Your tenants enjoy online shopping. Well, most people do these days.
As the owner of a multifamily community, chances are you’ve seen it before: piles of boxes in the leasing office. 50-pound bags of dog food blocking the concierge’s desk. Smaller, book-sized packages littered across the lobby floor. More often than not there’s no system, just items scattered about.
Without a system, you’re likely dealing with (and presenting your tenants with) a state of disorganized chaos—chaos residents are forced to sift through in order to retrieve their goods. Why not make their lives a little easier? Enter stage right: package lockers.
Intuitive Tech
Package Lockers, particularly smart ones, use Internet of Things (IoT) technology, sending tenants alerts via text or email throughout the delivery process. Residents will then receive a code they can use when their packages have been delivered. The tech works pretty seamlessly and brings multifamily residents, owners, and managers peace of mind, both in the security of their packages and the timing.
Safety and Security
Of course people should trust their neighbors. Without package lockers, however, it’s far too easy for tenants to grab the wrong box, accidentally or otherwise. In today’s always-online world, tenants are having packages delivered to them more often than ever, and the value people place in their packages security is at an all time high.
While in the past, secured lockers would have been seen as a nice-to-have, systems like this today will be seen as much more of a true, impressive service amenity.
Multidimensional Options
Communities can set up their package locker banks with a range of storage dimensions. Speaking of dimensions, self-service package lockers are inherently flexible. The right retrieval system can be programmed to accommodate several deliveries from different carriers. There are even refrigerated options available for groceries and other perishable items.
Still not sold and need some more hard numbers? UPS revealed an almost 29% spike in average daily package delivery volume across the U.S. from 2008 to 2018. While not all multifamily buildings have jumped on the package locker bandwagon yet, we consider this storage solution the way of the future.
So, clear out your lobby, streamline your storage system, and add package lockers to your suite of service amenities.
