BOMA OEB Pivots to Provide Tailored Resources to Our Members Get Better Acquainted with BOMA Colleagues Our featured profiled members include: Sandra Litchy, TMG Partners; Alisa Orris, CBRE; Nick Haycock, Metcon; and Alissa Hall, Century Commercial Service. (See pages 8-10.)
Members Making Moves Member news about Lucinda Alipio, KGIP; Rafael Madrigal, Kastle Systems; Warren Mead, Paramount Property Company; Nicole Price, Cushman & Wakefield; Malcolm Stanley, BluSky Restoration; and Luz Zepeda, McMillan Electric. (See page 13.)
Next TOBY Awards Don’t delay! Now is the time to register your building for the TOBY Awards and start crafting your team’s submittal. (See page 14.)
Events Go Virtual We’ve put together a full schedule of virtual events, both educational and social. (See last page.)
Since the pandemic first began to The BOMA International impact commercial real estate, BOMA Conference & Expo, held virtually OEB sprung into action to provide in July, brought together experts in timely resources to our members. healthy buildings, business continui“Disseminating ty, cleaning accurate up-toprotocols, date informasecurity and tion that was more. With tailored to the theme our industry “The Reboot and our own Starts Now,” local market the conference was essential,” delved into says Executive how commerDirector cial real estate Julie Taylor. is pivoting BOMA members Zoom in for a virtual wine-tasting. “Our memduring the bers turned to us for advice on keeping pandemic. As BOMA International their teams and tenants safe and their President Henry Chamberlain noted: buildings operating efficiently. We also “This amazing reboot really spurs mixed in some social diversions to keep innovation in what will be a stronger our spirits high and networks strong.” industry and economy.” Attendees BOMA quickly developed resources learned how CRE changes in a postthat included: a Coronavirus Resources pandemic world will focus on creating page on our website; a dedicated Slack healthier buildings so people feel safe channel; and Fireside Chat programs. returning to offices. A “Getting Back to Work” webinar Focus on Well-Being series explored topics such as: security “We knew that our members were issues, protocols for working with conjuggling everything from urgent tenant tractors, janitorial best practices, and issues to work-from-home challenges emergency resources. to childcare demands,” Taylor says. Since one of the most valuable “With that in mind, we created our aspects of being a BOMA member Wellness Wednesdays webinar series to is your network, we developed a address well-being.” Programs includdirectory of services to connect ed “Performing Under Pressure When members with expert providers. It Matter Most,” which uncovered We also drew upon the excellent steps for managing pressure so that it resources of BOMA International. becomes a competitive advantage for (See page 4 for highlights.) you and your organization. Following (Continued on page 4)