BOMA Edmonton is a leading commercial real estate association that provides trusted expertise and opportunities to members, government, and the public in the Edmonton Region and beyond.
Since the 1960s, Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Edmonton has been the foremost voice and resource for commercial real estate in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region. Our geographical mandate also includes serving members north of Red Deer and in Northern Alberta, NWT, and Yukon. Our vision is of a vibrant, inclusive, and responsible commercial real estate industry that positively impacts economies, businesses, communities, and lives.
As an industry association, BOMA Edmonton provides trusted expertise and opportunities to members, governments, and to the public. We also offer career and leadership development, sustainability programs like BOMA BEST, and other premier services to our members through advocacy, education, networking and information.
Our membership is comprised of 350+ corporate members and their employees that are principal (owners and managers) or allied (service providers to principal members). We also have diverse non-profit and student members. BOMA Edmonton principal members own and operate more than 40 million square feet of commercial real estate in the Edmonton region alone, and all members provide a wide-range of services within the sector related to all commercial building types including office, industrial, retail, multi-family, and investment.
BOMA Edmonton is part of an influential network of 120 influential BOMAs around the world. The BOMA brand has been around for more than 100 years. As one of eleven local BOMA associations in Canada, BOMA Edmonton has a mandate to serve members north of Red Deer, through the Edmonton Region, and into Northern Alberta, Northwest Territories, and Yukon. These associations came together to found BOMA Canada to lead the federated model that exists today.
We are a strong voice and resource for commercial real estate.
We enhance industry vibrancy and advocate for our members.
We are thought leaders with our fingers on the pulse of top issues.
We provide intelligence and partnership to government and other sectors.
We support business and professional growth.
We celebrate and verify industry excellence.
We promote and build the communities we serve in the Edmonton Region and northern Alberta, NWT, and Yukon.
We are BOMA Edmonton.
We build community.
BOMA Edmonton’s vision is of a vibrant, inclusive, and responsible commercial real estate industry that positively impacts economies, businesses, communities, and lives.
Our mandate as an industry association is to provide trusted expertise and opportunities to members, governments, and to the public. We also offer career and leadership development, sustainability programs like BOMA BEST, and other premier services to our members through advocacy, education, networking and information.
The “BOMA Family,” which includes our staff, board, committees, and entire membership, takes pride in the following core values that guide our conduct:
Strong advocacy and industry excellence
Educating and empowering each other
Acting with integrity and professionalism
Connecting people and opportunities
Inclusivity and informed leadership
Hilary Lumme
Chair
Senior Director, Alberta Division
Redstone Group
Sidney Waskiewich
Past Chair
President
Northern Development & Investment Group Inc.
Cameron Naqvi
Vice Chair
President
Cameron Development Corporation
Morley Barr
Treasurer
Vice President, Property Management & Operations
Aspen Properties
Stacey Claffey
Secretary
Regional Director, Operations
RioCan
Rob Gingras
Director
President, Western Canada
Bee-Clean Building Maintenance
Sean Kirk
Director
General Manager
Edmonton City Centre
Julian Mannella
Director
Senior Property Manager
Avison Young
Nick Trovato
Director
Managing Principal
Read Jones Christoffersen
Erin White
Director
General Manager
BentallGreenOak (Canada) LP
Tony Prsa
Vice President, Alberta
Harvard Property Management Inc.
Chris Vilcsak
President & CEO
Solution 105 Consulting Ltd.
Lisa Baroldi
President & Chief Executive Officer
Glinis Buffalo
Project Manager, Creating Career Pathways in Commercial Real Estate via Glinis Buffalo Consulting
Brian Heerensperger
Chief Financial Officer via BDO
Jeannette Mensink
Manager, Membership & Special Events
Kryzia Wisdom
Marketing & Communications via Niched Digital
BOMA Edmonton has three types of committees: Board, Industry and Association, and Special Events. Our committees are comprised of up to eight BOMA members who volunteer to support the work we do. They act as advisors, making recommendations to the board and association, which in turn make final decisions. BOMA Edmonton also has five membership advisory councils that correspond with BOMA membership types. These advisory councils help to inform committee, board, and association work. BOMA’s board and committees can create short-term task forces or ad-hoc committees to address particular issues or drive initiatives with board approval.
If you are interested in a BOMA Edmonton Committee or a Membership Advisory Council, please contact admin@bomaedm.ca. You must be a BOMA member to join. If you are employed by a BOMA corporate member, then you are a BOMA member.
Commercial real estate (CRE) is an industry comprised of people who provide, manage, and service the non-residential spaces that make up our cities and towns.
In other words, commercial real estate supports the development, operation, maintenance, sale, and management of any property used for business-related purposes. Subsectors in commercial real estate, as they are often referred to, include office, retail, industrial, medical, multi-family, investment, and other areas of commercial real estate used or zoned for specific purposes.