BOMA/NY held 2011-12 Pinnacle Awards February 9

At the 2011-12 BOMA/NY Pinnacle Awards ceremony held Feb. 9, where the margin of victory was characterized as "razor thin," 14 winners took home the prized Pinnacle statuette, with competition fielding the most Energy Star and LEED buildings ever. The Pinnacle is the New York round of the TOBY (The Office Building of the Year) Awards competition of BOMA International and is the highest award given owners and managers in the commercial real estate industry. "The fact that all the buildings competed so well and within such close scoring range of each other is testimony not only to the Pinnacle process, which builds better management teams, but the quality of New York's management teams overall," said Louis Mantia, president of BOMA/NY. Among the most dramatic competitions of the evening : * The Earth Award was hotly contested by towers from the past three generations of New York development - One Penn Plaza, One World Financial Center and Eleven Times Square—with the '70s era icon, One Penn Plaza, prevailing. * In a battle of two Energy Star, Art Deco landmarks, the Chanin Building at 122 East 42nd St. edged out 500 Fifth Ave. for Historical Building. * In the Operating Office Building, 500,000 - 1 million s/f category, the Post Modern, Energy Star tower at 712 Fifth Ave. took home the Pinnacle, besting its competition, 888 Seventh Ave. * And, a Pinnacle record was set by Paramount Group, Inc.'s Cindy Boyea, RPA/CPM/CCIM, who for the first time in the award's history, won Manager of the Year in the Over 10 years of Experience category and took home the award for 1301 Avenue of the Americas in the Operating Office Building Over 1 million s/f category. Kenneth Fidje, RPA/LEED AP, manager of Vornado Realty Trust's 888 Seventh Ave., took home the honors in the Manager of the Year, 3-10 Years of Experience category. Shown (seated from left) are: Roberta McGowan, CAE, BOMA/NY executive director; Theresa Egan, Renovated Building; John Flaherty/SMA/SMT (Operating Office Building 100,000-249,999 s/f); Allison Testone (Operating Office Building 250,000-499,999 s/f); Cindy Boyea,RPA/CPM/CCIM, (Manager of the Year Over 10 Years Experience/, Operating Office Building Over 1 million s/f); John Simoni, Esq. (Outstanding Local Member of the Year); Allison Blais (Henry J. Muller Achievement Award); David Croce (Operating Office Building Over 1 million s/f). Shown (standing from left) are: Sandy Hahn, Pinnacle Awards committee chair and emcee; Paul Greene (Historical Building); Matthew Lang (Civic Betterment); Michael Borrero (Earth Award); Kenneth Fidje, RPA/LEED AP (Manager of the Year, 3-10 Years Experience); Kevin Reade, RPA, (Corporate Facility); Jeff Caimi, LEED AP, (Operating Office Building 500,000 - 1 million s/f); Patrick Dolan, RPA, (New Construction); Tom Krol, LEED AP, Pinnacle Awards committee co-chair and emcee; Louis Mantia, BOMA/NY President