Here's a quick update from BOMA GTB - 4th Quarter 2019 Newsletter

Greetings!

President's Message

What an amazing send off! The 2019 TOBYs was a complete success – from the surprise emcee with our very own Terri-lynn Mitchell to the induction of our new 2020 leadership to the hilarious blooper reel of our TOBY entrants and of course the record setting attendance – our 2019 committee outdid themselves. I congratulate all of our winners and look forward to watching them compete in the 2020 Southern Regions awards in Orlando next April and hope you will all be there to cheer them on.

This is a bittersweet President’s message this month, as it is my very last one serving as President of BOMA Greater Tampa Bay. The last two years have been humbling and all of you have made it a privilege and honor. I’ve enjoyed working side by side with the membership to serve not only our association but also serve the commercial real estate industry in the Tampa Bay area. I hope I have done my job well and have left our group a little bit better.

Our last event of the year is our Holiday Celebration on Thursday, December 5 ^th at the Brick House Tavern from 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm. I look forward to one last hurrah with you all!

Sara Wayson, CPM, CSM, RPA

Carter Validus

YOUR 2020 OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

We are so pleased to present to you, your 2020 Officers:

President - Denise Rue, Parmenter

Vice President - Jose Hernandez, Newmark Knight Frank

Treasurer - Robert Smith, Cushman & Wakefield

Secretary - Juniper Duffin, Colliers International

Board of Directors:

Michelle Cummings, CBRE

Chris Ennest, Bay Area DKI

Sheryl Frick, Ryan Companies

Patrick Gehm, Cousins

David Goldman, ISS Mechanical

Leigh Kendall, Jones Lang LaSalle

Charles McArthur, Georgia-Pacific

Karen Mendez, Banyan Street Capital

Kotone West, America's Capital Partners

General Counsel - Carla Markowitz, Carla Markowitz, Attorney at Law

Executive Director - Melanie Schrul, MAS, Inc.

And the TOBY Winners Are ....

SUBURBAN OFFICE PARK LOW-RISE -

HIGHLAND OAKS

SUBURBAN OFFICE PARK MID-RISE - CORPORATE CENTER I - IV

INDUSTRIAL - LOCKHEED MARTIN

EARTH - T AMPA CITY CENTER

100,000-249,999 SQ FT - WATERFORD PLAZA

500,000-1,000,000 SQ FT -

BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA

Emerging Professional of the Year -

Taylor Smith , Cushman & Wakefield

Engineer of the Year -

Bill Muehling , Cousins Properties

Property Manager of the Year -

Juniper Duffin , Colliers International

Allied Member of the Year -

Nichole Tenderholt , Lowe's Commercial Painting

President's Award -

Lynn Vilmar , Banyan Street Capital

A huge thank you to all our sponsors!

Click on the poster above to see all of our generous sponsors.

Our TOBY Judges, led by Sheryl Frick from Ryan Companies were:

Stefany Aceves - Painters on Demand

Ross Anderson - Tampa Bay Trane

Matthew Attal - Maui Wowi Tampa Coffees and Smoothies

Renee Cabrera - Florida Paints

Marty Callender - RedCoats, Inc.

Eleonora Ciaccio - Cushman & Wakefield

Craig Dallas - Crown Roofing LLC

Megan A Dessler - Cousins Properties

Carol Dunn - Jones Lang LaSalle

Katie Gower - Ed Taylor Construction, Inc.

Jose Hernandez - Newmark Knight Frank

Fred Lauro - Sherwin Williams

Dianne Lipford - Cousins Properties

William Muehling - Cousins Properties

Logan Rees - Admiral Security Services

Venus Rodriguez - Highwoods Properties

Valerie Scott - DSI Security Services

Dottie Socolow - Avison Young

Jon Souers - Yellowstone Landscape

Cathy Sterrett - Commonwealth Commercial

Don Stupp - Cousins Properties

Jennifer Taylor - Tampa Electric

Nichole Tenderholt - L owe's Commercial Painting

Kristin Thomas - Tab Glass & Window Corp.

Lynn Trujillo - CBRE

Our TOBY Co-Chairs led a great team!

Stefany Aceves – Painters on Demand

Kara Benson – Bay Area DKI

Sheryl Frick – Ryan Companies

Patrick Gehm – Co-Chair – Cousins Properties

David Goldman – Co-Chair – ISS Mechanical

Mitch Savoie Hill – Mellick Construction

Leigh Kendall – Jones Lang LaSalle

Elaine Kennedy Ruyle – BOMA GTB

Jon Souers – Yellowstone Landscape

Lynn Trujillo - CBRE

Lynn Vilmar – Banyan Street Capital

CLICK ON THE PHOTO ABOVE TO SEE ALL THE PHOTOS FROM THE TOBY AWARDS

2020 Education Schedule

Earn a designation and an advantage!

Click here or on each class below, to see the schedule and to register.

Did you know that we are always looking for member volunteers?

Check out our committees , then sign up here to help.

Welcome New Members

JULY

Amy Barnett – Colliers

Sharrel Cox - Franklin Street

Michael Liberman – MSI-Emcor

Aaron Philips – DEX Imaging

Lisa Sack – SG360

Ben Steinert – Cushman & Wakefield

Lizbeth Strother – Cushman & Wakefield

Carlos Vega – CBRE

AUGUST

Omar Alicea – D&A Building Services

Jarrod Bray – SSG Management, LLC

Kyle Christopher – Simon Roofing

Jay Davis – SG360

Ciera Forestt – Munyan Painting

Anne Hode – Dilweg

Chris King - CBRE

Don Lavine – Service Works Roofing

Zee Mercado – Mellick Construction

Christine Meynell – P and R Pros

Brad Sutter – Sutter Roofing

Denise Yettaw – MoreSpace Management LLC

SEPTEMBER

Lexie Armini – CBRE

Summer Carlson – Latite Roofing

Markus Rivera - Validus Group Properties

OCTOBER

Allisson Briones – Adler Real Estate Services

Kimberly Callicoat – JLL

Eleonora Ciaccio – Cushman & Wakefield

Kim Circello – Pinellas County

Kirk Coby – Pinellas County

Rachel Dudley - JLL

Jennifer Duquette - MaintenX

Ryan Fader - NAI Partners

Anthony Fazio - Advanced Roofing

Seth Garber - ID Plans

Jana Galvin – MG Capital Maintenance, Inc.

Andy Hidalgo – Painters on Demand

Neil Khant – NRK Enterprises Inc.

Scott Riccio – All Area Roofing & Waterproofing Inc.

Candace Richardson – Cushman & Wakefield

Todd Robinson - Admiral Security

Madison Stephens – EastGroup

Jackson Taunton – Adler Real Estate Services

Erica Waldron – Cushman & Wakefield

Steve Wallace - Dilweg Co.

NOVEMBER

Laraine Chulla – Master Restoration

Kyle Davis – CORE Roofing Systems

Kathy Erickson – America’s Capital Partners

Lindsey Nutter – A-1 Orange Exterior Building Services

Deena Smith – Crown Roofing

Gavin Stringer – Crown Roofing

Did you know ... Membership participation requirements

Our Allied (service provider) Members must attend at least eight (8) events per year to maintain ‘active’ membership status. Attendance requirements are waived the first year of membership and we highly encourage you to attend as many events as possible though. The Board of Directors reserves the right to suspend membership if eight events per year are not attended. Events are described as ‘any BOMA activity offered on the calendar of events’ and include, but are not limited to, meetings, education, BOMA Day, TOBY Awards, and socials.

Our 8 monthly membership luncheons
Property Management Showcase
TOBY Judging
Sustainability events (tours, beach clean-up and green apple day)
BOMA sanctioned Allied Mixers
Holiday Party
Golf Tournament
TOBY
Poker Night
Engineering Breakfasts
Advocacy Day in Tallahassee
Industrial Committee educational events
BOMA charity events
Annual Sponsorship at the Platinum or Gold level

Service Provider Members must attend orientation prior to attending events so we can learn your expectations and you can learn ours. We highly advise that property managers attend too.

There will be a $50 replacement membership fee each time your firm changes the membership name to someone else's name.

Membership can be revoked for unprofessional conduct during BOMA events, or for violation of the General Conditions listed above.

Dues are non-refundable. Invoices must be paid within sixty (60) days, and is the responsibility of the approved member, to ensure payment is submitted timely.

The deadline to be approved will be the third Wednesday of the month. Please have your on-line membership application and payment to the BOMA office by then.

Membership approvals will happen once a month (usually the fourth Wednesday of the month), and you will be sent a welcome email with your login credentials within a week after the Board approves your membership.

2020 membership dues are due no later than March 2

It's as easy as 1, 2, 3. Login to Member Area, look to the left for Member Dues, click that and renew. You can pay on-line with a credit card or "by-pass payment" and print an invoice to mail a check.

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BOMA Florida Annual Meeting Re-Cap

BOMA Florida’s Annual Meeting was held on September 27, 2019, at the Ritz Carlton in Sarasota. Lee Moffitt, BOMA Florida’s longtime lobbyist, spoke about issues facing commercial real estate in Florida, and the importance of BOMA’s role with the Florida Building Commission.

Jeff Gross, BOMA’s appointed representative on the Florida Building Commission, spoke about the Florida Home Builders’ assault against the Commission, and its attempts to reduce the number of members of the commission from 27 to 12. During the 2019 legislative session, the legislature came very close to reducing the commission size and thereby removing BOMA’s appointed representative. Through the efforts of our members throughout Florida, Lee Moffitt’s lobbying efforts, and BOMA Florida President’s Mary Lantz’s appearance before the Committee, the attempts to remove BOMA’s representative from the commission failed. This was a huge success for BOMA and all its local members, as BOMA will continue to have a voice in the development and enforcement of building codes in Florida. The bad news is that the home builders will likely take this fight up again during the 2020 legislative session, so we will need all members’ help in voicing our objections to reducing the number of Building Commission members.

Advocacy Day 2020

BOMA Florida's Advocacy Day at the Capital will be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Each year during legislative session, commercial real estate owners and managers travel to Tallahassee to spend a day at the Capitol to discuss BOMA’s stance on issues important to our industry. Having a strong showing from our members at the Capitol sends the message that BOMA is a robust association with the backing of a talented and involved membership. We would love for this year to be our biggest turnout yet! If you are interested in participating, please contact Carla Markowitz

In Memoriam

We are deeply saddened to report that Tampa City Center’s longest-serving General Manager, Barbara Carter, passed away after a battle with Parkinson’s Disease at the age of 80. She retired in 2006 after 17 years at the helm and took Sun City Center by storm for the next decade. While in her dream job here at TCC, she served on the BOMA Greater Tampa Bay Board of Directors, won the Property Manager of the Year Award and multiple building excellence awards. She was a strong leader, a consummate professional and an enthusiastic mentor to many a friend in the Tampa commercial real estate market. She will be greatly missed.

Sara Sneen was a beloved member of BOMA Orlando and BOMA Greater Tampa Bay for many years. She worked for Avison Young as the Director of Property Management. As her dear friend Chris Kelley said, she was a warrior not just for herself but for everyone around her. She was a fierce competitor in life and enjoyed it to the fullest. She made each and everyone of us better just by her love and her true passion on wanting other people to succeed

Thank you to our 2019 Platinum Sponsors!

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