July 25, 2003—The commercial real estate industry honored 14 North American commercial properties with The Earth Award and The Office Building of the Year (TOBY) Award at the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International Annual Conference and The Office Building Show held recently in San Francisco, California.
The Earth Award recognizes the most environmentally friendly building in North America. The TOBY winners were recognized for excellence in office building management and operations in specific categories of building size or type. Competition was fierce at the international competition level, with a total of 69 entries in 14 categories.
To win the international award, the office buildings first won both local and regional competitions. Judging was based on community impact, tenant/employee relations programs, energy management systems, accessibility for disabled people, emergency evacuation procedures, building personnel training programs and overall quality indicators. A team of expert industry professionals also conducted a comprehensive building inspection.
The winner of the 2002-2003 Earth Award is:
- 3200 Wildwood Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia. The entry was submitted by building manager Janine S. Powell from the property management company Cousins Properties, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia. The building is owned by Wildwood Associates and was designed by internationally renowned modern architect I.M. Pei of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners in New York.
The winners of the 2002-2003 TOBY Awards in the 13 categories are:
- In the renovated building category, the winner is 230 Peachtree in Atlanta, Georgia. The entry was submitted by building manager Timothy S. Harrison, RPA, FMA, of property management company Parmenter Realty Partners in Atlanta, Georgia. The building is owned by 230 Peachtree LLC, and was designed by John Portman of Portman and Edwards Architects.
- In the historical building category, the winner is the Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles, California. The entry was submitted by Jon Kirk Mukri, general manager, and David Paschal, assistant general manager, from the Department of General Services, the property managers. The building is owned by the City of Los Angeles, and the architect was Austin, Martin and Parkinson.
- In the corporate facility category, the winner is Millennium Plaza in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The building is owned and managed by Equity Office Properties Trust in Greenwood Village, Colorado, and the entry was submitted by senior property manager Gayle Erickson-Ash. The architect was Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
- In the medical office building category, the winner is Integrated Medical Plaza of Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona. The entry was submitted by property manager Patty Hartley, from property management company Healthcare Realty Services of Scottsdale, Arizona. The building is owned by HR Acquisition 1 Corporation, and the architect was The Gould Turner Group.
- In the government building category, the winner is Howard H. Baker, Jr., United States Courthouse in Knoxville, Tennessee. The building is owned and managed by United States General Services Administration in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the entry was submitted by building manager Dennis Gentry. The architect was Hansen, Lind, and Myers of Orlando, Florida.
- In the suburban office park, low-rise category, the winner is Waterside Commons in Irving, Texas. The entry was submitted by senior property manager Julie Carey, RPA, CPM, from property management company Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership of Irving, Texas. The office park is owned by Crescent Real Estate Funding 1, LP, and the architect was Staffelbach Design Associates.
- In the suburban office park, mid-rise category, the winner is Summit Office Park in Fort Worth, Texas. The entry was submitted by Carmen Snyder, RPA, senior property manager, and Erin Heath, RPA, property manager, from Equity Office Management, LLC, in Fort Worth, Texas. The office park is owned by Texas-Fort Worth Summit Limited Partnership in Chicago, Illinois, and the architect was Albert S. Komatsu & Associates of Fort Worth, Texas.
- In the industrial office park category, the winner is TransDulles Centre in Sterling, Virginia. The entry was submitted by Matt Pierce, property manager from The Mark Winkler Company in Sterling, Virginia. The office park is owned by Winkler Southern Towers, LP, and the architect was P.D. Gravett and Architecture Inc.
- In the buildings under 100,000 square foot category, the winner is The
Atrium at Northcreek in Richardson, Texas.
- In the 100,000 to 249,999 square foot category, the winner is the Brookstone Building in Phoenix, Arizona.
- In the 250,000 to 499,999 square foot category, the winner is Three Memorial City Plaza in Houston, Texas.
- In the 500,000 to 1 million square foot category, the winner is Oakbrook
Terrace Tower in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.
- In the over one million square foot category, the winner is Wells Fargo Center in Denver, Colorado.
The TOBY and Earth Awards are sponsored by Barton Protective Services Inc., and are presented at BOMA International’s Annual Conference and The Office Building Show.
For more information, contact BOMA.
