BOMA recognizes eight Brandywine buildings.Eight commercial properties owned by Brandywine Realty Trust Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) is a real estate development trust (REIT) in the United States that buys, sells, leases and manages approximately 225 commercial properties, no more than 25 industrial parcels of land, mixed-use property, and over 200 acres of undeveloped have been honored by the Building Owners and Management Association (BOMA Boma (bō`mə), city (1984 pop. 197,617), Bas-Congo province, W Congo (Kinshasa), on the Congo River estuary. A port and railhead, it exports tropical timber, bananas, cacao, and palm products. ) as Office Buildings of the Year for 2006. The awards recognize excellence in office building management and operations in specific categories of building size and type. Judging is based on community impact, tenant programs, energy management systems, accessibility for disabled persons, emergency evacuation For other uses, see Evacuation. Emergency evacuation is the movement of persons from a dangerous place due to the threat or occurrence of a disastrous event. Examples are the evacuation of a building due to a bomb threat or fire and the evacuation of a district because of a procedures, building personnel training programs and overall quality indicators. "With such a distinguished field of competitors, we are honored to be named in multiple categories," said Jerry Sweeney, president and chief executive officer of Brandywine. "It's particularly rewarding to give credit to the teams of associates that manage our buildings and deliver an excellent working environment on a daily basis." These winning buildings will now be considered for the regional and, eventually, international competition. Brandywine's winning buildings include: For the under 100,000 s/f category: Centerpointe at East Gate in Mt. Laurel, NJ. The building manager is Michael O'Keefe. For the 100,000--249,999 s/f category: Five Greentree Center in Marlton, NJ. The building manager is Terri Cipollone. For the corporate facility category: ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. Group, Inc. in Newtown, PA. The building manager is Caryn Newman. For industrial office park: Highland Business Park in West Hampton, NJ. The building manager is Terri Cipollone. For suburban office park, mid-rise is Main Street in Voorhees, NJ. The building manager is Richard H. Kenwood. For best exterior landscaping: Freedom Business Center in King of Prussia King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , PA. The building manager is Stan Cichocki. For best facade facade (fəsäd`), exterior face or wall of a building. The term implies ordered placement of its openings and other features and thus seems inapplicable to a wall without design. over 6 floors: The Cira Centre Cira Centre is a 28-story office building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania clad in reflective glass with a steel structure designed by César Pelli with Bower Lewis Thrower Architects as the local architects. Ground was broken in 2004 and the building was officially opened in 2005. [R] in Philadelphia, PA. The building managers are Ron Pluto and Patty English. The Radnor Financial Center in Radnor, PA won for the categories of best curb appeal, best interior landscaping, best elevator elevator, in machinery elevator, in machinery, device for transporting people or goods from one level to another. The term is applied to the enclosed structures as well as the open platforms used to provide vertical transportation in buildings, large ships, cabs and best monument sign. The building manager is Lester Santaniello. BOMA's annual awards program--The Office Building of the Year (TOBY) recognizes excellence in building management, operating efficiency, tenant retention, emergency planning and community impact. The TOBY Awards competition is a centerpiece of BOMA. Now in its 22nd year, it is the ultimate measure of excellence in property management at the local, regional and international level, and its prestigious impact within the commercial real estate industry is unequalled. There are 8 regions and 13 categories plus the Earth Award. It is equivalent to the academy awards of the commercial real estate industry. |
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