Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
S2 Ep. 9 Proptech Pioneers Unlocking Smart Apartments with Homebase Quext
This episode of Solving For Multifamily focuses on Homebase Quext (Homebase.ai), a company founded by Blake Miller that offers a managed Wi-Fi solution for apartment buildings, providing each unit with a private, secure internet connection that residents can access and pay for through a mobile app. Homebase Quext formed after Blake's experience with a public-private partnership to deploy a large-scale public Wi-Fi and smart city project in Kansas City, where he saw the need for smart devices in apartment buildings.
More key highlights from this episode include how Blake got his start in the Proptech industry and the objectives of Homebase Quext, how Proptech can enable operational efficiencies for onsite management teams, the challenges and considerations around retrofitting existing properties with Proptech and more.