The Numbers Don't Lie: Commercial Real Estate Matters

The commercial real estate industry is a significant driver of the nation’s economic engine. In fact, the office building industry contributed $227.6 billion to the U.S. economy in 2013 alone. Real estate also is one of the leading employers in the United States. According to the latest numbers, office building operations alone supported 1.8 million jobs. Firms in the commercial real estate industry employ building managers, asset managers, custodial staff, security staff, brokers and accountants, and they retain a myriad of other services through contract, such as legal consulting, landscape maintenance and window cleaning, just to name a few. In addition, the more than 10 billion square feet of office space located in the markets served by BOMA’s local associations provide workspace for an estimated 46.6 million office jobs.

 

The EER Survey is Now Open.

BOMA’s Experience Exchange Report (EER) has been the industry’s most trusted benchmarking resource for office buildings for nearly a century thanks to the thousands of property professionals who share their data each year. This year, the best business tool in commercial real estate is getting even better: BOMA is pleased to announce that the EER is expanding to include industrial buildings with the new Industrial EER.

In order to create the best possible resource for both the office and industrial sectors, we need you to submit your data to the newly rebranded Office EER survey and/or the first-ever Industrial EER survey, depending on the building types you own or manage.

 

June 28-30, 2015
Los Angeles, Calif.

 

With the Democrats looking at significant margins of control in both chambers in the 2015 Oregon Legislative session, environment and labor bills that have failed in the past look for new life.

 

 

 

Presented by: The City of Portland Bureau of Development Services
Jenn Cairo and Mieke Keenan

Join us for this informative class to learn the new rules governing tree planting, cutting and planning under Title 11 Tree Code. Title 11 Tree Code is a multi-bureau effort to clarify, simplify and provide a consistent and effective regulatory framework for trees in the City of Portland. It was established on April 13, 2011 and went into effect on January 1, 2015.

Although this meeting is free for Building Members, you must register to attend.
Allied Member Registration: $35

A minimum of one (1) hour of Oregon Real Estate Agency continuing education credit will be given for this class. Credit hours dependent on the length of the course.

 

The Oregon Department of Energy will accept applications for Commercial Buildings projects from February 2, 2015 through February 27, 2015. The state has approximately $6.5 million in tax credits available for these projects.

 

With fair weather around the corner, now is the time to get your spring painting proposals in hand! Keep in mind, the sooner you can submit your proposal back to us, the easier it will be to get on our schedule!

 

Fresh Aire is a restroom fragrancing and deodorizing service based in West Linn with offices in seven states and 18 cities. Established in 1995, Fresh Aire currently services 2, 500 buildings with 70 fragrance options. Most notably, they introduced a fragrance-free deodorizer to cater to buildings that are fragrance free zones.

Their hallmark is a free trial followed by no contracts, no equipment to buy and no installation fee. Very affordable, the charge for buildings with 10 or more restrooms is just $8.50 each every 28 days.

For more information. call 503.650.7807