BOMA Greater Tampa Bay
combines advocacy, education
and community for commercial
real estate owners, property
managers and allied businesses
Florida Construction News staff writer
B OMA (Building Owners and
Managers Association) Greater
Tampa Bay was formed more than 30
years ago to promote the unique inter-
ests of local commercial real estate
building owners and property man-
agers, and to add value through advo-
cacy and education. Through its
participation in BOMA Florida and its
ties to BOMA International (BOMI),
Greater Tampa Bay is part of an inter-
national network that includes
91BOMA U.S. associations and 18 in-
ternational affiliates whose mission is
to “advance a vibrant commercial real
estate industry through advocacy, in-
fluence and knowledge.”
President Sandy Ballestra says
BOMA Greater Tampa Bay has three
key roles: advocacy, education and to
operate as a trade association for the
benefit of members. In its advocacy
role, the association works in concert
with other local CRE (commercial real
estate) and all Florida BOMA Associa-
tions to advocate for the industry lo-
cally, at the state level and nationally.

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Members will also be traveling to
Tallahassee to lobby legislators in Feb-
ruary, along with all other BOMA asso-
ciations in the state, in an effort to
repeal the sales tax on commercial
leases. Currently, Florida adds a state
tax of six percent and municipalities
may add their own tax, as high as 1.5
percent in some areas. “We are the
only state in the union to carry this
state tax and it puts us at a disadvan-
tage with other states when it comes
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