Boston, MA On Thursday, November 16, BOMA Boston held their Annual TOBY & Industry Awards Dinner at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. Over 600 members and guests gathered to celebrate industry excellence at BOMA Boston’s single largest gathering of the year. Buildings that won local TOBY awards will move onto the Middle-Atlantic Conference (MAC) Regional Competition, which will be held in Buffalo, NY in May, 2018. Winners from the MAC will move onto the International Competition at the 2017 BOMA Annual Conference & Expo in San Antonio, TX in June, 2018. This year’s local TOBY & Industry Award winners are listed below: 

Executive of the Year: John Durnan, BOMA Boston board of directors 

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Jack Spurr, A.W. Perry, Inc.

BOMA International Regional Member of the Year Award Recipient: Mike Gill, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2016 BOMA Boston president 

2017 BOMA Boston 

Industry Award Winners

• Amy Benoit, 24 Restore, Affiliate Member of the Year

• ACP Facility Services, Affiliate Company of the Year

• Sean Hanson, CBRE | New England, Engineer of the Year

•Cynthia Taylor, CBRE | New England, Property Manager of the Year: Low-Rise

• Matt Callahan, Transwestern, Property Manager of the Year: Mid-Rise

• Clayton Wentworth, CBRE | New England, Property Manager of the Year: High-Rise

• Nicole Townsend, CBRE | New England, Property Manager of the Year: Suburban

The Outstanding Building 

of the Year (TOBY) Winners:

• Corporate Facility: New Balance World Headquarters, Transwestern

• Earth Building: 101 Seaport Blvd., CBRE | New England.

• Historical Building: 160 Federal St., Rockhill Management.

• Medical Office Building: 800 Huntington Ave., CBRE | New England.

• Mixed-Use Building: Rowes Wharf, JLL

• Public Assembly Building: Warrior Ice Arena, Transwestern.

• Renovated Building: Riverfront Office Park, CBRE | New England

• Retail Building: Riverway Plaza, CBRE | New England.

• Suburban Office Park Low-Rise: Westborough Executive Park, Transwestern.

• Suburban Office Park Mid-Rise: Fifth Avenue @ City Point, CBRE | New England.

• 100,000 - 249,999 s/f: 38 Chauncy St., Synergy Investments

• 250,000 - 499,999 s/f: 25 Mall Rd., CBRE | New England.

• 500,000 - 1 Million s/f: One Boston Place, CBRE | New England

• Over 1 Million SF: 53 State St., Lincoln Property Company.

On December 5, BOMA Boston will host a Roundtable focused on Commercial Real Estate Career Transitions. The luncheon will take place at 100 High St. from 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Larry Lenrow, The Davis Companies, will share his insights and characteristics of various industry roles and how your skills can be transferable to help you obtain jobs in property management, brokerage, construction, and engineering, to name a few.

Come celebrate the year with BOMA Boston on December 7 at Central Wharf Co., at the annual Holiday Happy Hour! Network with friends, colleagues, and BOMA Boston board of directors members in a festive setting. BOMA Boston will be hosting a gift card drive, benefitting the BOMA Boston Charitable Partner – Bridge Over Troubled Waters. Bridge Over Troubled Waters is the city’s premier organization dedicated to transforming the lives of runaway, homeless, and high-risk youth through safe, supportive, and encouraging relationships and services that guide them towards self-sufficiency. 

Interested in getting your RPA or FMA Designation? BOMA Boston’s 2018 BOMI course calendar is now available! Visit www.bomaboston.org to see all of our course offerings for next year.

For more information or to register for upcoming events, please visit www.bomaboston.org.

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