Q1 2017
BOMA Award Winners Recognized for Their Outstanding Talents Gathering at Oakland’s opulent Scottish Rite Temple on February 9, the Bay Area’s commercial real estate community celebrated the winners of the TOBY (The Outstanding Building of the Year) Awards and other honors at the 2017 BOMA Bay Area Annual Awards Gala. The event, a joint endeavor of BOMA San Francisco and BOMA Oakland/East Bay, recognizes prestigious BOMA member buildings. In addition to the TOBYs, awards were announced for the Innovative EARTH Awards and OMYs (Outstanding Members of the Year) for both BOMA San Francisco and BOMA Oakland/East Bay. The Ordway in Oakland, managed by the CIM Group, won the TOBY in the largest category (500,000–1 million square foot). Other East Bay awardees: Treat Towers in Walnut Creek won in Renovated Building the 250,000 – 499,000 square foot space, which 201 Third Street, is managed San Francisco by CBRE. Kilroy Realty RiverRock Real Estate Group won in the suburban office park/low-rise category for the Dublin Corporate Center in Dublin. On the San Francisco Best Office Building 250,000 –499,000 SF side of the Bay, Treat Towers, Walnut Creek the TOBY in the CBRE historical building category went to 140 New Montgomery, managed by Cushman & Wakefield. The rejuvenation of this Art Moderne gem honors its masterful design while also transforming the building into a technologically advanced space. CBRE was victorious in the 100,000–249,000 square foot category (500 Washington) and in the government building category (180 Howard), both in San Francisco. Kilroy Realty’s teams scored two TOBYs. 301 Brannan won in the under 100,000 square foot category, and 201 Third Street was honored in the renovated building category. “This year we had a record number of entries Historical Building for the awards, now in the third year of the joint 140 New Montgomery, effort between the two area BOMAs,” said Cortney San Francisco Shadel, who played a key role on the committee Cushman & Wakefield (Continued on page 8)