Kastle Partners With Bilt to Turn Office Access Into Rewards
Kastle becomes Bilt's first commercial real estate partner, linking building access control to employee loyalty rewards through Bilt's Neighborhood OS.
Kastle, a managed security and access control provider for commercial real estate, has entered a partnership with Bilt Rewards, becoming the company's first commercial real estate partner. The alliance connects Kastle's office access infrastructure to Bilt's Neighborhood OS platform, enabling building owners and employers to bundle physical building entry with loyalty-style rewards for workers.
Through the integration, tenants and employees gain access to neighborhood awards alongside standard workplace services and amenities. The arrangement positions routine office access — swiping into a building or workspace — as a tangible employee benefit rather than a purely functional security measure, reflecting a broader industry push to make returning to the office more attractive.
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The deal signals growing convergence between proptech, workplace experience platforms, and loyalty programs. Commercial real estate operators have faced sustained pressure since the pandemic to justify office space costs and incentivize in-person attendance. Embedding rewards directly into building access systems represents one approach landlords and employers are testing to drive occupancy and worker engagement simultaneously.
Kastle, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, manages security systems across a large portfolio of commercial properties nationwide. Bilt's Neighborhood OS is designed to connect residents and workers to their surrounding neighborhoods through a unified rewards and services layer, and the Kastle integration extends that model into the workplace access category for the first time.
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