If someone close to your household has bed bugs, helping them solve the problem may be one of the best ways to protect your own home. When it comes to bed bugs, none of us really lives on an island. You can have a spotless apartment, a great building manager and a terrific pest-control program.
One of the biggest misconceptions about bed bugs is that they’re a sign of a dirty home. They’re not. Bed bugs don’t care if your house is spotless. They don’t care if you stayed at a five-star hotel. They don’t care if your kid’s dorm room is brand new. They don’t care how often you
And hopefully no bed bugs running through your bed. The Police sang about Too Much Information long before anyone could fall down an internet rabbit hole at 2 a.m. But if you’ve ever searched “Do I have bed bugs?” online, you know the feeling. Suddenly there’s too much information running through your head — and
New York City restaurants may soon get something many have wanted: year-round roadway outdoor dining. On August 13, the New York City Council approved legislation allowing restaurants to operate roadway dining throughout the year and to winterize outdoor dining areas. For an industry facing high costs and difficult operating conditions, that is welcome news. But
New York City restaurants have enough to worry about. Food costs. Labor. Rent. Deliveries. Customer reviews. Competition. Changing regulations. A mouse, cockroach or fly problem should not be added to that list. Yet recent New York City restaurant inspection records provide another reminder that pest problems are not simply unpleasant. They can become food-safety violations,
Yesterday we wrote about how destination restaurants are becoming part of the identity and leasing strategy of New York’s best office buildings. That creates opportunity. It also creates a management challenge. Once a restaurant is part of the building experience, pest control can no longer be treated as something that happens only inside the restaurant.
For years, the retail strategy at many New York office buildings was fairly straightforward: find a financially strong tenant, sign a long-term lease and collect the rent. A bank branch or national retailer could be a terrific credit tenant, even if nobody working upstairs viewed it as much of an amenity. That's changing. In a
📍 I just got back from the 2026 National Pest Management Association's (NPMA) Eastern Conference in Atlantic City. A good chance to go back to basics on tactics and learn new things At Bell Environmental, we invest in real education that matters: keeping skills sharp, maintaining recertification credits, and staying ahead of what impacts our
36 Miles to the Client, a Clean Desk, and the Cost of Inertia 🚗☕🕶️ “It’s 36 miles to the client. We’ve got a full tank of gas. Half a cup of coffee. It’s dark. And yes… I’m wearing sunglasses.” 😎 We are not on a mission from God like Jake and Elwood in The Blues
Why Property Managers Must Oversee Building-Wide Pest Control A Very Public Rodent Incident From A NYC Restaurant Shows The Risks Buildings Face Too. The recent Chipotle rodent incident, (NYC Chipotle customer allegedly 'bit into a rodent' inside burrito bowl: lawsuit | New York Post) regardless of disputed details, demonstrates something property managers already know: When
