Renting a parking space is one way to avoid having to search for a new one every time. But not only is this often a very expensive solution, but such spaces are extremely hard to come by. Yespark, a French PropTech company, has set out to solve this problem. The young entrepreneurs want to tap unused potential: the Yespark app indicates where free spaces are available – not in public multi-storey car parks, which are frequently full to bursting and expensive to boot, but on privately owned land. Housing companies can authorise Yespark to rent out their unused parking spaces to frustrated parkers. The only condition is that a space must be rented for at least one month.

Multi-way communication
This is where Aareon France comes in. The company has concluded a cooperation agreement with Yespark and is collaborating with Groupe Valophis as a pilot customer on a solution to link the Yespark app with the digital ecosystem Aareon Smart World as efficiently as possible. Ideally, the ERP solution would then be able to exchange data automatically with the Yespark app. Tests are being conducted to determine how to achieve the greatest benefit for all participants. Groupe Valophis is an innovative housing company that set out to tackle the digital transformation process at an early stage: it has used the Aareon France tenant app for well over two years. Aareon France is also conducting an ongoing dialogue with its cooperation partner Yespark. “Aareon is a preferred IT partner of the housing companies with which we cooperate. It is important that we know and understand the Aareon solutions and adapt our app accordingly. The collaboration is extremely profitable for us,” says founder Thibaut Chary.

Gauging potential
22 customers of Aareon France already use Yespark. “We are currently assessing our customers’ interest in integrating the Yespark solution in Aareon Smart World. If the offering finds favour, the solution should be made available not just in France, but in all other relevant national markets of the Aareon Group in the long term,” says Yves Le Meur, CEO Aareon France – adding that, since these national markets are highly specific, the demand for this service must be gauged in advance for each individual country.