2015 Insight Issue 1

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA

ISSUE 1, 2015

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Insight: The Commercial Real Estate Journal® is published for: BOMA Georgia 5901-C Peachtree Dunwoody Road NE Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 30328 (404) 475-9980 / (404) 475-9987 – fax info@bomageorgia.org www.BOMAGeorgia.org www.BOMALegacy.org www.BOMAGeorgiaFoundation.org Managing Editor: Erin Hall ehall@bomageorgia.org 2015 BOMA GEORGIA OFFICERS President: Mark Dukes, RPA, CCIM President-Elect: Ian Hughes, LEED GA Vice President: Todd Mitchell, RPA, CCIM Treasurer: Marie Worsham, CPM, RPA Immediate Past President: Marcy Moneypenny, RPA, CPM DIRECTORS Stacy Abbate, RPA; Karen Everett, LEED GA; Kinsey Hinkson, RPA; Karlton Holston; Mike Latham, LEED AP; Paula Linck; Annette Mengert; Kevin O’Sullivan; Amanda Madrid, RPA, FMA, LEED GA; Natalie Martin; Steve Sauriol EDITORIAL BOARD Chair: Mark Harrington, RPA, LEED GA Vice Chair: Mark Gallman, SMA, SMT, LEED GA Members: Amy M. Timms, LEED GA; Tina Mershon; Robert Fuhr; Erin Hall; Lee Cope, P.E.; Vontre’Ale Terry; Matt P. Stien; Amy Davidson, LEED GA; Jeff Burrow; Adam Bonner, LEED GA; Calvin Truong; Natascha Werner; Scott Carter; Veronica Cuellar; Chris A. Bowlin, EIT; Phil Mobley; Henri Brickey; Gina Campbell; Marie Kastens, RPA,CCIM; Jack Kennedy; Bart L. Parker, LEED GA; Lorry Jensen

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On Feb. 11 at Atlanta’s Delta Flight Museum, BOMA Georgia honored the area’s top commercial buildings for their achievements in operational excellence at the annual TOBY and Association Awards Banquet, presented by 2015 Platinum Sponsor, Epic Response.

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BOMA Georgia recognized top association leaders at its annual awards banquet, held Feb. 11, 2015, at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta.

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BOMA Georgia Association Award Winners

2015 BOMA GEORGIA PRESIDENT MARK DUKES, RPA, CCIM DUKE REALTY

Why Tech Is Considering “Georgia First”

As the tech sector grows in Atlanta, it will influence more traditional office spaces. Building owners and managers would be wise to pay attention to this rapidly growing segment of corporations.

BY Sandy Smith

Remembering the Godfather of Property Management, Rutledge Beacham

The Rutledge Beacham Education and Research Fund will be a permanent endowment that recognizes the professional contributions Beacham made to the real estate industry and the personal impact he made on so many people.

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BTO Article—Engineering Solutions

Occasionally, engineers are asked to help look for solutions to more complicated problems. Sometimes large problems can become the big opportunity. This article offers a case study as an example on how engineers can be an important part of a team when problems evolve into solutions.

BY Mark Gallman, SMA, SMT, LEED GA, Highwoods Properties

Emerging Professional Spotlight: Seth Elrod, Highgrove Partners

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2015 BOMA Georgia President Mark Dukes serves as vice president of asset management and customer service in Duke Realty’s Healthcare group. He is responsible for the overall operation of a multi-site portfolio in the East and Southeast regions. His core responsibilities include all aspects of asset management, property management, client relations and customer satisfaction.

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A member of BOMA Georgia for four years, Seth Elrod has made the most of his tenure and actively supports all it has done for him. He also credits his success to skills he learned in the Navy. As a client relations manager for Highgrove Partners, he said the favorite part of the job is nurturing relationships and creating new ones.

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BY Mark Dukes Duke Realty BOMa georgia President

hen evaluating what it is we do as property professionals, doesn’t it come down to service? Sure, we have administrative tasks to tend to, as well as the overall goal of maintaining value for our owners. But what drives all of those responsibilities is striving to keep clients and tenants happy enough to make the building their work home.

And as I look at the BOMA Georgia membership that I’m lucky enough to serve this year as president, I see a diverse group of dedicated professionals who value service in the best interest of others.

We recently held our annual TOBY and Association Awards Luncheon at the Delta Flight Museum (more on page 11), and I see one thing in common when I look at all the BOMA members and outstanding buildings recognized: care for others.

We recently held our annual TOBY and Association Awards Luncheon at the Delta Flight Museum (more on page 11), and I see one thing in common when I look at all the BOMA members and outstanding buildings recognized: care for others. The TOBY award winners each had impressive tenant relations strategies and a commitment to the community around them via sustainability initiatives. Similarly, those who won association awards each displayed compassion for the people around them; serving as encouraging mentors and trusted colleagues.

Further, when I think about the mission of BOMA Georgia, service to others is at its core. The association exists to help members connect, learn and grow professionally. Members help one another grow through networking, encouragement and information sharing.

It’s fun to watch and an inspiration to me.

Even our association’s strategic goals for 2015 reflect a commitment to service and the growth of commercial real estate professionals. As I sat in the room of the board of directors’ strategic planning retreat in October of 2014, I was in awe of how responsibly our board came to the decision to embrace two research-heavy initiatives that might not seem flashy on the surface, but will ultimately pay off long term for members of our industry.

Our 2015 strategic goals are: • Through market research, determine the need for educational programs for various segments of real estate, including retail, mixed use and residential; and the need for emergency preparedness training or partnerships; and BOMA Georgia’s competency and capacity to deliver this type of education.

• Develop a leadership program that serves all segments of the real estate industry that will be launched in 2016.

As you can see, BOMA Georgia is spending the year assessing needs and making sure the organization is staying relevant to the industry. I can’t stress enough how excited I am about this decision. And I know it will pay off when we are celebrating our next round of cutting-edge accomplishments.

I want to close my message by thanking each of you for having servants’ hearts. I know that it takes time and energy to contribute to BOMA Georgia in order to get the full benefit of membership. And as we all have full-time— oftentimes beyond full-time—jobs, it can be difficult to find time to give back. But somehow, you all manage to do that and keep this association at the top of its game.

My presidential predecessor Marcy Moneypenny likes to say, “No one ever went poor by giving,” a quote made famous by Anne Frank. I certainly cannot argue with that.

And I want you all to join me this year in committing to enrich your lives by giving back; serving someone else.

This could be through a kind word to a fellow BOMA member, a donation to the BOMA Georgia Foundation or by going the extra step for that tenant in your building who needs help.

Remember, service should be at the core of what we do because service IS what we do.

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hat would a double-digit rate increase for electricity do to your business? If a proposal out of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is implemented in its original form, that may be a reality as early as 2017.

Federal laws pertaining to air pollution have

BY Katie Roberts been on the books since 1955. The first Clean Fiveash Stanley Inc. Air Act was authorized in 1963, but major amendments to the law in 1970 greatly expanded its scope to regulate both stationary and mobile pollution sources. It significantly increased federal enforcement and led to the creation of the EPA. Specifically, section 111 of the Clean Air Act requires the EPA to develop regulations for categories of pollution sources that cause, or significantly contribute to, air pollution. Section 111(b) limits emissions from newly constructed sources, while section 111(d) limits emissions from existing sources. It is 111(d) that gives the EPA the authority to promulgate the rules in the Clean Power Plan.

The Clean Power Plan was released by the EPA in June 2014. In broadest terms, it aims to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions by about 30 percent nationwide by 2030.1 The EPA estimates implementation of the Clean Power Plan would result in net climate and health benefits valued between $48 and $82 billion. 2 Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has a variety of concerns about the impact the plan could have on the state’s energy portfolio, particularly in terms of reliability and affordability.

The EPD, the Public Service Commission (PSC) and utilities were among the thousands of groups that submitted comments to the EPA regarding the Clean Power Plan. A few of their concerns are described below.

PENALTIES FOR EARLY ACTION According to the EPD, Georgia has already taken significant early action to reduce CO2 emissions. Because of retirement of coal-fired plants, conversions to natural gas and investments to increase efficiency, CO2 emissions have decreased 33 percent from 2005 to 2012. While the state took these actions proactively, the Clean Power Plan does not allow this CO2 reduction to count toward Georgia’s overall reduction 8 INSIGHT | Issue 1, 2015 | www.BOMAGeorgia.org

goal. Instead, based on Georgia’s goal, the EPD projects a CO2 emissions reduction rate of 46 percent, the highest in the region and well above the overall goal of 30 percent nationwide.3 The PSC has expressed specific concerns about the treatment of facilities currently under construction at Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro, Ga. It is one of Georgia Power’s two nuclear facilities, and new generation units are expected to be in service beginning in 2019. The Clean Power Plan treats this as an existing source, limiting the emissions reduction credit available to the state. If construction began today, the full value of production would be available for compliance. This punitive action, says the PSC, “penalizes (the) state for being proactive” and “sends the wrong signal to those responsible for energy planning.”4 The EPD prefers the baseline year to be somewhere between 2005 and 2007 to give Georgia and other proactive states credit for early action.

They assert that this baseline is also more appropriate since it predates the recession and should be more reflective of typical energy demands.5 PRESSURE ON NATURAL GAS SUPPLY AND PRICE Utilities use a variety of energy sources to generate electricity, including coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, oil and renewables like wind and solar.

They constantly rebalance their energy portfolio to meet demands and keep costs down. Georgia Power’s portfolio, for example, has seen a decrease in coal generation capacity (down from 52 percent in 2005 to 42 percent in 2014) and an even larger increase in natural gas generation capacity, now at 39 percent. The utility expects natural gas, nuclear and renewables to become even more crucial to its generation capacity as they look ahead to 2020.6 The shift away from coal can, at least in part, be attributed to relatively cheap natural gas in the past few years. When natural gas prices inevitably increase or supply decreases, utilities want the flexibility to shift to other sources for generation. One utility said it best in their public comments to the EPA: “It is in the national interest for utilities to have the opportunity to maintain generation diversity in order to hedge against fuel price fluctuations, and thereby protect customers.”7 If natural gas prices stay low through 2020, expect it to become a primary energy source, up to 50 percent of some utility’s generation portfolios.8 If natural gas prices increase, forecasts project a shift back toward coal in an effort to keep energy prices low. The EPD and the PSC maintain that implementation of the Clean Power Plan could prevent, or at

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The EPD and the PSC maintain that implementation of the Clean Power Plan could prevent, or at least discourage, utilities from developing and maintaining a diverse fuelmix for electricity generation.

least discourage, utilities from developing and maintaining a diverse fuel mix for electricity generation.

THE CHALLENGES OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY Based on short-term success stories in Arizona, Maine and Vermont, the EPA has made long-term increased energy efficiency a main component of the Clean Power Plan. This is challenging for states and utilities because demand-side energy efficiencies are often outside their authority. While building codes can play a role, it is the retail electric customer investing their own capital that drives the energy efficiency market. As property managers can attest, while awareness, education and incentives can be influential in reducing energy consumption, it is ultimately a voluntary process.

Others note that the customer type will determine how successful a state is at implementing demand-side energy efficiencies. States with large industrial and agricultural operations are likely to be most challenged by this because those energy consumers have already invested in cost-effective efficiency measures.

Further, the cost of electricity may affect a customer’s willingness to invest in energy efficiency upgrades. Those with higher rates will see shorter payback periods and reduce the need for utilities to incentivize upgrades. Georgia’s rates are generally below the national average leading to longer payback periods, less customer interest in investment and more utility incentives.

The Clean Power Plan did not take into account the range of electricity rates when calibrating standards for increased demand-side efficiencies.9 Because of these and other issues typical of certain demand-side management programs, the EPD recommends the EPA allow states to take full credit for emissions reductions from a variety of programs, including: · Guaranteed Energy Savings Performance Contracting, where energy service companies guarantee a minimum savings through efficiency upgrades. · Building Energy Codes, which have been shown to improve efficiency already in Georgia.

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· Revolving Loan Funds, which may serve lower income residents who lack the capital or credit to invest in energy efficiency improvements. · Industrial Programs, where customers are already implementing energy efficiency measures that may not currently be incorporated into state plans. · Electrification Projects, where increases to electricity use can ultimately reduce CO2 emissions overall, as is the case with electric vehicles.10 Many agree that a reduction in CO2 emissions is a worthy goal and one that the EPA is likely to continue pursuing as part of the Clean Air Act. Disagreements arise when the conversation shifts to mandated reductions, significant rate increases, reduced flexibility for states and utilities, and potentially unfair or unattainable goals.

The EPA is currently reviewing these and other concerns submitted last year. The existing timeline anticipates the EPA releasing their final guidelines to states in June 2015. Then, states have one year to submit their plan to the EPA, and the EPA is given a year to review. States would begin the interim period for implementation after their plan is approved by the EPA, which could be as early as 2017. States would have to meet the overall CO2 reduction goal by 2030.11 While Georgia’s EPD is busy reviewing elements they expect the EPA to require in state plans, others wonder if the Clean Power Plan will ever be fully realized. Potential delays, extensions and waivers from the EPA

could continue to push the compliance deadline back. Increased voluntary emissions-reduction measures could quiet calls for a federal regulation of this scope. And perhaps most importantly, the White House will be occupied by a new president who might take a new approach to the Clean Power Plan altogether.

Only time will tell how the Clean Power Plan will play out. From today’s vantage point, however, this will continue to be a critical issue at the state and federal levels as policymakers seek to find balance between greenhouse gas reductions and power that is clean, reliable and cost effective, particularly for large energy users like those in the commercial real estate industry.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Katie Roberts is the director of governmental affairs for Fiveash Stanley Inc. In this role, she assists in tracking and analyzing legislation and attending committee meetings. Fiveash Stanley Inc. is recognized as one of Georgia’s leading government and public affairs consulting firms, and has been working with BOMA Georgia for more than 10 years.

1. Pearce, Bert. “State Plan Elements and Timeline.” January 14, 2015. Presentation available at http://www.georgiaair.org/airpermit/downloads/planningsupport/regdev/ ghg/011415_pearce.pdf.

2. “Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, Proposed Rule.” Federal Register Vol. 79, No. 117. June 18, 2014. Page 34832. Full text available at http://www.gpo.gov/ fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-06-18/pdf/2014-13726.pdf.

3. Georgia Department of Natural Resources. “Comments on the Proposed Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines.” December 1, 2014. Page 2. Full text available at http:// www.georgiaair.org/airpermit/downloads/planningsupport/regdev/ghg/gaepd_111d_ comments_final12012014.pdf.

4. Georgia Public Service Commission. “Comments Regarding Proposed Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines.” June 18, 2014. Pages 11-12. Full text available at http://www.georgiaair.org/airpermit/downloads/planningsupport/|

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10. Georgia Department of Natural Resources. “Comments on the Proposed Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines.” December 1, 2014. Page 23-25, 31-33. Full text available at http:// www.georgiaair.org/airpermit/downloads/planningsupport/regdev/ghg/gaepd_111d_

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Celebrating

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n Feb. 11 at Atlanta’s Delta Flight Museum, BOMA Georgia was pleased to honor the area’s top commercial buildings for their achievements in operational excellence at the annual TOBY and Association Awards Banquet, presented by 2015 Platinum Sponsor, Epic Response. Three buildings received The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) award in various categories, while one building received the annual Earth Award.

TOBY judges evaluate a building’s overall excellence in building standards; community involvement; tenant and employee relations; energy management procedures; building accessibility; and emergency evacuation and training for building personnel. All TOBY entrants had the burden of meeting a minimum building inspection score of 70 percent in order to be eligible for an award. Entrants then competed in their category based on the strength of their building as represented in their application—demonstrating the quality of their building operations and management practices.

The 2015 TOBY competition featured an impressive group of candidates representing multiple categories. Local TOBY winners advance to the regional level, where they will compete against other office buildings in the Southeast at the BOMA Southern Region Conference, held April 2 through 5 at the Westin Hotel in Birmingham, Ala. BOMA Georgia will share the results of the Southern Region TOBY awards in upcoming communications.

Finally, several BOMA member service providers made tribute donations to the BOMA Georgia Foundation on behalf of TOBY-winning buildings. Those providers are recognized on each of the coming pages. We encourage you to learn more about the BOMA Georgia Foundation’s positive impact on the commercial real estate industry by visiting www.BOMAGeorgiaFoundation.org.

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Medical Office Building Winning buildings in this category must be at least 75 percent medical use, and at least 50 percent of the dedicated medical use space must be for private physician or hospital employed physician offices. The building can be located on or off a hospital campus, and its tenancy can be comprised of 50 percent hospital uses or ancillary services, (such as imaging, physical therapy, rehabilitation clinics, prosthetics, pharmacy clinics and the like) provided by the hospital, including employed or aligned physician offices, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical labs (such as catheterization labs). Patient stays must be less than 24-hours (but could occur within any 24 hour period).

TOBY AwArd winner

Kennestone Outpatient Pavilion

WINNER: Kennestone Outpatient Pavilion OWNER: Kennestone Outpatient Pavilion, LP DESIGNER: ArchImages MANAGEMENT: Jeff Rutherford with Meadows & Ohly, LLC WHY IT WON: ennestone Outpatient Pavilion has an ENERGY STAR score of 76. The building is directly attached to the WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center providing quick access for physicians to enter the Labor and Delivery department on the second floor from their physician office. On the fourth floor, the outpatient surgery center is directly attached to the hospital’s long-term surgery observation area.

Sustainability programs at the facility include lamp and ballast recycling, car chargers for electric vehicles, green-seal certified cleaning and paper products in common-area restrooms.

In the area of energy efficiency, the property boasts a steam powered heat exchanger for domestic hot water generation, a state-of-the-art EMS system, sealed insulating glass units on the building’s exterior and a white roof.

The building is staffed by a full-time senior building manager who handles all building operations, including providing customer service by building relationships with all tenants and physicians.

These tenants include an ambulatory surgery center, diagnostic and interventional imaging, multiple OB/ GYN groups, maternal/fetal diagnostics, cardiology, gynecologic oncology and vascular surgeons.

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BOMA Georgia Member Service Providers Ehrlich Pest LMI Systems SimplexGrinnell Control Inc. LP Life on Earth, LLC

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Kennestone Outpatient Pavillion is managed by Meadows & Ohly, LLC, and Jeff Rutherford is the building’s manager. Pictured left to right are Kelly Burke, Jeff Rutherford and John Patrick.

The companies below honored this TOBY winner with a tribute donation to the BOMA Georgia Foundation. Learn more at www.BOMAGeorgiaFoundation.org.

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250,000 - 499,999 Square Feet 201 Seventeenth

TOBY AwArd winner

For this category, all buildings with at least 50 percent office area and a minimum building inspection score of 70 percent are eligible to win an award. Buildings are evaluated based on overall excellence in building standards; community involvement; tenant and employee relations; energy management procedures; building accessibility; and emergency evacuation and training for building personnel.

WINNER: 201 Seventeenth OWNER: SPUS6 Atlantic 201 Office LP DESIGNER: Perkins + Will MANAGEMENT: Jennifer Corbitt, CBRE

WHY IT WON: his building earned its ENERGY STAR certification with a score of 80, placing it in the top 20 percent of comparable office buildings nationwide. Eighty-six percent of the total purchases of materials for the facility alterations and additions were sustainable. The building also features a waste diversion rate of over 60 percent and a robust green cleaning program.

201 Seventeenth has a unique 5-Star Service Worldwide concierge program providing unparalleled tenant amenities and services. The property also boasts a 25 percent alternative commuting rate through traffic reduction initiatives like a zip car checkout, bike valet, electronic vehicle charging stations and a free shuttle connecting riders to mass transit.

The building’s solid waste management policy diverts approximately 24 tons—or 50 percent of the total solid waste—annually from landfills. Through the property’s green cleaning program, 86 percent of all cleaning product purchases are sustainable and environmentally friendly.

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BOMA Georgia Member Service Providers Prime Power EPIC Response ADDCO Metal Services Inc. Maintenance Kaney & Lane, Co. Sightline LLC Allied SERVPRO Lanier Parking International Solutions Stuart Dean Cleaning McKenney’s Inc. Company, Inc. Services, Inc. Mitec Custom Sign Walden Security Factory Natural Stone Services

201 Seventeenth is managed by CBRE, and Jennifer Corbitt is the building’s property manager.

Pictured from left to right in the front row are Mark Franklin, Casey Artiga, Julie Hicks, Jennifer Corbitt, Jim Dumont, Celeste Bilson, Jason Korner. From left to right in the back row are Justin Millet, Jason Howe and Michael Gierschner.

The companies below honored this TOBY winner with a tribute donation to the BOMA Georgia Foundation. Learn more at www.BOMAGeorgiaFoundation.org.

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TOBY

500,000 - 1 Million Square Feet

AwArd winner

271 Seventeenth

For this category, all buildings with at least 50 percent office area and a minimum building inspection score of 70 percent are eligible to win an award. Buildings are evaluated based on overall excellence in building standards; community involvement; tenant and employee relations; energy management procedures; building accessibility; and emergency evacuation and training for building personnel.

WINNER: 271 Seventeenth OWNER: Global Investors, SPUS6 Atlantic 201 Office LP DESIGNER: tvsdesign MANAGEMENT: Jennifer Corbitt, CBRE WHY IT WON: his building is a BOMA 360 designated building and holds an ENERGY STAR score of 86.

This score places it in the top 15 percent of comparable office buildings nationwide. The building also holds a LEED EB Gold Certification. The building has also been recognized with a Clean Air Campaign Pace Award for Best Overall Program for a property management company and named a Best Workplaces for Commuters by the National Center for Transit Research.

Over 80 percent of total purchases of materials for facility alterations and additionsare sustainable. The property’s solid waste management policy helps divert 88 percent of ongoing consumables from the landfill through single-source, desk-side recycling, electronic waste and light bulb recycling. A 41 percent water use reduction was realized through water fixture and fitting efficiency. Alternative commute options at the property demonstrated a 20 percent alternative commuting rate.

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BOMA Georgia Member Service Providers ADDCO Metal Maintenance Co. Allied International Cleaning Services, Inc. Custom Sign Factory EPIC Response Kaney & Lane, LLC Lanier Parking Solutions

McKenney’s Inc. Mitec Natural Stone Services Prime Power Services Inc. Sightline SERVPRO Stuart Dean Company, Inc. Walden Security

The companies below honored this TOBY winner with a tribute donation to the BOMA Georgia Foundation.

Learn more at www.BOMAGeorgiaFoundation.org.

271 Seventeenth is managed by CBRE, and Jennifer Corbitt is the building’s property manager. Pictured from left to right in the front row are Mark Franklin, Casey Artiga, Julie Hicks, Jennifer Corbitt, Jim Dumont, Celeste Bilson, Jason Korner. From left to right in the back row are Justin Millet, Jason Howe and Michael Gierschner.

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Earth Award Buckhead Tower at Lenox Square

TOBY AwArd winner

Eligibility requirements for this category stipulate that all buildings must have a minimum 50 percent office area where the building and building management team preserve and enhance the internal and external environment through green and sustainable programs.

WINNER: Buckhead Tower at Lenox Square OWNER: Parmenter Realty Partners DESIGNER: Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates MANAGEMENT: Meghan Swanson, Parmenter Realty Partners WHY IT WON: ith an ENERGY STAR score of 82, Buckhead Tower at Lenox Square is a LEED Gold Certified building and earned its BOMA 360 certification within six months of becoming a Parmenter Realty Partners property. Building management staff at the property has over 80 years of combined experience and each team member is encouraged to expand upon their knowledge of the industry and best practices by taking continuing education courses.

Buckhead Tower at Lenox Square’s parking garage houses two EV charging stations for tenant use that were installed at no cost to the tenants. A plumbing retrofit that included 60 water closets being replaced resulted in a water savings of approximately 43,234 gallons of water per month. The building also features a new 90-gallon rain barrel installed in the loading dock. The rain water collected by this barrel is used for plant irrigation and cleaning at the property.

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Buckhead Tower and Lenox is managed by Parmenter Realty Partners, and Meghan Swanson is the building’s property manager. Pictured are: (back row) Michael Payne, Michael Holmes, Drain Thrasher, John Blanton, Brett Taysom and Josh Underwood; (front row) Michael King, Steve Harrison, Kelly Johnson, Meghan Swanson, Elyse Masters and Nathan Reser.

The companies below honored this TOBY winner with a tribute donation to the BOMA Georgia Foundation. Learn more at www.BOMAGeorgiaFoundation.org.

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BOMa gEORgIa aSSOcIaTION aWaRD WINNERS

BOMA Georgia Honors the Best and Brightest During

Association Awards Luncheon

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hile paying tribute to building excellence through disbursement of the TOBY Awards, BOMA Georgia also recognized top association leaders at its annual awards banquet, held Feb. 11, 2015 at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta.

Association awards are among the most prominent honors presented by BOMA Georgia. Individuals may nominate themselves, a co-worker, vendor, BOMA staff member, or anyone who is

ALLIED MEMBER OF THE YEAR:

COMMITTEE CHAIR OF THE YEAR: This award is designed to show appreciation to an outstanding committee chair. The Bert Locke, RPA Onyx Property award recognizes Management, LLC job performance as committee chair, ethics, credibility, professionalism, team building, ability to lead and influence the committee, and support of BOMA during the award year.

The award may be presented to any allied member, recognizing outstanding achievement or Kacey Morris contributions to BOMA Craftsmen Business Interiors and to the office building industry during the preceding year. The Allied Member Resource Group chair and vice chair are not eligible to receive the award.

Tribute Donor:

Tribute Donor:

YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR:

ENGINEER OF THE YEAR: The award is designed to recognize an engineer who has provided Jason Duval Crocker Partners Property innovative ideas Management to their building/ facility in saving energy, time and/or money. Award nominees will be evaluated on job performance, ethics, credibility, professionalism, community service, team building, industry training, and support of BOMA. A letter of support from the nominee’s direct supervisor is required.

employed by a BOMA Georgia member company who has made a considerable contribution to BOMA during the previous year, for an award.

Congratulations to the following individuals who received 2014 Association Awards. Companies that contributed donations to the BOMA Georgia Foundation in honor of this year’s association winners are designated by the presence of their logos below.

The award is presented to an individual in any Trenton Patterson category of BOMA Stream Realty membership who has been active in BOMA Georgia for four years or less and has demonstrated excellence in serving the commercial real estate industry in their area of expertise. A letter of support from the nominee’s direct supervisor is required. Individuals may receive this award only once.

Tribute Donor:

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Tribute Donor:

MANAGER OF THE YEAR: The award recognizes a property or facility manager who has Stacy Abbate, RPA, Cousins demonstrated leadership in building operations and management. During the past year, this may be exhibited through some of the following: exemplary leadership; teamwork with coworkers and vendors; reduction of energy and/or water use; implementation of environmental sustainability practices; achievement of LEED, BOMA 360 or ENERGY STAR® designations for their property; improvement in operational efficiency, tenant relations or best practices; and/or active involvement in BOMA Georgia. A letter of support from the nominee’s direct supervisor is required.

Tribute Donors:

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Beth Abbott BOMA Georgia

Judi Sponsel, RPA America’s Capital Partners

PRESIDENT’S AWARD: This award is given at the discretion of the president to a deserving BOMA member or staff member who has served beyond the call of duty.

No nomination forms are accepted for this award, as the recipient is selected by the 2014 president of BOMA Georgia, Marcy Moneypenny, RPA, CCIM. This year, Moneypenny chose two recipients for the prestigious President’s Award.

Tribute Donor for Beth Abbott:

Interested in seeing more photos from the 2015 TOBY Banquet and other great BOMA events?

Like BOMA Georgia’s Facebook page by visiting www. facebook.com/ BOMAGeorgia.

HUEY AWARD: Presented to an individual only once in their lifetime, the award honors years of dedicated service to BOMA. It may be awarded to any BOMA member or staff member who has been active for at least seven years.

In essence, the award is presented to an individual who has tirelessly given their time in service to BOMA. The recipient will also be entered into the Southern Region Member of the Year competition.

Tribute Donors:

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Tech

FEaTURE

Why

Is Considering “Georgia First”

BY Sandy Smith, Freelance Writer/ Editor

I

t would be a mistake to assume that Atlanta’s booming tech sector employees have their noses stuck too firmly in their laptops to notice where they are working.

Having the right office space is just as important as having the tools and gigabytes.

David Lightburn, CEO of Atlanta-based Clickscape, a real estate search engine company, knows this firsthand.

“We had a highly sought after developer wanting to come here,” said Lightburn. “He took significantly less pay to work with us in this environment. It was a combination of all factors for him. You see that it does help in the recruiting process.”

Clickscape is located in the Atlanta Tech Village, one of a handful of trendy enclaves where tech companies tend to congregate. All have similar features: open spaces, proximity to public transportation and restaurants, and a funky vibe. This is not your father’s corporate office space.

“Office space with our company is not just a place where you happen to do work,” said Lightburn, who also is co-founder and

president of the Atlanta Tech Village. “It’s not work versus life anymore. With mobile devices and remote working, you really need to have an environment that people enjoy going to.

It can’t be enough that it’s just a place to do work anymore. You want a space where you can keep great employees happy and inspired and recruit the best talent.”

As the tech sector grows in Atlanta, it will influence more traditional office spaces.

Building owners and managers would be wise to pay attention to this rapidly growing segment of corporations.

SILICON OF THE SOUTH Ask anyone why Atlanta is becoming the next Silicon Valley, and a litany of reasons follow: there’s the major airport, the talent pool of young workers, Georgia Tech, the low cost of living. And the hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber optic cable laid to get the city ready for the 1996 Olympics doesn’t hurt either.

But David Hartnett, vice president of economic development for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, believes that Atlanta’s “it factor” has always been here.

“In great part, it’s getting the word out as to the assets that are already here,” he said.

“Once people realized there were so many projects that were like-minded in character, people started reaching out and connecting on a variety of levels, which brought people to a common interest: to build out marketing campaigns to tell everyone about how great Atlanta is.”

The word is definitely getting out.

Not only is Atlanta a hotbed of new tech

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startups—stretching all the way from healthcare IT to hard-core gaming with a good mix of financial and service companies thrown in—it’s drawing familiar names, too. Twitter and Facebook have offices here. Industrial giant ThyssenKrupp opened its North American shared IT services center there. Healthcare IT firm McKesson Technology Solutions is one of the region’s largest employers.

The 15 Fortune 500 corporations and five of the top 20 non-profits that call Atlanta home base have been a draw. Rather than look down on the tech industry, major companies like Coca-Cola, The Home Depot, Delta Airlines and UPS have been supportive.

“The big corporate players are interested in supporting the success of our community as it relates to entrepreneurs and innovation centers,” Hartnett said. “They felt that it was important to be able to provide access and resources that could support the industry’s growth.”

That has meant removing cumbersome barriers to getting in the door at these internationally recognized brands. For some, it has meant investments, like Cox Cable, which has a venture capital arm.

It has meant focusing on “Georgia First,” a campaign to urge corporations to seek business partners within the state before going elsewhere.

That has grown into innovation centers, such as the AT&T Foundry Innovation Center and the Home Depot Innovation Center, which opened at Georgia Tech last year. The Panasonic Auto Innovation Center opened in 2012 in Midtown Atlanta, with a goal of

developing the next generation of in-vehicle entertainment technologies.

Investments by the major corporations meets the pluck of the startup and soon growth begets other growth.

Take AirWatch, a mobile device technology firm that was eyeing an initial public offering when it was bought for $1.5 billion by Silicon Valley-based VMWare. When a startup like AirWatch is purchased, it makes instant multi-millionaires of some of its early employees. Flush with cash, they create other companies. Since 2005, when Google went public, 40 former Google employees have been credited with investments in more than 200 new tech firms, including Twitter.

That’s how the Atlanta Tech Village came to be. David Cummings sold Pardot, a marketing automation software, to ExactTarget for tens of millions of dollars.

Cummings then turned his attention to creating the Village, a place where ,“you have serendipitous interaction,” said Erin Rosintoski Lewis, one of the Village’s community managers. That meant a nearly two-year renovation to make the building appealing to tech companies.

“When David bought the building, he had plans to renovate it,” Lewis said. “It was a mid-1980s, suburban-style office building that lacked inspirational and collaborative spaces.

The idea with our design was to encourage a density of people and ideas with environments where serendipitous interactions can take place. For example, using a lot of glass was important so that several hundred small offices didn’t feel like tiny caves. The glass is multifunctional, becoming a surface to write ideas on, as well as a window into cool, new things being created. Companies and individuals have their own desk space, but we also have shared space. Sometimes your most productive moments are when you’re alone, so we have phone booth rooms and nap rooms. Or maybe it’s being surrounded by a lot of activity, so there’s a community center and co-working areas.”

About half of the Village is devoted to community space; the rest houses about 700 members, including numerous one- and twoperson startups who sign month-to-month leases on a per-desk basis. Initially startups

were intended to fill the space, but the demand has been high for larger companies to install a satellite office.

“It’s a place for them to get out of their normal work environment,” Lightburn said.

ALL ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT The idea is that members will outgrow the Village and move on to other spaces.

And some have. BitPay, a Bitcoin payment processing firm grew from startup to 42 employees while at the Village; it now has more than 100. SalesLoft, a prospecting and automation tool, is now at more than 40.

YikYak, an anonymous social media app, just received more than $70 million in funding.

As they grow up and leave the Atlanta Tech Village nest, many choose to root themselves close to the nest.

“As they’ve graduated, many have tended to stay close by,” Lewis said. “Three of the companies that have graduated are in buildings next door or down the street. The Village itself has a culture that everyone takes part in, so a company of just two people has a huge support system around them by being in the Village. As companies

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grow, you see them forming their own unique cultures and traditions. It’s been fun to see their personalities evolve as they grow, and sometimes see elements of the Village in their new spaces.”

And, according to Lighburn, they’ve found a bit of a shock in traditional leasing.

“They’ve been surprised by all of the costs in leases that are hidden to a degree,” he said. “You pay attention to price-per-squarefoot and don’t think of the other things like fiber Internet.”

There also have been some culture clashes in moving out of a tech-centric facility into more traditional corporate leasing.

“Your neighbor, the more traditional businesses, may not have the same operating hours, the same taste in music, the same kind of activities going on,” Lightburn said. “The difference is, you can’t just pop out of your offices into shared community spaces.”

Still, some of the more traditional office spaces—particularly near Georgia Tech and Midtown where innovation is strong—“are starting to embrace the value of community,”

Development Center at Georgia Tech, which serves as a business incubator, and the Ponce City Market, a former Sears & Roebuck building that is anchored by the electronic health records firm athenahealth and email marketing service provider MailChimp.

Lewis said. “There are also whole new spaces popping up that are trying to achieve that kind of mix.”

It’s not just about old warehouses and exposed brick. Natural lighting is important, as is open space. That has meant rethinking the traditional office space.

“They recognized that the rooms don’t have to be so big because they’ll pick up a laptop and go outside, so a plug-and-play scenario is important,” Hartnett said. “The infrastructure of these offices is not the traditional. You don’t need a lot of phone lines. You don’t need the type of furniture that you’ve had in the past. But they do like to have access to workout facilities. Some brokers are putting in little grocery stores with fresh vegetables and fruits where employees don’t have to pay. You don’t need the level of parking because they’re taking public transportation, carpooling or using loaner cars.”

Tech company employees also tend to enjoy being near other tech types. That has created clusters like the Advanced Technology

CHANGING FACE OF LEASING Scott DeMyer, vice president of Colliers International, has carved out a niche in leasing buildings that appeal to tech companies.

He cites Northyards, located between Downtown and Midtown in an area with a lot of older industrial buildings. Northyards is a former industrial warehouse project anchored by an original Southern Railways roundhouse, built in 1911 with high ceilings and large factory windows.

“It went from initially being startup-centric to larger multinational and creditworthy firms,” DeMyer said. “I’ve seen the interest from some big marketing firms currently located in high-rise buildings to relocating to smaller building that their

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employees feel more comfortable in. With this said, there’s a trade-off from firm to firm on what’s their most important needs in a space and project. One thing that’s constant is that there’s a push to the urban core for millennials.”

A mile or so away is another DeMyer project: Carriage Works, which offers wood beams and exposed brick—and smaller office options. While Northyards won’t accommodate anything smaller than 10,000 square feet typically, Carriage Works has options at 600 square feet.

Granted, there are only so many funky warehouse-type spaces in the Atlanta area.

DeMyer is now working on 100 Peachtree, the iconic Equitable Building that once housed the Equitable Life & Casualty Company. The demand that is being seen on the westside and eastside are meeting in Downtown, and he’s confident that high-rise has a role for tech and creative companies— or at least a certain kind of high rise.

“It’s an opportunity where we can reintroduce a ‘legend’ to a community that’s

looking for a comfortable, amenity-rich neighborhood in a building with great bones,” DeMyer said. “You can cater to these types of younger, exciting companies with all sorts of buildings.”

But leasing to tech companies may require a few changes in standard procedure.

“Everybody is trying to figure out how to attract the best and brightest employees, and real estate plays a part of that,” DeMyer said. “Property managers have an opportunity to differentiate themselves in some of these projects and provide services that haven’t been offered in the past, like reserved bike parking, showers and increased service interaction with tenants.

These things are not the norm in real estate, but they really help companies sell their brand and sell the atmosphere and the culture.”

When it comes to pleasing tech companies, some things are a must, such as fiber optic throughout the building.

“You’re also starting to see the HVAC capacity becoming a constraint and in need

of enhancement,” DeMyer said. “They are trying to put so many people in these spaces that parking is also becoming a challenge to many. Having a nice amenity mix and incorporating your building with what’s going on around it are important.

That may be a park or outdoor sitting areas where employees can go outside. It means restaurants in the area, or putting in a catering or juice bar space there.”

But one big issue is about to solve property owners’ biggest headaches—and potentially draw more tech firms. Google recently announced it will bring its fiber service to Atlanta. Since, “we’re seeing projects that we would have never dreamt of 10 years ago,” Hartnett said. “We’re seeing names of companies that we didn’t think they knew we existed.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sandy Smith is an experienced freelance writer and editor based in Nashville, Tenn.

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Recognizing The 2014 BOMA Georgia Foundation Donors The work of the BOMA Georgia Foundation would not be possible without the support of generous donors.

Whether a donation is made by a company or an individual, every contribution is vital to the Foundation’s mission of advancing real estate education and research. Below is a list of individual and corporate donors who helped the Foundation in achieving its mission in 2014.

Corporate Donors ASSOCIATES

BACHELORS

Company donors who have given $500-$999 to the BOMA Georgia Foundation.

Company donors who have given $1,000-$2,499 to the BOMA Georgia Foundation.

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Individual Donors ASSOCIATES Individual donors who have given $101-$200 to the BOMA Georgia Foundation.

Andre Kearns | Annette Mengert | Dave Hoffstetter | Jacob Wilder Jen Wright | Judi Sponsel, RPA | Kevin O’Sullivan | Linda Beauchamp, RPA Lisa Hollingshed | Nelson Farr, RPA | Orlando Ojeda | Paula Linck Sharon Shuford, CAE, CTC, CITE, LEED GA | Stacy Abbate, RPA | Tom Sawyer

DOCTORATE Individual donors who have given $501-$1,000 to the BOMA Georgia Foundation.

Grace Meyers, RPA | Gabriel Eckert, CAE Marie Worsham, RPA, CPM, LEED GA | Miller Getz, RPA

BACHELORS

Individual donors who have given $201-$350 to the BOMA Georgia Foundation.

Erin Hall Steve Sauriol

MASTERS

Individual donors who have given $351-$500 to the BOMA Georgia Foundation.

Ian Hughes, LEED GA Julie Motsinger, RPA Anonymous

POST-DOCTORATE Individual donors who have given more than $1,000 to the BOMA Georgia Foundation.

Mark Dukes, RPA, CCIM Mark Gallman, SMA, SMT, LEED GA Roland Downing, RPA Anonymous (2 donors)

To discover more about the BOMA Georgia Foundation, visit www.BOMAGeorgiaFoundation.org

FEaTURE

Remembering the Godfather of Property Management

BOMA GeOrGiA hOnOrS ruTLedGe BeAchAM ThrOuGh eSTABLiShMenT Of endOwMenT fund

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he late Rutledge Beacham was perhaps one of the most wellrespected commercial real estate industry executives in the metro Atlanta area. His reach extended beyond the borders of Georgia. Industry professionals throughout the nation knew Beacham as “the Godfather of property management.”

“There is no doubt in my mind that the world would benefit if there were more gentlemen like our beloved Rutledge Beacham,” said Grace Meyers with Parkway Properties Inc., who was one of Beacham’s mentees. “During his lifetime he was an exemplary leader in our industry.”

After obtaining a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University, Beacham began a career as an accountant. However, it was not long before he found commercial real estate. In 1978, Beacham joined Carter and Associates, where he would remain for 32 years until his death on April 6, 2010 at age 64.

During the 1990s and 2000s, Beacham managed numerous responsibilities including leasing at East Jefferson Medical Plaza in New Orleans, developing the Quality Assurance Program for property and facility management and assisting various training programs.

By 2010, Beacham oversaw more than 2.7 million square feet of office, industrial and retail properties in Atlanta. In addition to holding his Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation from BOMI, Beacham was a licensed real estate broker in Georgia. He was also involved in the Society of Property Administrators and the Brookhaven-Club-Area Neighborhood Association.

Beacham’s optimistic attitude was legendary and helped him become a trusted property manager and familiar face at the properties for which he was responsible.

“Rutledge loved the people he worked with,” said 2015 BOMA Georgia President Mark Dukes with Duke Realty, who credits Beacham as the person who got him involved with BOMA. “He never missed an opportunity to thank someone, to attend a birthday celebration in the break room, to personally congratulate anyone who had achieved anything from a big lease deal to a wedding or birth of a child. He had a rare quality: he genuinely looked for ways to make every situation enjoyable, or at least bearable; no small feat in our business. His enthusiasm was contagious. It was easy to ‘get on board’ with the things

that he was so passionate about, which is why you look at a lot of BOMA Georgia’s membership and leadership to this day, and you see Rutledge’s influence.”

Beacham was also known for encouraging others to embrace a path that would lead them to successful careers in the industry through exposure to professional growth opportunities.

“Rutledge believed BOMA’s educational resources would help achieve the highest professional performance and demonstrate value to our employers and clients,” Meyers said. “He was an incredibly wise and humble mentor and a dear friend. Rutledge selflessly contributed to the professional growth of others.”

Beacham was a long-time member of BOMA at every level. He served as president of BOMA-Atlanta in 1998 and president of the BOMA Southern Region in 2005 and 2006. BOMA-Atlanta awarded him with the 2002 Huey Award, which is presented to an individual only once in their lifetime and honors that person’s tireless contributions of time and service to BOMA. “Rutledge was a guiding light in our industry. He was one of the most knowledgeable men I’ve ever met in terms of understanding quality property management,” said Holly Hughes of Colliers International Management, who worked with Rutledge from 1997 until 2010. “He loved sharing his knowledge, teaching other people and building them up. He has mentored some of the best and brightest in our industry today, and that is where his legacy lives on. He would be proud.”

Now, members of the real estate industry have a chance to give back in the name of a man who impacted the commercial real estate industry so much during his time as one of its most well-known professionals.

The Rutledge Beacham Education and Research Fund will be a permanent endowment that recognizes the professional contributions Beacham made to the real estate industry and the personal impact he made on so many people. Every contribution made

by April 30, 2015 will be matched dollar-for-dollar with funds from BOMA Georgia. Individuals and companies who donate to the fund will be recognized on the Foundation website. To donate, visit www.BOMAGeorgiaFoundation.org today!

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Engineering Solutions BTO aRTIcLE

BY Mark Gallman Highwoods Properties

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ost days, building engineers are busy completing building rounds, responding to tenant requests, keeping buildings in compliance, performing preventative maintenance tasks and making repairs which limit liability and add value to the asset. Occasionally, engineers are asked to help look for solutions to more complicated problems. Sometimes large problems can become the big opportunity. This article offers a case study as an example on how engineers can be an important part of a team when problems evolve into solutions.

PROBLEM: DIFFICULT-TO-LEASE SPACE • Two levels of build-to-suit, open office space with 42,500-square-foot floor plates on each level.

• The space is above a 10-level parking garage.

• The existing passenger elevators were located at the extreme front corner of these large floor plates in this building and entered at the store-front street level.

• Absence of a freight elevator with no centrally located elevators or lobbies for subdivision to create multiple tenant spaces.

• Issues: limited accessibility for freight / deliveries, no connectivity to adjacent buildings with access to loading docks, lobbies and parking connectivity.

So if this is a leasing issue or building design issue, where does the building engineer come in?

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In this case, the building engineer was asked to walk the space with leasing brokers, executives and construction team members. Many ideas were floated as the space was evaluated. Ideas like creating a new passenger elevator bank in the center of the structure and adding building-central lobbies to create multi-tenant floors. However, this idea would be expensive and require the structure to have the structural components to make it happen. As it turned out, the structure was not suited for a centrally located passenger elevator bank and would not allow access to a loading dock.

Another idea was to create an elevator structure and bank on the outside of the existing building, but the locations offered no loading dock access or a main lobby location.

Both ideas would be expensive undertakings on their own or individually.

As the group wound its way down through the spaces and then into the top garage level, just below the empty space, the building engineer spoke up and said he had an idea.

The engineer noticed that the existing building elevator bank was located immediately adjacent to the building next door; in fact the two adjacent parking decks had crossovers on the lowest levels, but there was NO crossover here. The building next door also had an elevator bank for the freight elevator but NO landing or elevator doors on this level to enable a crossover connection; it just had the concrete block walls enclosing the hoistway.

The only thing the others in the group saw was the concrete block walls and cable barriers

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dividing the parking decks. The engineer saw that the concrete block wall was actually enclosing the elevator hoistways at both buildings, and he recognized that with elevator openings cut in and doors installed, elevator landings could create an opportunity for a crossover solution to solve access problems.

The group had already made plans for a parking deck crossover (bridge/expansion joint) for vehicle and pedestrian use. The group

had also planned a pedestrian canopy for the crossover, which would allow tenants to use the stairs to access the space above or take a circuitous elevator route down to the ground level using the garage elevators. Tenants would then enter from the street level to take the passenger elevators dedicated only to the tenant floors back up to the top of the building.

Through more discussion, the group acknowledged that adding elevator landings at

P-10 cross over and elevato lobby

P-10 canopy and bridge

both buildings would complete a list of solutions that were thought to add a great option for tenant expansion into this difficult-to-lease space. Adding elevator landings would provide freight and passenger connectivity to the space.

It was agreed that the building engineer would look at drawings, enlist the help of elevator consultants/companies for feasibility studies to “cut in� elevator doors and create elevator landings in these locations where just the concrete block walls existed before.

During the following weeks the building engineer worked with the contractors and verified that the project was indeed feasible and offered a low-cost option to solve a variety of access issues for the 85,000 square feet of empty space. The leasing group was told that the project could be done at a significantly lower cost than other possible solutions.

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that the solutions presented were desirable from their perspective, as they were actually located in the adjacent building that would cross over. The tenant had actually looked at the large vacant space before, but the crossover solutions were not there, and there was no freight elevator or access to a loading dock.

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SOLUTIONS/OPPORTUNITIES • Create vehicle crossover and pedestrian covered walkway on parking deck level to effectively join two buildings at tenth level parking garage.

• Create elevator openings/landings and vestibules at tenth level on two buildings to accommodate access to adjacent building loading docks and freight elevator, as well as lobby passenger elevators.

This case study demonstrates how building engineers can be effective at seeing the solutions—even through concrete block hoistway walls—and working through the details to provide the concept, the feasibility and

solution and the site project management for major projects. This project helped to provide the opportunity for the team to lease the space from concept to occupancy in six months.

Tell us your stories of building engineering solutions. Contact Editorial Board vice chair Mark Gallman at 404-419-1403 or Mark.Gallman@highwoods.com with yours.

You might just help your peers in the industry to develop cost saving ideas or solutions for their company.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mark Gallman, SMA, LEED Green Associate, has been a BOMA Georgia Member for 14 years and is a Post Doctorate level BOMA Georgia Foundation donor. Gallman is an instructor for the SMA and Building Engineering 101 education programs.

Gallman is also the maintenance manager for Highwoods Properties.

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eth Elrod is a client relations manager for Highgrove Partners. Quite frankly, this is a position that seems tailormade for him, as it combines his love of working with people with his desire to be outdoors. The son of master gardeners, he grew up on seven acres of land in Griffin, Ga. Upon graduating from high school, Elrod entered the Navy, which afforded him the opportunity to travel the world while taking part in Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. He spent four years on an aircraft carrier and reports that the highlight of his military career was meeting President George W. Bush, noting that he found the president to be, “humble and down to earth, and shorter than I expected.”

Elrod credits the Navy with teaching him leadership and sales skills.

“I had to get my crew excited about leaving their families to go live on a steel ship for six months. It was a tough product to sell,” he said.

Though proud to be part of the military, after four years of service, it was time to come ashore and spend more time with his growing family. Returning to Griffin, he enrolled in Southern Crescent Technical College and earned a degree in horticulture–a decision that surprised his parents.

“My mother said I complained the entire the time growing up about doing yard work,” Elrod recalls with a laugh.

After earning his degree, Elrod first encountered Gib Durden of Highgrove Partners as a competitor while working for Ruppert Landscaping. Over time, he developed a high level of respect for Durden, as well as for Highgrove. The fact that Highgrove Partners is a local, “home grown” landscape company contributed to Elrod’s eventual decision to join the Highgrove team.

“Switching jobs and companies is stressful, and I don’t take it lightly,” Elrod said, noting he is happy he made the move. “[Now] I’m representing one of the top five landscape companies in Atlanta.”

His favorite part of the job is nurturing relationships and creating new ones. The corporate structure of Highgrove Partners is different than most landscape companies, and it suits Elrod’s personality and management style.

His portfolio primarily includes commercial properties, with a few residential HOA accounts. He enjoys being able to drive through Midtown and identify buildings by the property managers with whom he has built solid relationships rather than just by the iconic buildings themselves.

“Four years ago, nobody in the commercial real estate industry knew me from Adam. BOMA changed that, and in a big way.”

Elrod has been a member of BOMA Georgia for about four years, but has made the most of his tenure. He is active on the Community Service Committee and participates in the Green Real Estate Network, Medical Office Building Shared Interest Group (SIG), and Young Professionals SIG. He is also serving as the 2015 vice chair to BOMA Georgia’s Membership Committee. As a company, Highgrove Partners has a long history with BOMA Georgia, and Elrod happily continues that tradition.

According to Elrod, he has absolutely reaped the benefits of his BOMA membership.

“Relationships, relationships, relationships,” he said. “What else can I say?

Four years ago, nobody in the commercial real estate industry knew me from Adam.

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make the case to join BOMA Georgia. For a business partner providing services to the industry, attending events is a lot more fun than making cold calls all day. A well-respected chief engineer within the BOMA community put it to me in the most simple and impactful way: ‘I view that I have two careers – my professional career and my BOMA career – the latter has been instrumental in the first.’ I couldn’t agree more with that statement.”

year, I was able to accomplish a bucket list item in becoming the service partner for an iconic building in Atlanta. [It] just so happens that I met the property manager at a BOMA event. She and I have developed a great relationship.”

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When not tending to the landscape needs of others, Elrod enjoys camping with his daughters and attending Atlanta Hawks games with his wife. He is also a huge history buff and is proud to say that his family farm was a part of local World War II history. According to his grandfather, the farm supported the war effort by providing fresh produce to the troops. Due to the shortage of able-bodied men during the war, they also received help on the farm from German POWs interned in Macon.

Elrod is married to his high school sweetheart, Kira. They have two daughters, Grace, 12, and Sophia, 8, plus a myriad of pets. Elrod loves to tease and prank his daughters–attention the girls thoroughly enjoy–although he fears he may need to cut back on the teasing now that Grace is a budding marksman and active in competitive archery.

One aspect of Elrod’s life that he counts as a blessing and a privilege was the joint decision for Kira to leave the workforce to manage the home and raise their daughters.

Being able to provide for his family is a source of pride for Elrod that outweighs the sacrifices it requires. As the kids grow more self-sufficient, Kira looks toward the future; a nurse by education, she is currently attending SCAD, working toward a degree in graphic design.

Elrod sees a bright future for himself 2:20 AM and his family. His long-term goal is to be, “the first person that comes to peoples’ minds when it comes to the exterior of their properties, while being a part of this premier landscape provider.”

His short-term goal is to “keep doing what I do now—just more of it. As long as I can still build and nurture relationships while managing landscape needs, I’m good.”

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APRIL STARTS APRIL 7 Online Exam Prep: LEEDv4 Green Associate Registration: $250 Contact: Charlie Cichetti charliec@sigearth.com (770) 733-1391

APRIL 8-12 BOMA Southern Region Conference Charlotte, NC www.bomasrc.org

APRIL 15 Industrial SIG Meeting

11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.

Members: Free, registration required; Non-Members: $20 Contact: Sharon Shuford sshuford@bomageorgia.org (404) 475-9980

APRIL 17 The BOMA Bowl

1–4 p.m.

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BOMA Georgia Conference Center* Members: Free, registration required; Non-Members: $50 Contact: Sharon Shuford sshuford@bomageorgia.org (404) 475-9980

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12:30–4:30 p.m.

Starts at BOMA Georgia Conference Center* Members: $50; Non-Members: $65 Contact: Sharon Shuford sshuford@bomageorgia.org (404) 475-9980

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Members: Free, registration required; Non-Members: $20 Contact: Sharon Shuford sshuford@bomageorgia.org (404) 475-9980

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BOMA Georgia Conference Center* Members: $1,035; Non-Members: $1,285

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BTO Breakfast

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MAY 20 BOMA Georgia May Luncheon

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Cobb Galleria Centre Two Galleria Parkway Atlanta, GA BTO Members: Free, registration required; Non BTO Members: $35

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Stellar contracting Inc...............(770) 649-1575 Tip Top Roofers Service corp. ...(404) 351-4410 W.S. Nielsen co. Inc..................(770) 475-7321 Waste Industries.......................(404) 557-1684 Western Waterproofing co. of america .......................... (678) 553-0170 Whitco Roofing Inc....................(678) 516-6602 DOOR INSTALLATION & MAINTENANCE

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