Robust Commercial Real Estate Software Application: RE3W, Commercial Portal

Client: RE3W, a real estate Internet company
Industry: Real Estate Transaction Software

RE3W application was showcased at the Microsoft Corporations’ Windows Live and Office Live Offering Event in San Francisco in 2005, and has been highly recognized by Bill Gates and Ray Ozzi.

Business Challenge

RE3W’s research showed that the key to closing a deal in commercial real estate is obtaining ownership information and establishing communication with principle players. Having an in-depth knowledge of the tedious transaction process and a clear business vision of its technology solution, RE3W wanted to create an online utility that would be available to all commercial real estate industry participants and service providers around the globe. The main goals RE3W wanted to achieve were:

• To develop unprecedented, easy-to-use online application that would streamline the transaction process and create a more liquid marketplace
• To become the leading innovator in increasing efficiency and cutting costs for all industry participants and service providers around the globe
• To define an industry-wide standardized process, and give any professional the ability to obtain information and to collaborate in a way never before possible in the commercial real estate arena.

Value Delivered

RE3W turned to SoftServe to develop the new application.

RE3W, Inc. chose to partner with SoftServe at the very beginning of RE3W application development effort. Being a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, SoftServe recommended building RE3W application on Microsoft .NET platform and tools.

RE3W is an integrated single source real estate application that simplifies and accelerated the time-critical transaction process, consisting of identifying prospects, qualifying opportunities and closing transactions, enabling customers to see properties they want to investigate and manage. It incorporates proprietary search, store and share technology that seamlessly integrates with Microsoft business applications and Web services.

This robust and services- rich application was the first to integrate Bird’s Eye feature, a 45 degree oblique aerial image form Windows Live Local (Powered by MSN Virtual Earth™) and tax assessors parcel maps delivered via web data services from the First American Corporation. Commercial property searches can be done on any computer or tablet PC.

Technology

Technologies deployed include: MS.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, C#, MS SQL Server, MS Outlook, MS Word, MS CRM, MS GreatPlains, MapQuest