Case Study: Santa Anna Apartment Homes
Modern apartment complex offers convenient, secure access to residents.
The Customer
Santa Anna Apartment Homes is a community located in Weslaco, TX, in the Rio Grande Valley. The modern apartment complex offers residents, who are largely 30 to 40-year-old professionals, a sparkling swimming pool with sun decks, a state-of-the art fitness center and a private club house, among many other upscale amenities.
When the complex was built in the fall of 2015, owner Manuel Chapa was looking for an access control system that would be convenient for both residents and management to use and that would protect the apartment community’s common areas.
The Challenge
For Manuel, who also owns General Garage Door Services and several warehouses in Weslaco, this was the first time he needed a convenient, secure access control solution for both property managers and users. He explains, “At my warehouses, there is no need for access control. At the new apartment complex, though, I needed to make sure that only the people who were supposed to be in the pool area, club house and gym could get into them and only when they were supposed to be there.”
“I selected Entegrity Smart because of the convenience it offers my residents and management.”
Manuel Chapa
The Solution
Manuel briefly considered a traditional fob-based access control system but was not happy with the ability of residents to lend fobs to others or the administration involved, plus he noted that the option was considerably more expensive than Entegrity Smart’s smartphone-based solution.
He decided to install door/gate controllers in four areas of the complex: the gate to the pool, and entrances to the restrooms, the clubhouse and the fitness center. He comments, “Much of the reason I selected Entegrity Smart was because of the convenience it offers my residents and management, but I also liked the idea that people don’t share their phones, so I know the areas are only being accessed by the people who have permission. I also liked the fact that I can easily see who’s accessed each of the areas should an issue arise.”
Manuel is so pleased with the solution that he has recommended that Entegrity Smart’s solution be installed at a nearby 24-hour Eucharistic Adoration Chapel that is part of his parish. Currently Santa Anna Apartment Homes has nearly 300 users, including residents and management.