The commercial real estate industry honored 19 properties with The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Award this week at the 2026 BOMA International Conference & Expo in Boston.
The TOBY honor excellence in commercial building management and operations across specific categories based on building size or type. To win an International TOBY Award, a property must first win both local and regional competitions. Judging includes criteria including community impact, tenant and employee relations programs, energy management, accessibility, emergency evacuation procedures, building personnel training programs and overall excellence. Additionally, building inspections are carried out by a team of industry experts.
The following properties were honored with the 2026 TOBY Awards:
- Corporate Facility: 350 Mission Street in San Francisco, managed and owned by Kilroy Realty Corporation.
- Earth: 325 Binney Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, managed and owned by Alexandria Real Estate Equities.
- Historical Building: The Chicago Board of Trade Building in Chicago, managed by R2 Companies and owned by Apollo Global Management LLC.
- Industrial Building: Transport Depot in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, managed by QuadReal Property Group and owned by bcIMC Realty Corporation and Canadian Core Real Estate LP.
- Life Science Building: Gateway of Pacific, South San Francisco, managed and owned by BioMed Realty.
- Medical Office Building: Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza in Houston, managed by JLL and owned by LaSalle Investment Management Inc.
- Mixed-Use: RBC Gateway in Minneapolis, managed by JLL and owned by Spear Street Capital.
- Public Assembly: Community Link-Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. in Watertown, Massachusetts, managed and owned by Alexandria Real Estate Equities.
- Renovated Building: 1900 Avenue of the Stars in Los Angeles, managed and owned by Anderson Real Estate.
- Retail–Enclosed Mall Under 1 Million Square Feet; Park Place Shopping Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, managed by Primaris Management Inc. and owned by Primaris REIT.
- Retail–Enclosed Mall Over 1 Million Square Feet: Scarborough Town Centre in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, managed by Oxford Properties Group and owned by Alberta Investment Management Corporation and Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System, through its subsidiary, Oxford Properties Group.
- Retail–Open Air/Strip Mall: Taunton Gardens in Whitby, Ontario, Canada, managed by Colliers and owned by Canada Post Pension Plan.
- Suburban Office Park Low-Rise: Lakefront at Keystone in Indianapolis. The property is managed by RPO Property Management LLC and owned by Rubenstein Partners.
- Suburban Office Park Mid-Rise: Aero Long Beach in Long Beach, California, managed and owned by Kilroy Realty Corporation.
- Under 100,000 Square Feet: 17 Executive Park in Brookhaven, Georgia, managed by Lincoln Property Company and owned by Emory University.
- 100,000 to 249,999 Square Feet: Eleventh Avenue Place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, managed by GWL Realty Advisors Inc. and owned by Hoopp Realty Inc.
- 250,000 to 499,999 Square Feet: Two Eldridge in Houston, Texas. The property is managed and owned by Granite Properties.
- 500,000 to 1 Million Square Feet: Bank of America Tower in Houston, managed by Transwestern and owned by Beacon Capital Partners.
- Over 1 Million Square Feet: Century Plaza Towers in Los Angeles, managed by One Hundred Towers LLC and owned by CBRE Inc.
The 2026 BOMA International TOBY Awards were sponsored by The Home Depot.
