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Greater Buffalo BOMA names 2016 Board of Directors

Shown in top row, from left are: Greene, Muck, Harvey, Messina, Erb and Farrell. Shown in bottom row, from left are: Grabowski, Flood, Heimiller, Lawler, McNulty and Serra. Shown in top row, from left are: Greene, Muck, Harvey, Messina, Erb and Farrell.
Shown in bottom row, from left are: Grabowski, Flood, Heimiller, Lawler, McNulty and Serra.

Buffalo, NY The Greater Buffalo Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) introduced the 2016 board of directors at their February meeting held at Acqua Restaurant. TM Montante’s Christian Campos, president, and Byron Deluke, pulbic affairs director, shared plans for the Gates Circle Project and explained how the former Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital site will be redeveloped into a mixed-use urban district.

Congratulations to the 2016 Board of Directors John Greene, RPA, president, Uniland Development Co.; Paul Muck, LEED AP, 1st VP, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank; Andrea Harvey, 2nd VP, Parkland Professionals Park, LLC; Michelle Messina, secretary/treasurer, TM Montante Development; Don Erb, BOMA fellow, RPA, FMA, University at Buffalo; Michael Farrell, Constellation Energy; Jennifer Flood, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus; Alvin Grabowski, RPA, FMA, LEED AP, Ciminelli Real Estate Corp.; Susan Heimiller, RPA, CBRE/Buffalo; Michael Lawler, UNYTS; Emily McNulty, SERVPRO of The Southtowns; and Richard Serra, Allpro Parking, LLC.

Over 85 BOMA members and colleagues attended.

On March 16, ECIDA will be presenting on Zero-net Energy Building for their BOMA Buffalo March meeting.

Greater Buffalo BOMA is a not-for-profit trade association providing an array of services to commercial property professionals including education, networking opportunities, benchmarking data, legislative and regulatory advocacy and professional development. Greater Buffalo BOMA’s membership consists of more than 120 real estate professionals including building owners, facility managers and developers, as well as companies that provide services and supplies to the industry. Greater Buffalo BOMA is a federated chapter of BOMA International. Learn more at www.bomabuffalo.com About BOMA International The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International is a federation of 93 BOMA U.S. associations, BOMA Canada and its 11 regional associations and 13 BOMA international affiliates. Founded in 1907, BOMA represents the owners and managers of all commercial property types including nearly 10 billion square feet of U.S. office space that supports 3.7 million jobs and contributes $205 billion to the U.S. GDP. Its mission is to advance the interests of the entire commercial real estate industry through advocacy, education, research, standards and information. BOMA International is a primary source of information on building management and operations, development, leasing, building operating costs, energy consumption patterns, local and national building codes, legislation, occupancy statistics, technological developments and other industry trends. Learn more at www.boma.org.

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