YP Mixer a Success
The BOMA Oakland/East Bay Young Professionals Group (THE YP) mixed and mingled it up at Caffe Verbena in Downtown Oakland on March 20th, and had over 39 members in attendance! THE YP was created for those members with 0 to 8 years of experience in the Commercial Real Estate Industry. View photos in our gallery

A big thanks goes out to our sponsors for the evening: ABLE Services, ABM Janitorial Services, Acker & Guerrero Roof, Peacock Construction, and Township Building Services.

ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES
October 2, 2007

Advertising opportunities are now available in BOMA Oakland/East Bay's 2008-2009 Membership Directory and the 2008 edition of Developments. As an advertiser, you are able to target building owners, property managers, developers, corporate facility managers, leasing professionals, service providers and suppliers across the area. Both resources are used extensively throughout the year by our members to stay informed of association information and as comprehensive buyers' guides for the products and services they use most often.

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CPUC Approves Historic Reduction in Energy Rates for Commercial Buildings and Embraces Use of Energy Saving Commercial Submetering

By BOMACAL, September 20, 2007 ...Read Story

Commercial Tenants Get Powerful Incentive to Reduce use of Juice
By David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writer - September 7, 2007

California energy regulators decided Thursday to let commercial building owners charge their tenants for the amount of electricity each uses, a seemingly small change that could save the state a lot of power... Read Story

BOMA CAL SPONSORED BILL SIGNED INTO LAW
July 13, 2007

I am pleased to let you know that one of the bills sponsored by BOMA California this year was signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger yesterday. The bill, AB 542, dedicates a spot on the State Historical Building Safety Advisory Board to commercial real estate as chosen by the BOMA California Board of Directors. It is extremely rare for a private entity to be named in statute and even more rare that such authority is bestowed!

This law gives the commercial real estate industry an appointment to the State Historical Building Safety Advisory Board, which advises the State Architect on regulatory issues related to historical buildings and resolves issues when codes and regulations conflict. The 21 member board is composed of representatives of state agencies and public and professional building design, construction, and preservation organizations experienced in dealing with historic buildings, but up until now, has not had a representative from industry. The board members are self-selected and our industry representative will be chosen by the governing board of the Building Owners and Managers Association of California.

Just another benefit of BOMA Membership! For more information about BOMA CAL and other pending legislative issues that impact our industry, please visit their website at www.bomacal.org!

Developments Magazine - December 2006

Want to know the facts about our recent local TOBY Winners?  What has BOMA saved for you lately?  Or find out about upcoming BOMI Courses?  The perfect source for this and more is located in our Developments Magazine.

2006 TOBY Awards

Now in it’s 20th year, the Office Building of the Year (TOBY) award is the most prestigious and comprehensive program of its kind, recognizing quality in office buildings and awarding excellence in office building management.  Buildings are judged in a variety of Building Standards:

• Community Involvement
• Tenant Relations
• Environmental and Regulatory Compliance and Programs
• Energy Management Systems and Procedures,
• And much more…

There are 13 categories available to enter in and three levels of judging.  The first level of judging is the local competition.  If an entrant is successful at the local level, they may move onto the Regional Competition (this year’s competition will be held at the BOMA Intl. Winter Business Meeting in January 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada).  At this level of competition, local winners compete against other local winners from the region.  If any of our entries are successful from BOMA Oakland/East Bay, they then move onto International Competition (this year being held in New York City in July 2007 in conjunction with the The BOMA Congress and the Office Building Show). 

On November 9, 2006 our local BOMA had its TOBY Luncheon and two entrants entered in two separate categories:

100,000-249,999 Sq. Ft. Category: Metroplex Office Centre Concord, California Managed by Sierra Pacific Properties Rebecca Rogers, Property Manager See Metroplex staff photo	250,000 – 499,999 Sq. Ft. Category: 1901 Harrison Oakland, California Managed by Brandywine Realty Trust Nola Montgomery, Senior Property Manager See Harrison staff photo

Even though the categories mentioned have no local competition, each entrant must still receive over 70% to move onto the Regional Competition.

BOMA Oakland/East Bay would like to thank this year’s judges:

• Marilyn Banks, Crosspoint Realty Services
• Myra Wright, CB Richard Ellis
• Lynn Linhares, Kennedy Wilson
• Tod McKelvy, Berding & Weil, LLP
• Thomas McSweeney, Kennedy Wilson

Metroplex Office Centre wishes to thank its BOMA Primary Vendors:

• Universal Protection Services
• Stuart Dean
• KONE Elevators
• ABLE Engineering
• Building Service Maintenance (BSM)
• Perfection Sweeping

1901 Harrison wishes to thank its BOMA Primary Vendors:

• Otis Elevators
• ABLE Building Maintenance
• August Supply

Congratulations to both our winners and we look forward to their advancement and victory at the Regional Competition in January 2007.