Recently tenants at both 165 and 195 Barrington Avenue apartment buildings became aware of changes to the security system implemented by Ranee Management. Effective the end of May the security guard services will cease. Instead, tenants will have to rely entirely on the electronic surveillance system that was installed. The installation of the security system is reputed to have cost approximately $50,000 per building. We need to look carefully at how that stacks up in the long term against the annual salary of $20,000 – $25,000 for security guards monitoring apartment buildings. Any savings should be passed on to tenants in the (more…)
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Safety and Security in Apartment buildings
Posted in Apartment Issues, Apartment Safety, Apartment Security, Burglary, Compensation, Door locks, Ranee Management, Robbery, Safety, Safety and Security, Security, Security Camera, Security guards, tagged 165 Barrington Ave, Burglary, Door locks, Ranee Management, Robbery, Safety, Security, Security guards on July 30, 2009| 9 Comments »
Recently we were notified that on Tuesday July 28, 2009, several tenants at 165 Barrington Avenue (Ranee Management) were victimized by an obviously well-planned and executed burglary that occurred during the daytime hours.
The notification received from the concerned tenants indicated that “the criminal(s) stole items to make quick sales. Items stolen included personal items such as jewellery, heirlooms, laptop computers, digital cameras, (more…)
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