Q3 2019
BOMA Members Enhance Their Skills & Networks at International Conference Where do commercial real estate 2,223 hours a year. “People are spendpros go to get updates on industry ing time in buildings where your decidevelopments, learn about products sions matter...how you use technology, and services that improve building configure spaces and other decisions performance, and network with their have a reverberating effect.” peers? The CRE professionals annual BOMA are making decisions International in an era with much Conference & uncertainty—political, Expo. This year’s climate, tech and ecoevent in Salt nomic. “Deep uncerLake City offered tainty warrants deep ample ways questions,” Webb said. for members to “While we can’t predict gain knowledge the future, we can make to take back to connections to reduce their teams and uncertainty and make to strengthen smarter decisions.” Presentation from the House of Wonderful their networks. Disruptive market and BOMA Fellow Peter Merrett challenged From the forces can also present attendees to be superheros in their jobs. opening keynote new opportunities in on “The Real Future of Commercial CRE, such as monetizing empty space Real Estate” by futurist Amy Webb by creating new mixed-use spaces to to the final general session entitled grow, live, work and shop. Or drone “Release the Wonder of Commercial delivery zones may present a commerReal Estate: Lessons from Disney U and cial property opportunity. The House of Wonderful,” numerous Webb suggested that attendees insightful presentations encouraged “make connections to trends that are attendees to take a fresh look at their adjacent to commercial real estate.” current and future operations. While it’s hard to evaluate “trend vs. Also on the final day, BOMA trendy,” she noted that tech trends are International President and COO Henry driven by basic human needs, persist Chamberlain lent his perspective with over long periods of time and evolve. In an annual state of the industry report. decision-making for your organization, don’t look beyond the next few years, Disruption Leads to Opportunities as variables could shift. “Think about BOMA members “have an enorthe actions you can take along the way. mous impact on people’s everyday The future is built incrementally.” lives,” Webb observed in her keynote address. Americans work an average of (Continued on page 8)
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Left: Kim Davis, Allied Universal, at the BOMA International Expo. More photos on page 15.