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(CHICAGO, IL) -- Batting close to 1,000 percent, metro Chicago-based Continental Towers  has won the 2008-2009 Outstanding Office Building of the Year Award (also known as the TOBY Award) for the five-state North Central Region from the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA)

The Class A, 910,796 square-foot office and retail complex in suburban Rolling Meadows, IL is controlled and managed by Prime Group Realty Trust (NYSE:PGEPRB).
 
This is the third time in the last five years that Continental Towers has won top honors for the five-state North Central Region

The complex  also has won the TOBY Award for the Chicago Suburban market four times in the last five years. Continental Towers was the winner in the 500,000 SF to 1,000,000 SF category.
 
The judges described the complex as a "very well run building and it shows" and the dedicated building staff as "a key reason why the buildings continue to win awards."

Continental Towers consists of three 12-floor office towers and a three-story centrally located retail building, which together house 36 businesses employing more than 1,435 people.

The "TOBY" award program, now in its 24th year, is the most prestigious and comprehensive program of its kind in the commercial real estate industry, recognizing quality in office buildings and awarding excellence in office-building management.

The judging process includes a building inspection and a thorough evaluation of the selection criteria, which include a review of building standards, community involvement, tenant relations, energy-management systems and procedures, environment and regulatory compliance, emergency preparedness and security standards, and building-personnel training programs.

"Prime Group Realty Trust is very proud to have received this award from our peers at BOMA," says Catherine A. Carlson, RPA, general manager of the complex.
 
"We believe that the recognition BOMA has given the complex over the last five years is evidence of how hard we work at managing and operating the complex at the highest levels and in a tenant friendly manner."

Last fall, Continental Towers won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's prestigious ENERGY STAR, the national symbol for protecting the environment through superior energy performance.

The property is located on a professionally landscaped 34-acre site in the Woodfield neighborhood at the southeast corner of the Northwest Tollway (I-90) and Golf Road (Route 58) just east of Route 53.

The Complex features three 12-story office towers of approximately 280,000 square feet per tower. Above-ground and underground walkways connect all three buildings with the Commercium, a three-story, glass-enclosed 67,169 square-foot retail concourse.
 
Its amenities include a private health club, a travel agency, sundry shop, flower shop, full-service banking facility, deli, print shop, dry cleaner, and banquet and conference center.

The Continental Towers complex is located 30 miles northwest of Chicago's Loop and 10 miles northwest of O'Hare International Airport. It has convenient access to the interstate system via I-90, I-294, I-290, and I-355.

The precast composite, cast-in-place concrete structures have white Wyoming quartz aggregate curtainwalls and gray solar reflective windows.

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