BOMA Miami-Dade Names TOBY Award Winners

BOMA Miami-Dade has named its 2011-2012 winners for the annual TOBY Awards, recognizing properties that exemplify superior building management practices.
The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Award is the highest mark of excellence for office building management awarded by the Building Owners and Managers Association. All facets of a building’s operations are thoroughly evaluated during the judging process by a panel comprised of industry professionals including architects, commercial building managers and engineers and the service professionals that support the buildings daily, including but not limited to janitorial, security, roofing, HVAC and technology.
This year’s winners include:

• Principal Member of the Year: Lisa Johnson, RPA, Digital Realty Trust
• Associate Member of the Year: Brian Johnson, US Security
• Engineer of the Year (Staff of 2 or less): Luis Gambetta, Group Pacific Management, Aventura Corporate Center
• Engineer of the Year (Staff of 3 or more): Craig Slimak, ABM Engineering, Datran Center

This year’s category winners are listed below with the category, building name, management company, properties manager, and chief engineer:

• Renovated: One Datran Center
  Quorum Real Estate Services
  Jack Goodrich, RPA
  Craig P. Slimak
• Corporate Facility: Airport Corporate Center
  HINES
  Jorge Barbontin
  John Griffin
• Suburban Office Park Low Rise: Aventura Corporate Center
  Group Pacific Management
  Liliana Ribero, RPA
  Luis Gambetta
• Suburban Mid Rise: 701 & 703 Waterford
  The Hogan Group
  Idanis Miyares
  Mario Aranguiz
• Historical: BAC – Colonnade Rotunda
  Cushman & Wakefield of Florida
  Renee Hernandez-Borot, RPA
  David Acosta
• Industrial Office Park: Dolphin Commerce Center
  Cushman & Wakefield of Florida
  Esther Cossio
• Under 100,000 SF: Continental Office Plaza
  Pointe Group Advisors
  Monique Bardino, RPA
  Greg Patton
• Earth: 800 Brickell Avenue
  Stiles Property Management
  Maricela Rodriguez Gomez
• 100,000 SF to 250,000 SF: BAC – Colonnade Rotunda
  Cushman & Wakefield of Florida
  Renee Hernandez-Brot, RPA
  David Acosta
• 250,000 SF to 499,999 SF: 2525 Ponce
  HINES
  Vicki Baisden, RPA, FMA
  Miguel Tomas
• 500,000 SF to 1 Million SF: 701 Brickell Avenue
  Jones Lang LaSalle
  Amarjit Bains
  James McShane
• Over 1 Million SF: Southeast Financial Center
  Jones Lang LaSalle
  Delber Mendez, CPM
  David Siljee

Source:  CoStar