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The Levels of Property Autonomy

Which level is your portfolio?

A six-stage framework for how buildings run, from issues that surface only when a tenant complains to a portfolio that self-optimizes against your business objectives. Most commercial real estate organizations sit between Level 0 and Level 1 today. HqO delivers Level 3.

The ladder

  1. L0

    Manual

    Issues surface only when a tenant complains.

    Most CRE orgs today
  2. L1

    Monitored

    Dashboards and alerts. People interpret every signal.

    Most CRE orgs today
  3. L2

    Assisted

    The system recommends. A person executes.

  4. L3

    Conditional autonomy

    REX runs routine actions inside your guardrails. People approve, supervise and can override.

    HqO today
  5. L4

    High autonomy

    Whole domains run end to end. People set policy.

  6. L5

    Full autonomy

    The portfolio self-optimizes against business objectives. People set strategy.

    The destination

Why we publish it

Autonomous, and still under your direction.

"Autonomous" is an easy word to overclaim. We'd rather show exactly where HqO is today, and where the industry is going. At Level 3, REX proposes and executes routine work only after approval, so your properties run more autonomously without your team ceding control.

Find out which level your portfolio is at.

A few questions about how your buildings run today, and a clear picture of what the next level would take.

Start the assessment

Choose the answer that sounds most like your portfolio today.

  1. 01How do problems in your buildings come to light?
  2. 02What happens when a tenant sends a service request?
  3. 03How do you know a tenant might not renew?
  4. 04How do you get reports and answers about the portfolio?
  5. 05How is maintenance on building equipment run?
  6. 06Where does your team spend most of its time?