A first in Canada: Three health care facilities certified BOMA BESt® Health Care

MONTREAL, Nov. 13, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - It is with great pride that BOMA Québec awarded the first Canadian BOMA BESt^® Health Care certificates to three local health care facilities. The "Health Care" module is a Quebec initiative. It was designed to meet the specific environmental challenges of the health care sector and was launched by BOMA Canada last August.

In addition, a record number of property managers took to the stage to receive BOMA BESt^® certificates for commercial buildings. The number of certified properties has been growing steadily in Quebec since the inception of the environmental program in 2005. BOMA BESt^® is a unique, voluntary, national program designed to assess environmental performance and management of existing buildings. The award ceremony took place last night at the KPMG Tower at 600 de Maisonneuve Blvd West, itself designated BOMA BESt^® Level 2 last April.

The BOMA BESt^® (Building Environmental Standards) program is the largest environmental assessment and certification program for existing buildings in Canada. Major institutional managers such as the Société québécoise des infrastructures certify buildings under their control because the program guarantees the rigorous management of air, energy, waste, as well as preventive maintenance. An independent expert determines at which level a property will be certified, depending on the score it obtains following an inspection. The program's goal is to "create a sustainable environment, one building at a time."

The properties below received certificates. Congratulations to the management teams!

LEVEL 1 La Corporation Cadillac Fairview Les Galeries d'Anjou / Le Carrefour Laval   Bentall Kennedy Canada Lp 18050-18100 Aut.Transcanadienne / 351-381 McCaffey / 655-817 Gougeon   First Capital Realty Inc. 5700 Côte-des-Neiges / Place Roland-Therrien / Place Vilamont   Groupe Mach Ressource de la Montagne   LEVEL 2 La Corporation Cadillac Fairview Fairview Pointe Claire/ Promenades St-Bruno   Aéroports de Montréal Aéroport International Pierre-Elliot-Trudeau   Centre Terrarium Inc. Centre Terrarium   Groupe de Société Westcliff Carrefour Angrignon   SNC Lavalin O&M La Maison Radio-Canada   Groupe Petra Complexe Avenue Ogilvy / Place Carillon 1 / Place Carillon 2   Immobilier Manuvie 101 Roland Therrien   Conseillers immobiliers GWL Centre Pierrefonds / Plaza Pierrefonds   Bentall Kennedy Canada Lp 1620 de Montarville / 4500 Bois-Franc / 4400 Hickmore / 1250 Dagenais / 19700 Clark Graham   Gestion immobilière Nexacor inc. 320 des Allumettières / 400 King / 87 Ontario                 Société québécoise des infrastructures Centre administratif de Verdun / Centre judiciaire Gouin / Édifice Athanase-David / Édifice Wilfrid-Derome / Palais de Justice de Saint-Hyacinthe / Palais de Justice de Saint- Jérôme   / Palais de Justice de Sorel / Revenu Québec Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu / Sureté du Québec de Candiac

LEVEL 3 Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil — Siége social   Allied Properties REIT CDM de Montréal — 111 Duke  / 700 Wellington & 75 Queen / 87 Prince / 50 Queen & 80 Queen   Société québécoise des infrastructures Palais de Justice de Laval / Palais de Justice de Longueuil / Centre administratif 577 Henri-Bourassa E   Investissements Morguard Ltée Centre de la Cité de Pointe-Claire   Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc. Mail Champlain / Galeries Rive-Nord   Le Groupe Petra Complexe Place Crémazie   CSSS Pierre-Boucher CLSC Simonne-Monet-Chartrand* / Hôpital Pierre Boucher*   Gestion immobilière Nexacor inc. 1050 Beaver Hall / 671 de la Gauchetière   Société de développement Angus CLSC Rosemont Lucille-Teasdale   Société en commandite Gaz Métro Gaz Métro Siège Social   Morgard Investments Limited Centre commercial Place Rosemère / Centre de la Cité de Pointe-Claire   Bentall Kennedy Canada Lp Édifice Sun Life / Marché Central   LEVEL 4 McGill University Health Center Montreal General Hospital*   Gestion immobilière Nexacor inc. Campus Bell   Investissements Morguard Ltée 1500 University / Centropolis   L'immobilière Banque Nationale Tour de la Banque Nationale

* Certified BOMA BESt^® Health Care

About BOMA Québec

BOMA Quebec (boma-quebec.org) is the largest association of commercial property owners and managers in Quebec. Its members own or manage more than 85% of Class A office buildings in the province. A leader in the field since its founding in 1927, BOMA Quebec has developed a reputation for excellence in property management through the services it offers, and for increasing the value of commercial real estate assets. For BOMA Quebec, those assets consist not only of the material aspects of a building, but also immaterial aspects such as the quality of the management team, tenant profile and architectural style.

SOURCE: BOMA

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