New York, NY Tickets are now on sale for real estate’s big night—the BOMA/NY Pinnacle Awards—which will be held the evening of Feb. 25 at Chelsea Piers. Cocktails are at 6 p.m., and the curtain rises at 7 p.m. for the Oscar-style ceremony. To learn more and purchase a seat or table, go to: http://www.bomany.org/events/pinnacle-awards/.
Twenty-one nominees are competing for 11 awards and the Grand Pinnacle—the “pinnacle of the Pinnacles”—which will be given to the building that achieved the highest score. The Pinnacle is the local round of the BOMA International TOBY Award, which judges ownership and management expertise, and is renowned as one of the most rigorous and demanding awards to win among the building-related professions.
Nominees are drawn from N.Y.’s most prominent commercial real estate firms and related consultants: Boston Properties, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, Edward J. Minskoff Equites, Hines, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, New York Convention Center Operating Corp., Paramount, RXR Realty, SL Green, Steven Winter Associates and Vornado.
Outstanding Local Member:
• Michael Flatley, CEM, LEED AP, CPMP.
• Bart McDade, RPA, CPM.
• Rosemarie Subasic, CFM, LEED AP.
Historical Building:
• 620 Avenue of the Americas
• 500 Fifth Ave.
• 689 Fifth Ave./Aeolian Building
New Construction: 250 West 55th St.
Earth Award: 712 Fifth Ave.
Manager of the Year (3-10 years experience): Rosemarie Krol, RPA, 130 West 42nd St.
Manager of the Year (more than 10 Years experience):
• David Azzopardi, RPA, 550 Madison Ave.
• Arthur Herner, 10 East 53rd St.
• Stephen Mosca, CFM, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
• Jeffrey Ram, RPA, FMA, 1540 Broadway
• Karen Scalogna, RPA, FMA 650 Madison Ave.
Corporate Activity: The Argonaut Building.
Renovated Building:
• Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
• 330 West 34th St.
Operating Office Building (250,000 - 499,999 s/f): 101 Avenue of the Americas.
Operating Office Building (500,000 - 1 million s/f)
• 485 Lexington Ave.
• 900 Third Ave.
Operating Office Building (over 1 million s/f): Starrett-Lehigh Building - 601 West 26th St.