Case Study: Hillwood Development Company achieves mobile access and enhanced resident convenience with dormakaba Saffire LX Series

Hillwood Adds Mobile Access to Tacara Village

Hillwood Development Company of Fort Worth, Texas, needed modern, convenient smart‑home amenities at its 322‑unit Tacara Village so residents could use mobile devices for entry and remote guest access. To meet that need Hillwood partnered with dormakaba, deploying dormakaba’s Saffire LX Series electronic locks (BLE/RFID) integrated with the Dwelo smart‑home platform.

dormakaba integrated Saffire LX Series locks with Dwelo and manages access via its web‑based Community software (with BlueSky app compatibility), providing RFID credentials and Bluetooth mobile keys for touch‑free access across units and common areas. The implementation delivered one‑day staff training, streamlined maintenance workflows, reliable remote unlocks for residents, and—per Hillwood—lowered management costs with the potential to increase net operating income by about 2% while significantly improving the resident experience.

Hillwood Development Company

Chris Price

Senior Development Manager