Branford-based facility services company O,R&L recently won the 2009 Office Building of the Year Award for the N.Y. Capital region (TOBY) and Mid-Atlantic region (TOBY MAC) by the Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA). O,R&L Facility Services provides comprehensive management, maintenance and custodial services for the State of New York located at 625 Broadway.
The most prestigious honor placed O,R&L up against other facility services firms and properties from all over the Mid-Atlantic U.S., and buildings in larger markets such as New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. In addition the award also placed 625 Broadway and O,R&L as one of five finalists worldwide for the International BOMA Building of the Year Award.
"Receiving the Office Building of the Year Award is a tremendous honor for O,R&L and our over 600 proud employees nationwide," said O,R&L facility services president and CEO Robert Owens. "To be able to say that one of your properties meets the top standards in the industry, is quite the feather in the cap to our commitment to quality and dedication of our employees- something that O,R&L has become known for" Owens adds.
As the first LEED-NC silver accredited building in the state of New York, 625 Broadway is 471,000 s/f. The facility supports over 1,600 tenants and visitors each day. O,R&L Facility Services worked to implement a green management plan at 625 Broadway which has helped to reduce manual operations expenses by $1 per s/f annually, as well as saving the property $500,000 in operating costs. Tags: