The Building Owners and Managers Association honored two Southern California medical office buildings, the Taj Mahal Medical Center and Westwood Medical Plaza, the 2016 The Outstanding Building of the Year Award in each of their respective markets.
The award is considered a prestigious and comprehensive program in the commercial real estate industry, recognizing quality in buildings and rewarding excellence in building design, operation and management.
Both buildings are owned and managed by the Muller Company, a full-service real estate outfit specializing in management, investment and development of commercial real estate in the western United States.
The Taj Mahal Medical Center, in Laguna Hills, received The Outstanding Building of the Year Award by the Building Owners and Managers Association of Orange County. It's a three-story, 89,000-square-foot mid-century modern building situated on a raised podium across the street from Saddleback Memorial Hospital. The Muller Company described the neoclassical contemporary architecture as reminiscent of similar landmark buildings like the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Lincoln Center in New York and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Los Angeles Music Center in Los Angeles.
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Westwood Medical Plaza in Los Angeles received its third such award from the Building Owners and Managers Association of Los Angeles. Located at the entrance to the University of California, Los Angeles campus Westwood Medical Plaza is a 12-story, 155,000-square-foot "Class A" medical office building. The Muller Company pointed to its art deco-style, grand lobby entrance and structured parking with valet. Westwood is home to over 90 specialists in the field of fertility, dermatology, physical therapy and Lasik eye surgery.
"We are very proud of the work we have done to renovate these two iconic buildings in order to provide our tenants with a state-of-the-art facility and outstanding amenities," said Jon M. Muller, principal of The Muller Company, in a statement.
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