Cheers & Celebration! Annual Meeting Recaps Year, Elects New Leaders
Best Practices & Solutions Shared at Conference Learn highlights from the BOMA International Conference & Expo. (See page 6.)
BOMA’s New Leadership Welcome your new Officers and Board members. (See pages 8-9.)
Members’ News News about members and their companies. (See page 11.)
Safe Socializing is Back! Members gather outdoors for our Fall Mixer and a membership luncheon. (See pages 14-15.)
CHEERS & CELEBRATION was the upbeat theme of BOMA OEB’s Virtual Annual Membership Meeting and Election of Directors on November 4. “While our annual meeting was virtual again this year, we enjoyed networking and reminiscing about some of the experiences we shared this year,” said BOMA OEB Executive Director Julie Taylor. Oh What a Year...Unexpected Events at Every Turn! A slideshow tour offered a look back at 2021 — from the earliest virtual events to live, safe ones as public health conditions improved. Members were able to meet in person for Spring Golf, the outdoor Showcase Showdown at Alameda’s Faction Brewing where associate members exhibited, and the October luncheon on a gorgeous fall day at Rosewood Commons in Pleasanton. Throughout 2021, our association persevered to keep members informed through online educational programs, including: a CRE market report, Covid updates, advice for charting a path to the future office, a tech trends presentation, an interactive DEI workshop, a CAMs workshop, and much more. We also continued advocating for our members on important local issues and collaborating with BOMA Cal and BOMA International on state and federal issues. Volunteers: We Need You! The annual meeting also celebrated our dedicated volunteers and Partners who found so many creative ways to contribute. If you’re looking to get more involved in BOMA, there are four workgroups for you to consider: Stakeholder Engagement (Awards, CREATE, Membership, Mixers, Golf, Holiday Party), Education & Careers (Luncheons, Tours, Backpack to Briefcase), Strategic Planning (Continued on page 8)
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Hope for the Future As we speed towards the end of 2021 and yet another year plagued by the pandemic, I am reminded how important it is to take a moment to appreciate everyone. I am grateful for all our amazing BOMA partners and associate members who work tirelessly to deliver quality products and services for their commercial real estate clients in addition to going above and beyond to provide creative and new ways to keep us all engaged and networking. I am inspired daily by the resilience of my fellow BOMA principal members for managing assets through some of the most trying times. I do not dare wonder what the past year would have been like without this beautiful BOMA network of industry colleagues and friends always present to support, encourage and strengthen our drive to succeed. I have learned that we are all capable of adapting, more so than we ever imagined. Throughout the year we have taken up new hobbies, attended virtual events, dipped our masked toes back into in-person events, and realized the importance of a healthy work-life balance. My hope for next year is that we take the lessons learned and continue to grow our organization into an even stronger community filled with new voices and new ideas. We want to continue to adapt our events, education and other content to ensure we are engaging with our members on every level. I hope that we see an influx of new and existing member participation in our BOMA workgroups. Workgroups are open for all members to join and can be a great opportunity to have your voice heard and influence content creation. We as BOMA members are what make this organization a thriving community. It’s been my pleasure to serve you as President of BOMA Oakland East Bay through year two of this roller coaster ride. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate working with every one of our associate, principal, board and BOMA staff members. I look forward to seeing you all at the Winter Wonderland Holiday Party on December 9. And I hope that we can all take the following weeks to rest and recharge for what I am sure will be yet another busy and eventful year in 2022. Veni, vidi, vici! Mic drop… (exit stage left). Lynch is BOMA OEB President and General Manager of Northern California at Overton Moore Properties.
With Appreciation to Our 2021 Partners Platinum Partners Century Commercial Service Gidel & Kocal Construction Company Metcon ProTech Gold Partners Able Services Allied Universal Legacy Mechanical & Energy Silver Partners AAA Roofing Arborwell/a SavATree company BSM CBRE Metro Services Group rs Company Securitas WCI-GC Bronze Partners ABM CIM Group Corporate Care Montgomery Technologies Harvest Properties Next Play LLC Paramount Property Co. PJMB Commercial Restoration Management Company RiverRock Real Estate Group Rossi Builders Inc. Security 101 For Partnership opportunities, contact Julie Taylor at julie@bomaoeb.org.
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25 participants in the Leadership Academy
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Looking Forward: Winter and Beyond By Julie Taylor, CAE, Executive Director, BOMA Oakland/East Bay As 2021 winds down, Board and the Leadership Academy graduates. Grab your I’m grateful that we’ve dancing shoes and sign up today! been able to finally have While we really wanted to bring our Toy Drive barrels more in-person events. Our back, the charities are doing their holiday push virtually annual Oakland Building Tour again this year. Be sure to check out the UCSF Children’s was held in September with Oakland team page and wishlist and Shelter Inc.’s adopt tours of The Key Building and a family program. You may donate until December 10. Uptown Thank you to our 2021 Partners Station. Thank you to RiverRock whose support enabled BOMA Moving forward in these uncertain Real Estate Group, Newmark/ OEB to continue our education times has been a rollercoaster ride. Uptown Station, and our partner events. Please be sure to look up Through it all your BOMA OEB Board sponsor Gidel & Kocal Construction our Partners when you Bid BOMA. and volunteers have been working to for making this event possible. We’ve opened our 2022 Partner ensure our events cover the topics you We held our first luncheon Program. If you’re interested in need and, if in person, are safe. since March 2020 at Rosewood being a Partner, let me know. Commons in October. It was such Our workgroups have devela special day with great weather. More than 90 members oped some great education and events for 2022 (click reconnected to discuss workforce and COVID re-openhere for calendar). We’ve got our January Market Update ing challenges, and many signed up to volunteer for a Luncheon, four Backpack to Briefcase sessions, the Walter workgroup in 2022. Thank you to Century Commercial Finch Golf Tournament and much more. Services for being our partner sponsor for the event. Thank you for being part of our community. See you We brought back our Backpack to Briefcase Series soon on the dance floor! with an intro to CAMs class. Thank you to Shorenstein for lending us their beautiful conference room and Kelly Lynch and Nicole Price for leading the session. We also Realizing potential in held our Fall Mixer on November 17. Special thanks to every dimension Gidel & Kocal Construction, our partner sponsor. Our second BOMA Gives Back at the Alameda County Food Bank was held on November 30. Thank you to all who came out and helped pack food for our We work in every dimension of commercial real estate. Our mission is to realize the potential community in need. Just like old times, we had fun in all the businesses and people we work with, so that together we can create the real estate solutions of the future. mingling during the networking portions of these events. It was great to see everyone in 3D and many new faces that we’ve missed welcoming in person. Moving forward in these uncertain times has been a rollercoaster ride. Through it all your BOMA OEB Board and volunteers have been working to ensure our events cover the topics you need and, if in person, are safe. In terms of safety, we are requiring a vaccination verification or negative COVID test to attend the Holiday COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION Party. We’re using a third-party app to make it easy and fast (CLEAR). The Stakeholder Engagement Workgroup has a great Winter Wonderland evening planned. We’ll www.wci-gc.com z 925.256.5900 be adding in special recognition for our 2021 Partners,
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BOMA International Conference Enlightens Members and Presents Best Practices & Solutions The BOMA International Conference & Expo returned live in October, with more than 2,500 attendees gathering in Boston. The Expo showcased innovations, while a full array of educational sessions informed conference-goers about best practices for their buildings or organizations.
Yellow meant okay to greet with elbow bumps but prefer some distance. Red meant please stay at least six feet away. It was a packed schedule and agenda as we gathered with our friends and colleagues from across the country.”
A Bright Future
s BOMA’s strategic long-
Boom. Everything’s different—but everything can be better. Henry Chamberlain, president and COO of BOMA International, shared this optimistic message at a General Session of the conference. He noted that, despite the challenges of the past 18 months, one thing property professionals do better than anyone else is create value. “This is an inflection point,” Chamberlain said. “We are going to be making lots of different changes. We’re going to be looking at space, we’re going to be looking at technology, we’re going to be looking at lifestyle and how we create those experiences. This is a time for us to learn from each other and get out of our comfort zones.” Experiences are the key to bringing people back to commercial buildings, Chamberlain explained. People are capable of working from anywhere, but they’ll choose to come back to the office if it offers something they can’t get anywhere else. “This underscores that you have to be competitive and come up with something that’s a little different to attract folks,” Chamberlain said. “Creating that flexibility, that environment, that experience is what everybody’s going to need to concentrate on.”
Safe Conference Procedures In order to ensure a safe event, attendees were required to be fully vaccinated or provide proof of a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours of arrival at the conference. “BOMA International also rolled out a new badging system to respect everyone’s interaction preferences as indicated by their badge color,” said BOMA OEB member Manny Moreno, who serves on the BOMA International Executive Committee. “Green meant okay to shake hands.
Moreno shared these conference highlights: range planning workgroups have finished up their work, with recommendations for education and training, workforce development, communications, membership, and support for BAEs and local associations. More information coming soon. s BOMA is the resource for your state and federal advocacy efforts — working for you! BOMA has protected important tax provisions, such as 1031 exchanges and section Manny Moreno 179-D tax deductions. BOMA has also expanded its efforts to include workforce development, energy, and carbon reduction policies. s BOMAPAC’s 2021 fundraising goal is $75,000. You can contribute online at boma.org. Thank you gifts are offered. s BOMA’s Community Service Committee partnered with BOMA Boston and Bridge Over Troubled Waters to raise $10,000 to fund survival kits for at-risk youth. s BOMA’s Emerging Professionals Committee is looking for new members. If interested, please contact Erica Cox on the BOMA International staff. s If you have your sights on the Executive Committee or an officer position, applications for 2022 are now being accepted by the Nominating Committee. Contact Luci Vallejo, lvallejo@boma.org or visit the BOMA International leadership page on boma.org. s BOMA will once again pay for The Home Depot local memberships and sponsorships in 2022 — just like it did (Continued on next page)
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is made for times like these
Founded in 1907, the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International is a federation of U.S. local associations and global affiliates. The leading trade association for commercial real estate professionals for more than 100 years, it represents the owners, managers, service providers and other property professionals of all commercial building types, including office, industrial, medical, corporate and mixed-use.
Voice
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Leadership
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Successfully lobbies at federal, state and local levels on key issues, including
energy efficiency incentives, tax reform, infrastructure and various COVID-19related legislative priorities.
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effective building codes.
Operations and Management Best Practices The BOMA
360 Performance
Program encourages, recognizes
and validates best practices across all areas of building management and operations.
The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Awards are
the industry’s highest recognition of excellence in commercial real estate management and operations.
from lease negotiations and asset management to sustainability and passthroughs.
In-person, instructor-led courses, from our popular
Foundations of Real Estate Management course to new Asset Management course series.
Regularly prepares comprehensive
analyses of the legislative, regulatory and building code developments for members.
Expert Educational Offerings Live and on-demand webinars on timely topics ranging
Promotes crucial information sharing through in-person and virtual events, including the:
BOMA International Conference & Expo, commercial real estate's can't-miss event
of the year, which attracts thousands of attendees for more than 40 education
sessions across 8 focus areas.
Medical Office Buildings + Healthcare Real Estate Conference,
the largest event of its kind, addressing the unique challenges of developing, managing, owning and leasing medical office buildings and healthcare facilities.
Property Measurement Standards For 100+ years, BOMA has set the standard for measuring commercial buildings. In 1915, it published its first ANSI-certified standard for measuring office buildings. The standards now have evolved to include
Office, Industrial, Multi-Unit Residential, Retail and MixedUse, as well as Gross Areas.
Insights and Guidance BOMA publishes in-depth coverage of industry topics and research in its
BOMA Knowledge Center and offers best practice guidance through its online bookstore catalog.
BOMA is the partner individuals in the commercial real estate industry choose to maximize value for their careers, organizations and assets. Its mission is to advance a vibrant commercial real estate industry through advocacy, influence and knowledge. Learn more at www.bomaoeb.org.
in 2021 —as part of a new agreement with The Home Depot. Nearly 60 local memberships and over 25 local sponsorships were funded in 2021 from BOMA’s royalties. Not to mention $4 million in rebates earned by BOMA members. Contact Pat Areno on BOMA’s staff for more information.
Report from PSW Meeting Pacific Southwest (PSW) President Sarah MacIntyre reported that “the PSW meeting was well attended with more than 80 people— a welcomed sight. We filled several PSW positions with BOMA Bay Area members. Rebecca Aguilar from Vornado was elected PSW Secretary, and Cortney Shadel was named incoming TOBY Chair. We celebrated Karen Cowan of Restoration Management Company (and BOMA OEB Board Member) as our PSW Member of the Year.” Lastly, BOMA International Executive Committee members Manny Moreno (PJMB Commercial) and Ana Duffy (Hudson Pacific) delivered the Executive Committee’s report. s Opposite page top: Expo featured innovative solutions. Photo credit: Johnny Shryock/BOMA International. Right: Sam Shapiro and Ben Fish, Able Services, who exhibited at the show along with ABM. Photo credit: Able.
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(Financing, Budgeting, Leadership Academy, BOMA Cal, BOMA International, Strategic Shaping), and Marketing & Collaboration (Social Media, Event and Education Marketing). To determine the best fit for you and your interests, reach out to BOMA staff.
sure to join us at the Holiday Party were we’ll recognize these Partners live and in person!” (See page 2 for Partners list, and contact Julie Taylor for Partner opportunities in 2022.) Electing Officers & Directors for 2022 Next on the agenda was the business part of the program — announcing the election results for the slate of officers and directors to lead our association as we go forward. (See below and the next page for the officers and directors.) Congratulations to all of our leaders as we head into a promising new year!
Special Appreciation for Partners We also thanked our Partners for their continued support. “We truly value your participation and commitment,” said outgoing President Kelly Lynch. “Without all of you we could not have made it through this past year. Please be
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022 ELECTED OFFICERS
CONNECT, ENGAGE & LEARN
Jenna Hattersley, Harvest Properties President
Elizabeth Despins, Newmark Vice President
Nicole Price, Cushman & Wakefield Treasurer
Kelly Lynch, Overton Moore Properties Past President
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022 ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS
CONNECT, ENGAGE & LEARN
Courtney Belanger, Shorenstein Realty Services
Tanicia Jackson, TMG Partners
Gail Ringer, RiverRock Real Estate Group
Karissa Obeso, Cushman & Wakefield
Eric Brown, BSM Facility Services
We honored our outgoing board members — Marc Barkdull, PJMB Commercial, Inc., who served two years as President; Hayley Crickmore, Transwestern; Samantha Stires, CBRE: and Sandra Litchy, TMG Partners.
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CAMs to Cocktails BOMA held a workshop on October 21 which covered the basics of CAM expenses and the reconciliation process. Kelly Lynch, Overton Moore Properties, and Nicole Price, Cushman & Wakefield, shared their expertise on foundational concepts, terms and corresponding lease language. They also went through several relevant case studies. Both associate and principal members benefited from a better understanding of how expenses affect the financials of a property and its tenants. Afterwards, attendees enjoyed a Happy Hour reception and networking. Look for news about future workshops in the weekly BOMA communications! Above: Kelly Lynch, Overton Moore Properties, and Nicole Price, Cushman & Wakefield, at the presentation on CAMs. Right: Members enjoy networking after the session.
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Newsmakers: BOMA OEB Members and Companies Twitter is expanding its footprint with a new lease in Downtown Oakland in a BOMA OEB member building! In September, TMG Partners and KKR announced the execution of a lease transaction under which Twitter will lease 66,000 square feet on four full floors at 1330 Broadway. The new office will span four floors in the 18-story, 320,000-square-foot skyscraper. “The Oakland office market has maintained strong tenant demand from companies both growing their footprint in Oakland and those looking to move to Oakland for its strong workforce, diverse lifestyle, entertainment options, transportation and ample housing options,” said David Cropper, TMG’s director of development. Since being acquired by TMG and KKR in 2018, 1330 Broadway has undergone renovations that include a new main lobby and building entrance, new common area finishes, as well as the modernization of building systems, elevators and conference facilities.
ABM Industries announced in late September the closing of its previously announced acquisition of Able Services, a leading facilities services company headquartered in San Francisco. The transaction adds scale to ABM’s core businesses and key geographies and bolsters ABM’s engineering and technical services, which are expected to generate almost $2 billion of combined annualized revenue. In addition, Able Services further expands ABM’s sustainability and energy efficiency offerings amid growing demand for environmentally responsible solutions. Scott Salmirs, President and CEO of ABM Industries commented, “We are pleased to announce the completion of this strategic acquisition and we welcome Able’s talented team to ABM. Together, ABM and Able can more fully address our clients’ needs for innovative and cost-effective solutions, supported by our national footprint, comprehensive facility services expertise and dedicated team of more than 100,000 employees.”
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The Carpenters Union works with signatory construction, modular and mill-cabinet manufacturing and installation contractors to keep our jobs safe and to keep our industry moving forward. Joaquin Galindo, Eriberto Bolanos and (below) Dan Foley, members of the Carpenters Mill-Cabinet Local 2236, build custom cabinets and fixtures at USA Millwork-Mission Bell in Morgan Hill.
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Outstanding Members of the Year
Nominate an Engineer, Principal & Associate Each year we give Outstanding Members of the Year awards in three categories: Principal, Associate and Chief Engineer. You may nominate up the three members total (one in each category).
Deadline is December 31. To nominate, visit: https://www.bomaoeb.org/omyawards
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Peer-to-Peer Networking Lunch
BOMA members reconnected at the October 14 luncheon for peer-to-peer discussions about challenges and opportunities and to learn about BOMA volunteering in 2022. Thanks to Century Commercial Service for sponsoring!
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Fall Mixer Sauced BBQ & Spirits in Walnut Creek was the scene of the Fall Mixer on November 14. Members came out to network on a lovely autumn evening. Thanks to Gidel & Kocal Construction for its sponsorship of the event!
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