365 Connect Launches Leasing Center and Resident Portal at Retreat at City Center

NEW ORLEANS, LA - 365 Connect, the leading edge, web-based, technology platform provider to the multifamily industry, today announced the launching of its 365 Leasing Center and 365 Resident Services Portal package for the Retreat at City Center, a 225-unit apartment community in Aurora, Colorado. The garden style property is implementing the two services seamlessly by bundling them within the 365 Channel Platform. In doing so, the Retreat at City Center management team acquires the ultimate online marketing machine coupled with user-friendly online services for its residents.

The 365 Leasing Center for the Retreat at City Center creates an interactive Internet expansion of its leasing team that operates 24/7 with minimal effort by management and, it never sleeps. All of the critical information on the Retreat at City Center’ website necessary to attract new residents can be updated by the managers and uploaded in real time to the Retreat at City Center website. But it does not stop there. The Retreat at City Center data is also posted automatically to the 24/7 Leasing Center at MultifamilyBiz.com. There, the Retreat at City Center leasing profile is pushed across the Internet through multiple data feeds generated by the 365 Connect Networks. The Retreat at City Center’ owners and staff can see their community’s leasing information appear in popular, high traffic, apartment listing sites such as Cazoodle.com, RentBits.com, Vast.com, OLX.com, Classifieds.org, Trovit.com, Enormo.com, RealEstate.Overstock.com and Tenant.com.

In an entirely different dimension, the Retreat at City Center 365 Leasing Center brings the world of Internet social networking to its residents. The designers at 365 Connect are fully aware that the renters of today are fully immersed in online social networking as a way of life and have integrated that culture into its services. All of the Retreat at City Center information posted to the property website and uploaded to the 24/7 Leasing Center is automatically relayed to FaceBook and Twitter. The personal feel of Retreat at City Center is being felt across the country and around the world.

With the 365 Resident Services Portal, the Retreat at City Center staff has given its residents the ability to interact digitally with the management team, find and locate community resources and access community, educational and self-improvement content. These hard working neighbors can now send service requests, reserve property amenities, set up their utilities and perform a host of tasks without a time-consuming trip to the leasing office. The residents now have more leisure time to take advantage of the all of the valuable educational and self-improvement videos available on 365 Connect’s LearnTV, or just be entertained.

Retreat at City Center is managed by Riverstone Residential Group, which is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The selection of 365 Leasing Center and 365 Resident Services Portal marks Riverstone's first foray into advanced multifamily online marketing and interactive resident retention through community services built on a single platform.

About 365 Connect, LLC: Headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, 365 Connect was founded in 2003 by a team of multifamily housing professionals with wide-ranging expertise in real estate development, management and technology. 365 Connect provides web-based technology solutions to the multifamily industry, with a focus on resident and management interaction and doing business in the digital world. Today, 365 Connect is rapidly becoming a leader in web-based multifamily technology platforms with an array of products ranging from online leasing centers and interactive resident platforms to MultifamilyBiz.com, a leading B2B industry portal. More information on 365 Connect businesses and services is available on the Web at: www.365connect.com

About Retreat at City Center: Retreat at City Center is a 225-unit garden apartment community located in Aurora, Colorado. It features spacious one, two and three bedroom apartment units ranging from 647 to 1,351 square feet, all in close proximity to shopping, restaurants, recreation and services. Residents enjoy such amenities as a billiards room, fitness center, controlled access parking, video library and resort style swimming pool. For more information visit: www.RetreatAtCityCenterApts.com

About Riverstone Residential Group: Riverstone Residential Group, a subsidiary of CAS Partners, is one of the largest privately owned third party residential management companies in the United States. Focused exclusively on the delivery of unparalleled property management services including media and marketing services, capital improvement management services, utility management services, resident screening and collection services, and purchasing services, the company manages a portfolio of assets valued at more than $15 billion for leading institutions, pension funds, developers and other major owners. Located in metropolitan markets across the nation, the more than 700 managed properties include high-rise, mid-rise, and garden-style communities in both conventional and affordable assets. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. For additional information, visit www.RiverstoneRes.com