We have blogged and posted in the past of our initiatives to eliminate keys from our buildings in favor of new technologies that provide better security, consistent with our Safe. Clean. Quality. Connected. ™ strategy. Keys can be lost, stolen, and replicated, leaving access compromised unless a lock mechanism is replaced or rekeyed. Meanwhile, new and exciting technologies are increasingly available for secure, restricted-access common area entrances, as well as for apartme

Access control technology, which makes buildings and homes of all kinds safer, has been evolving in recent years. We have been eager to eliminate fobs, keys and community PINs from our buildings as the technology has been evolving and improving. Recently we completed the installation of an Openpath access control system in some of our apartment buildings. Openpath is a contactless, keyless, phone-activated system that enables building access for our residents and their guests