doubles as a full-sized professional basketball court, an outdoor terrace with a vegetable and flower garden, as well as an indoor garage with EV charging stations and bike parking.
The brand new mobile badge in Apple Wallet has been the poster child for this approach. At the same time, the upgraded access technology follows ESG trends, eliminates plastic waste, increases building security and provides building landlords with a valuable and detailed set of data capturing building occupancy and tenant satisfaction.
Smart features under one umbrella
Touchless access is the flagship product feature of the whole smart building ecosystem under the Sharry umbrella that was delivered at 167 Green in Chicago to underline its exceptional position:
- Mobile Cards Management: Mobile badge in Apple Wallet enabling all users to use their personal device as a virtual key. The building's operating's portal also supports plastic cards as a backup solution.
- Visitor Management System: The reception software is built on guest passes with QR codes. They can be sent automatically or straight from the building's app. It allows receptionists to focus on world-class concierge delivery during the check-in.
- Smart Parking Software: Providing an incredibly smooth user experience. The entry is managed by smart cameras with licence plate recognition. And if one changes his/her car? Simply update the licence plate in the app on the fly.
- Tenant Engagement Mobile App: The most comprehensive solution on the market includes 70+ most frequently required features (e. g. request maintenance with a tap, book any shared asset, reserve a parking spot, get notified about all building news, receive special offers from retailers nearby, boost the building's community).
Authority comment
“We are thrilled to deliver our ultimate smart solution to 167 Green Street. It turns this outstanding property into one of the most integrated office buildings in the market.”
“Through the building's mobile app, all occupiers now receive a virtual key not only from their office but also to unlock all premium services provided in the complex,” said Ondřej Langr, Chief Product Officer at Sharry.
