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The mood was festive as winners wereannouncexd Feb. 17 at a Juniodr League luncheon, but the economicd climate took its toll onthis year’s awards Buildings were only entered in five of the 13 possibld categories. And only one of the five areas the earth award category — had more than one Tammy Betancourt, executive vice presidentt of Houston BOMA, said it is not unusual for only one buildingt to enter a but money concerns prompteed some buildings to drop out of the competition this “There is an investment in sprucing up the building a little bit for the she said. “The economy definitely playedf a partthis year.
” Buildings with no competition were not a shoo-i to win their category, she stressed. The buildings had to earn a minimu score based on a tour and evaluatiob ofthe property. Heritage Plaza, located at 1111 Bagby in downtown Houston, won in the category of buildings with more than 1 milliomn square feet. Cindy Steele of is property manageer forthe building, which is ownexd by . The 53-stor y Heritage Plaza was builtin 1987, and is the fifthn tallest building in Houston The two-story facilit y at 4101 Interwood Parkway won the TOBY Aware for buildings under 100,000 squars feet.
Located at Interwoods North Parkway and Heathrow Forest Parkway in northeast the building is owned by NNN 4101 Interwood Parkway LLCand tenant-in-common investors. The property is managed by Cindyh Niles with Cypress Woods Medical Office won in the medical officewbuilding category. The 150,000-square-foog building is located in North Houston onFM 1960. Trevod O’Connor with manages the building forowner . Two buildingsz occupied by in The Woodlands took the honorz in the corporatefacility category.
Bonni Thompson with manages the propertiesa forWarmack Investments, which owns the And 4 Houston Center in the Central Business District was recognized in the eartu award category, which honors management teams that preserve and enhance the internal and external environmengt through an all-around green program. The facility’s recycling effory kept 173 tons of material out of area landfillsin 2008. And since 1999 building management has collected morethan $800,000o worth of used furniture, computers and other items from tenants in the buildinvg to be donated to neighborhood schools. Jerry Fisher with manages the Crescent-ownec building.
Local winners will participate in the regionapl competition to be held on Aprilk 4in Houston. Winnerds of that competition will have a chance to competes in the international awardsw program on June 24in Philadelphia.