Media Fact Sheet
The Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago (BOMA/Chicago)
Year Founded 1902
Organization Profile BOMA/Chicago represents 260 buildings housing private, institutional and government/public uses in the City of Chicago and 150 companies that provide services to commercial office buildings. BOMA/Chicago members make up 80 percent of Chicago’s downtown total rentable building area and 90 percent of rentable space in Class A buildings downtown.
Key Economic Contributions BOMA/Chicago buildings house more than 250,000 jobs at nearly 8,000 companies including 5,731 local businesses, 1,414 national companies and 662 international corporations throughout the city. BOMA/Chicago members also provide more than $650 million in annual property taxes
Advocacy Initiatives BOMA/Chicago shapes policy and raises awareness on a broad range of issues impacting Chicago’s business community. They include:
o Property taxes
o Energy procurement
o Emergency preparedness
o Building codes and standards
o Environmental sustainability
2013-2014 Officers President: George Kohl, CBRE
Vice President: T. J. Brookover, The John Buck Company
Treasurer: Robert Quast, Lincoln Property Company
Key Staff Leadership Michael Cornicelli, Executive Vice President
Lisa Bluhm, Director of Marketing & Education
Beth Halat, Director of Member Services
Paul Jost, Comptroller
Ron Tabaczynski, Director of Government Affairs
Diana Zamora, Manager of Information & Data Services
Affiliation BOMA International
Washington, DC
Website: www.boma.org
Headquarters 115 South LaSalle, Suite 2300
Chicago, Illinois
Website: www.bomachicago.org
Phone: 312-870-9600