The Wyatt FOCO Becomes First Fully Connected Community Powered by Xfinity Communities Smart Home Automation Solution

Xfinity Communities today announced that The Wyatt FOCO is the first smart, connected community in Colorado to offer residents and WestCorp Management Group the ability to control their home automation devices from a mobile app. Xfinity Communities offers a smart home platform for residents and property managers that brings home automation into the multifamily market.

Smart home technologies ease the life of the property manager and residents, while helping to reduce overall costs. Smart locks eliminate rekeying costs, which can be upwards of $50 per unit, if residents lose a key or are locked out; while smart thermostats and lighting present energy cost saving opportunities for residents and managers. Additionally, water leak detectors are one of the most important devices to implement, given the exorbitant damage costs of water leaks, plus the ensuing disruption and frustration to residents during remediation.

“Xfinity Communities continues to push the innovation boundaries with its commitment to providing smart community and home solutions that benefit both the resident and property manager,” said Adrian Adriano VP of Strategic Business Initiatives at Xfinity Communities. “In addition to lights, locks and thermostat controls, we found that leak detection is the most sought-after smart home monitoring solution. Moving forward, we plan to connect even more smart home devices to our app for Xfinity Communities properties across the country.”

At The Wyatt FOCO, a new 12-building smart community, offering 368 luxury units to individuals and families in the Fort Collins area, the app from Xfinity Communities is part of the comprehensive resident amenity package, providing these top smart home technologies. The Wyatt FOCO is the first property to utilize the full smart, connected living experience of thermostats, lighting, locks and leak detectors from Xfinity Communities. Earlier this year, Xfinity Communities previously launched more limited packages of smart home devices at several properties in Chicago with great success.

“The platform from Xfinity Communities simplifies our daily property management tasks as we no longer need to manually visit each vacant unit to ensure the temperature is set correctly or to double check that the faucet is not dripping,” said Estefania Amaya of WestCorp, the property management company for The Wyatt FOCO. “Rather, we can remotely control these items – for both individual units and the common areas – from our office. This allows us to have more time to interact with residents and focus on our business management tasks.”