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Roy Buckner
SSA
November 6, 2009

What is the definition of BOMA class A office space? By the BOMA definition can class A office space be located within an industrial area?

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Adam Fingret
Extreme Measures Inc.
November 6, 2009

None of the BOMA measurement standards refer to space by their market "class" nor do they refer to the location of a building within a given setting.

If an individual building is primarily office (51% or more), it is measured using one of the office standards (BOMA 1980, 1996 or 2010). If the building is primarily industrial, the BOMA/SIOR 2004 Standard Methods for Measuring Floor Area in Industrial Buildings is the appropriate standard to use.

In short, neither a building's class or where it is situated is relevant to it's measurement using BOMA Standards.

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