Advantages 

Prestige	Position	Power

As a BOMA Partner, your company will have the BOMA Advantage...

Advantage #1 - Access

• BOMA members own or manage more than nine billion square feet of office space—which represents more than 80% of the prime office space of downtown and suburban commercial properties in North America.
• More than 80% of individual members have annual operating budgets exceeding $1 million.
• More than 75% of individual members are responsible for multiple buildings.
• BOMA members spend more than $100 billion annually on products and services.

Advantage #2 - Prestige

• BOMA International presents The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Awards each year, the most prestigious and coveted awards in the commercial real estate industry.
• In 2009, the BOMA 360 Performance Program was launched. It recognizes buildings for managment and operations excellence in six major areas.

Advantage #3 - Success

• Formed in 1907, BOMA International is the oldest and most respected trade organization serving the commercial real estate industry.
• BOMA’s renowned annual conference provides cutting-edge education and unmatched networking opportunities for the commercial real estate industry.
• BOMA’s exhibition, held in conjunction with the annual conference, is the longest-running tradeshow in the industry.
• BOMA International, together with its local associations, has trained and educated more than 150,000 real estate professionals in the last 20 years.

Advantage #4 - Influence

• BOMA continues to be the leading industry voice and advocate on building codes and standards, national energy policy, tax issues including broad based capital gains tax relief, changes to leasehold depreciation rules; and other issues as they arise.
• Recent victories in tort reform, TRIA, energy and model codes have saved BOMA members billions of dollars.
• The commercial real estate industry supports nearly one million jobs and 21 million office workers/tenants in the U.S.

Advantage #5 - Leadership

• BOMA International is recognized as a primary source of information on office building development, leasing, building operating costs, energy efficiency and consumption patterns, local and national building codes, legislation, occupancy statistics and technological advancements.
• BOMA’s suite of ANSI approved Floor Measurement Standards are used by the office building industry as the standard to measure floor space and other purposes.
• BOMA’s Experience Exchange Report has been used since 1920 as a tool by building owners and managers to benchmark operating costs.

Advantage #6 - Innovation

• BOMA publishes guidelines and best practices on green leases, preventive maintenance, allocating CAM charges in mixed-use properties, SOP manual, development, safety and security and many other topics.
• In 2006, the BOMA Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. EPA ENGERGY STAR® program, launched the BOMA Energy Efficiency Program (BEEP) which teaches no- and low-cost strategies for reducing energy consumption and costs in commercial buildings.
• BOMA’s Career Center, partnered with Select Leaders, is the top destination for jobs in commercial real estate.
• BOMA’s Career and Young Professionals initiatives, Emerging Leaders program with Harvard University and Foundations of Real Estate Management Course help educate and encourage the next generation of commercial real estate professionals.

Advantage #7 - Visibility

• BOMA garners as much as ten times more media coverage per month than other real estate organizations.
• BOMA’s Web site, BOMA.org, with its impressive monthly averages of more than 1.1 million page views, 385,000 visits and 250,000-plus unique visitors, is the online resource for commercial real estate professionals.
• BOMA publications, including The BOMA Magazine e-News, BOMA-Kingsley Report and Currents provide important news and updates on industry topics and events and national state legislative and regulatory issues.

Advantage #8 - Credibility

• BOMA’s name is recognized as the leading trade organization in the commercial real estate industry. Linking your company’s name with BOMA brings instant credibility and name recognition.
• With Local Assocations in 92 U.S. markets and 15 international affiliates, BOMA is a valuable ally and resource as you expand your company's market.

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