NEW YORK CITY—More than 780 New York real estate professionals attended a friendly and festive event, mingling over cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, dinner, and an awards ceremony, followed by dessert, with more socializing. The evening started at 5:30 pm and lasted through 10:00 pm at Chelsea Piers.
"The annual event gives us the chance to shine a spotlight on the impressive accomplishments, both of individuals as well as collective project teams. In doing so, we hope to not only reward the remarkable work completed throughout the past year, but to highlight the standards we all strive toward while promoting the continuous progress of the way we work," wrote Ronald S. Zeccardi, the Building Owners & Managers Association of New York (BOMA NY) president in a program message.
Ten awards were given, plus the Grand Pinnacle. All of the building nominees, except for those submitted for the New Construction Award which has different criterion, were judged by the building's programs, successes and achievements; building standards; community impact; tenant relations; energy conservation; environmental, regulatory and sustainability practices; emergency preparedness; training; and building inspections.
Different types of buildings compete in different categories such as historical building, new construction or government building. The winner of the Grand Pinnacle Award receives the highest overall score of all of the submissions in each of the individual building categories. The Hearst Tower, Tishman Speyer Properties, took home this top honor.
Some of its distinctive accomplishments include being New York City's first LEED Gold office tower. It then became the first existing, operating building to achieve a LEED Platinum rating. Subsequently it reached a Double Platinum rating, and became the country's first publicly acknowledged, triple LEED-certified building.
The other 2018 BOMA NY awards were for 10 categories:
Historical Building of the Year - One Park Avenue, Vornado Office Management
Outstanding Local Member of the Year - Gail Duke, NYL Investors
Corporate Facility of the Year - Hearst Tower, Tishman Speyer Properties
Earth Building of the Year - 1515 Broadway, SL Green Realty
Renovated Building of the Year - 280 Park Avenue, CBRE
Manager of the Year (3-10 years experience) - Alex Trotta, CBRE
Manager of the Year (10+ years experience) - Sharon Hart-Fanelli, Cushman & Wakefield
Operating Building of the Year (100,000-449,999 square feet) - IAC Building, JLL
Operating Building of the Year (500,000-1 million square feet) - Dumbo Heights, Kushner Companies
Operating Building of the Year (+1 million square feet) - One World Trade Center, The Durst Organization
The photo gallery has images of award winners and the presentation.
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Betsy Kim
Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.
