BOMA International Winners

Jul 11, 2023

TOBY & EARTH AWARD WINNERS 2023

BOMA International hosted The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY®) Awards on July 10, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri to honor the best of the best in commercial buildings. The 2023 competition awarded 13 commercial properties with the TOBY® Award. Canadian properties excelled at the BOMA International Awards Gala – winning seven (7) awards. We congratulate all of the Canadian nominees for their achievement as outstanding leaders in the industry.

We’d like to offer a special congratulations to our clients on their success who were six (6) of the seven (7) Canadian properties to win:

Award / Category	Property
BOMA International TOBY Winner: Corporate Facility	North York Square
BOMA International TOBY Winner: Industrial Building	Kennedy Matheson Industrial Complex
BOMA International TOBY Finalist: Suburban Office Park Mid-Rise	2275 Upper Middle Road East
BOMA International TOBY Finalist: Renovated Building	Yonge Sheppard Center
BOMA International TOBY Finalist: Office Building 250,000 – 499,999 sq. ft.	HSBC Place
BOMA International Earth Award Winner: Office Building	25 York Street

In addition to the above, the following Canadian property was also a finalist:

Award / Category	Property
BOMA Canada TOBY Winner: Office Building Under 100,000 sq. ft.	85 Hanna Avenue, FCR Management Services LP

More about the Awards

The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Awards are the most prestigious and comprehensive programs of their kind in the commercial real estate industry, recognizing quality in buildings and rewarding excellence in building management.

Finalists at the International level must first compete and win both at their local and regional BOMA levels. All facets of a building’s operations and management are thoroughly evaluated, spanning community involvement, tenant relations, to energy management, accessibility, emergency evacuation procedures, building personnel training programs, and overall quality indicators.

The Earth Awards aim to highlight the importance of resource conservation and sustainable commercial building management. It is presented to properties that have made significant efforts to improve their environmental performance.

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