(Note: What follows is the script for the President’s Award for Sustainability in Commercial Real Estate w For many years, BOMA Calgary has been a leader in the area of the indoor environment and building sustainability. Our history in this regard goes back to the 1980’s when BOMA Calgary was part of the Federal Government’s [...]
Network
To learn about industry trends, meet like-minded professionals, create contacts and improve standards, a network is useful for all of these reasons and much more. BOMA Calgary provides networking opportunities for members through various events, educational sessions and committees.
Featured event: BOMA & a Brew – Inviting BOMA Associate members to connect and network.
BOMA Calgary offers the following, as they become available, on its current event page.
- Monthly Luncheons
- Annual BOMA Ski Day
- Certificate of Excellence Awards Luncheon
- Bi-Annual Social Networking Events
- Annual Christmas Luncheon
Information and registration for the annual ENMAX BOMA Golf Classic at Kananaskis Country Golf Course can be found on the golf page.
BOMA works with other organizations in the industry to provide access to events, educational sessions and information to its members.
Recognizing Youthful Achievement
(Note: At the BOMA Awards event on Wednesday evening, May 18, several members commented on the narrative leading up to the special recognition of one of BOMA’s younger members. What follows is the text of that speech.) Being in this business as long as I have I am still always inspired by BOMA volunteers, just [...]
Commercial Real Estate Deserves its Own Recognition
The recent issue of development fees charged by the City of Calgary has raised a number of issues that should concern owners, developers and operators of non-residential properties. There is a development agreement periodically negotiated by The City of Calgary and The Urban Development Institute (UDI) which, among other things sets down the fees which [...]
Development Fees are a Form of Unfair Subsidy and Hidden Tax.
The City is set to consider new development fees for new communities. Mayor Nenshi has publicly stated that the municipality does not recover its infrastructure investment over the life of a low-density housing unit. Policies for “densification” are in the works in an effort to reduce the proportion of low density housing in the city. [...]
Have We Thrown Good Transit “Under the Bus”?
Among one of the Tweets received today was a CBC poll – albeit, non-scientific – suggesting that 46% of respondents thought Calgary Transit was poor, 45% thought it was OK, just 2% thought it was fantastic, and 7% responded who cares about transit. In an unrelated article in today’s Globe & Mail (28 March 2011) Canada was [...]
John Petropoulos Memorial Fund Comes to BOMA Calgary
Put Yourself In Our Boots is a campaign of the John Petropoulos Memorial Fund (JPMF), which seeks to reduce preventable injuries and fatalities and promote workspace safety for emergency service workers – because their workplace is every place. Be a part of their vision: a culture where safety for emergency service workers – who may [...]
New Leadership Team for 2011
Peter MacHardy, GWL Realty Advisors was sworn in as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of BOMA Calgary at the association’s 46th Annual Meeting held yesterday 13 January 2011. The members elected three new directors to the Board, and re-elected a fourth member. Elected were Chris Howard, Avison Young; Robert Brazzell, Altus Group; Katherine [...]
BOMA Calgary Announces Corporate Partner!
In the fall of 2010, the BOMA Calgary Supporting Member Council introduced a comprehensive Sponsorship Opportunities: Corporate Partner and Event Sponsor Program. We are pleased to announce that ARTE Roofing has signed on as the 2011 Corporate Partner! BOMA’s sponsorship program was built with the sole intent of providing additional opportunities for member companies to [...]
Cutting the Red Tape
A lot of folks have called for the City to cut red tape. I hear it constantly from BOMA members. It seems the latest champion of cutting the red tape is none less than Mayor Naheed Nenshi. That is an encouraging sign. In fact, it was then Candidate Nenshi, who declared that it shouldn’t take [...]
More to Come from BOMA Apps
When we launched the BOMA App for iPhone yesterday, we didn’t anticipate the response we might get. The app is fairly straightforward and is a simple feed from our website. But it is a start and we want to gauge the response before we do any more. I believe Calgary is the first BOMA organization [...]