Atlantic Station Buildings Win BOMA Georgia Awards

Patch Staff Report

Two properties at Midtown's Atlantic Station owned by real estate investment management firm CBRE Global Investors were each recently honored with The Outstanding Building of the Year® (TOBY) Awards from the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Georgia.

Those honored were:

· 201 17th Street received the 2013 TOBY Award in the 250,000 to 499,999 square-foot category

· 271 17th Street received the 2013 TOBY Award in the 500,000 to one million-square-foot category

The TOBY awards are considered one of the most prestigious and comprehensive awards in the commercial real estate industry recognizing quality in buildings and rewarding excellence in building management.

Both buildings are LEED Gold certified and located in Atlantic Station, the nation’s largest brownfield redevelopment, which has been transformed from an abandoned steel mill to a thriving mixed-use community.

Buildings are judged on everything from community involvement and site management to environmental and green policies and procedures. Winners of the BOMA Georgia Awards will advance to the BOMA Southern Region competition to be awarded in April in Birmingham, Ala.

“I am very proud of our team and honored to win such prestigious awards,” John Gilb, principal at CBRE Global Investors, said in a news release. “I think this just reinforces what a successful turnaround we’ve had at Atlantic Station in the past three years.”

Members of the winning team include Jennifer Corbitt, Julie Hicks, Kristin Olson, Michael Gierscher, Mark Franklin, Chip Smith, Megan Montgolf  and Darnell Howard.

CBRE Global Investors supplied information for this report that was edited for publication.