Welcome to the new iteration of the BOMA BYLINE.

As I had shared with you in a previous column, the board of directors in its effort to continue to bring you up-to-date information about the happenings of the organization and having to be conscience of the “bottom line” of doing business decided to migrate the BOMA BYLINE to an HTML format.

As a part of this transition, the board will shortly be reviewing new advertising formats and rates for both the BYLINE and our website. Because of the formatting change in the way the newsletter is published now, we will be working with current advertisers to insure a smooth transition. Thank you all for your continuing support of BOMA Silicon Valley during this transition time.

On October 6th BOMA Silicon Valley celebrated its third annual Celebration of Commercial Real Estate Awards Dinner. We had more attendees than ever before with 176 members and friends present. And a thank you to our loyal and supportive sponsors, of which we had more of this year as well! Not bad for an economy that is still very fragile.

Thank you to those of you who attended and supported BOMA SV at this years function. I believe you did so out of recognition for the organization and its leaders who have worked so very hard this past year to maintain the organization’s momentum as the only full service commercial real estate association in Silicon Valley. We had many winners of both the TOBY and Emerald Awards and recognized those members who received the Volunteer of the Year Awards.

Many individuals contributed to the evening program from our ever reliable photographer and PowerPoint producer Kent Goetz to the TOBY and Emerald Awards chairs Liz Walker, Laura Galvin and Cass Contreras to BOMA’s ever loyal and always hard working Office Manager Barbara Hopwood. Thank you all for a great program! And a thank you to President Eric Dameron-Drew and colleague Marc Intermaggio, EVP BOMA San Francisco for their contributions to the program as well.

If you did not attend the evening's program and festivities I highly recommend that you view the photos of the event. You will find photos of yours truly with various bizarre props either worn or being held on to as I was recognized at the dinner for my time with the organization, although I subscribe to the Woody Allen adage: "80 percent of success is just showing up”! I was also presented with a Certificate of Recognition and a Kindle Fire.

Bob Jacobvitz, Executive Vice President

TOBY AWARD WINNERS

Corporate Facility Category eBay North 2145 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA Managed by Cushman & Wakefield Michael Moore, Cushman & Wakefield Pat Kohl, EBay	Suburban Office Park Category Skyport Plaza Skyport Drive, San Jose, CA Managed by Equity Office Angelica Costello, Property Manager	Under 100,000 SF Category Valley Office Center 2635 N. First Street, San Jose, CA Managed by Equity Office Christina Cruz, Property Manager
100,000 – 249,999 SF Category   1740 Technology Drive San Jose, CA Managed by Equity Office Gracie Lopez, Property Manager	250,000 – 449,999 SF Category   Mission Tower II 3979 Freedom Circle, Santa Clara, CA Managed by Shorenstein Realty Services Laura Galvin, Property Manager

EMERALD AWARD WINNERS

Energy Use: Single-Tenant Adobe Towers 345 Park Ave, San Jose, CA Managed by Cushman & Wakefield Justina Hyland, Adobe Systems George Denise, Cushman & Wakefield	Energy Use: Multi-Tenant Santa Clara Tower I 3945 Freedom Circle, Santa Clara Managed by Shorenstein Realty Services Laura Galvin, Property Manager Stephen Gerhardt, Chief Engineer	Green Cleaning/Indoor Air Quality Santa Clara Tower I 3945 Freedom Circle, Santa Clara Shorenstein Realty Services Laura Galvin, Property Manager Stephen Gerhardt, Chief Engineer

RECOGNITION AWARDS

Principal Member of the Year: Laura Galvin, Shorenstein Realty Services
Associate Member of the Year: Michael Ybarra, Paul Davis Restoration AND Joe Williams, AirCom Mechanical
President's Award: Brian Michael, Perfection Sweeping
Jackie Mezeul, for co-chairing the Energy & Sustainable Management Committee from 2009 to 2011.
Tamsen Lee, Bixby, co-founding chair of the Emerging Leaders in Commercial Real Estate Council 2008-2011.
Katie Smith, LBA Realty, for co-chairing the Emerging Leaders in Commercial Real Estate Council 2010 -2011.

Click here for event photos, provided by photographer, Kent Goetz..
A special thanks to our sponsors and in-kind contributors for making this event a success.

By Laura Galvin, Property Manager, Shorenstein Realty Services

There are a number of rebate opportunities available in the BOMA Silicon Valley region for sustainable improvements completed to commercial properties.  Here are a just few of the rebates currently being offered:

Domestic Plumbing
Commercial and Apartment High-Efficiency Toilet Program
Qualifying businesses, schools and apartment complexes may participate. Toilets to be replaced must flush at 3.5 gallons per flush or higher.  The toilets to be installed are high-efficient toilets utilizing state-of-the-art technology.
To find out more, call Karen Morvay of the Santa Clara Valley Water District at (408) 265-2607, ext. 2707.

Lighting
Rebates are available for environmentally beneficial updates including replacing old lighting with energy efficient bulbs and fixtures, delamping and installing lighting controls such as motion sensors, time clocks or photocells.
For more information contact Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) 800-933-9555.

Food Service Equipment
For those with a restaurant or deli on site there is a wide selection of rebates available relating to food preparation and service equipment.  Visit www.pge.com for details regarding rebates for ovens, grills, refrigeration and vending machines (to name just a few!).

Irrigation Water
Irrigation Equipment Upgrade Rebates
Santa Clara County single family, multi-family properties, and business properties with qualifying irrigation hardware can receive rebates for the installation of high efficiency irrigation equipment. Visit  www.valleywater.org for further details.To locate rebates specific to your location visit www.flexyourpower.org and type in your zip code!

Over the past 22 years, BOMA Silicon Valley has helped thousands of needy children have a brighter holiday by adopting families through CityTeam Ministries. Please join us again this year in the excitement and joy of reaching out to 50 local families with over 200 children. Support these children by donating cash or silent auction prizes, attending the luncheon, buying raffle tickets or volunteering your time. Learn More

Congratulations to Rebecca Barnes and Josh Northcutt on the birth of their new baby boy, Jaron Drew Northcutt, on June 25, 2011 at 2:41 p.m. Jaron weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces and was 20 3/4" in length. Jaron joins his big brother Jake who is three years old. Rebecca is a senior real estate manager with CBRE Asset Services in San Jose and a 2011 member of BOMA Silicon Valley.

Happy October!
Our speaker for September was Lilian Betancourt of LBA Realty. Lilian gave us some great insight on the needs of the emerging leaders within the real estate industry, as well as on LBA and herself. We appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule to meet speak with us Lilian! Thank you to Tony Puzo of Century Lighting for providing lunch.

Our October speaker will be Steve Tornallyay from the Childern’s Discovery Museum of San Jose. We can’t wait to hear from him and I hope to see you all there.

Can you believe that the holidays are just around the corner? If you are looking for a way to give back to our community and have fun while doing so please participate in BOMA’s “Share Your Holiday” annual event. BOMA partners with City Team Ministries to provide food, sundries and gifts for children for 50 families in the area. Contact Gizelle Lamb to find out how you can get involved!

The membership committee is also holding a fall mixer at the new offices of Orchard Commercial on October 27th. Bring a prospective principal member and get in free!

Hope to see you all at our next Associates Meeting!
Jennifer Mullins, Bozzuto Insurance