BOMA

The Time Warner Center, that stylish mall at Columbus Circle, has been dubbed the "2008 Office Building of the Year" by the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Building Owners and Managers Association.

The 2.8 million-square-foot Center won in the exclusive 1 million-square-feet-and-over category, after an earlier qualifying win in a statewide competition.

The Center, completed by Stephen Ross' Related Companies in 2004, has 80 floors of residential and retail (think Whole Foods and Sephora), super chichi restaurants (think Per Se and Masa), and lots of fancy offices where famous people work (think Anderson Cooper).

BOMA determined the winner based on a scale of 80 points, for categories ranging from "energy and environmental management" to "tenant relations."

Now, the Center has the chance to compete in that buildings competition to beat all buildings competitions: the national BOMA awards.

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