Boston, MA On Tuesday, November 15, BOMA Boston held their Annual TOBY & Industry Awards Dinner at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. Over 500 members and non-members 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 Hershey, Penn. in April. Winners from the MAC will move onto the International competition at the 2017 BOMA Annual Conference & Expo in Nashville, in June. This year’s local TOBY & Industry Award winners are listed below:

• Executive of the Year: Greg Brown, vice president, property management, Hines.

2016 BOMA Boston Executive of The Year Award Recipient, Greg Brown, Hines.

2016 BOMA Boston Industry Award Winners • Ursula Guthrie, KONE, Inc., Affiliate Member of the Year;

• Siemens Building Technologies, Affiliate Company of the Year;

• Michael Fitzgerald, Boston Properties, Executive Engineer of the Year;

• Daniel Fitzgerald, Able Engineering Services, Engineer of the Year;

• Maureen Ayers, CBRE | New England, Property Manager of the Year: Low Rise;

• Amy Forman, CBRE | New England, Property Manager of the Year: Mid Rise;

• Jennifer Twombly, CBRE | New England, Property Manager of the Year: High Rise; and

• Jill Lazzeri, Equity Industrial Partners Corp., Property Manager of the Year: Suburban.

The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Winners • Corporate Facility: 100 Hancock St., Synergy Investments;

Shown (from left) are: 2016 BOMA Boston Engineer of The Year Award Recipient, Michael Fitzgerald, Boston Properties and 2016 BOMA Boston president, Michael Gill, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

• Earth: 100 Federal St., Boston Properties;

• Historical: 501 Boylston St., CBRE | New England;

• Renovated: 177 Huntington Ave., CBRE | New England;

• Retail: 350 Washington St., CBRE | New England;

•Laboratory: 200 Cambridge Park Dr., Lincoln Property Company;

• 100,000 - 249,999 s/f: 294 Washington St., Synergy Investments;

•250,000 - 499,999 s/f: ONE Marina Park Dr., CBRE | New England;

•500,000 - 1 Million s/f: 10 St. James Ave., CBRE | New England;

• Over 1 Million s/f: 100 Summer St., Equity Office Properties;

On Thursday, December 1, BOMA Boston will host a roundtable – Insights From Industry Leaders. The luncheon will take place at 100 High St. from 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Larry Lenrow, The Davis Companies, will facilitate a conversation with industry leaders, all long time members of BOMA Boston, on how they grew their careers, how they used professional organizations to advance, and practical advice on professional development. Featured on the panel: Erika Clarke, Novaya Real Estate Ventures; Mike Gill, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston & 2016 BOMA Boston president; Jonathan Peck, C&W Services, and Steve Wessling, Wessling Architects. 

Come celebrate the year with BOMA Boston on Thursday, December 8 at Central Wharf Co., at the annual Holiday Happy Hour! Network with friends, colleagues, and BOMA board members in a festive setting. BOMA Boston will be hosting a toy and book drive, benefitting Cradles to Crayons. Gift cards and monetary donations will be accepted. We hope to see you there!

Interested in getting your RPA or FMA designation? BOMA Boston’s 2017 BOMI course calendar is now available! Visit www.bomaboston.org to see all of our course offerings for next year.

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