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Who We Are

ABOMA, the Apartment Building Owners and Managers Association, Represents Over 600 High-Rise and Walkup Residential Buildings Located in the Chicago Area.

Approximately 60% are Condominium or Cooperative in Nature and 40% are Rental Buildings

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Member Benefits

ABOMA provides: Labor agreements, employee training, seminars, events, legislative representation, to name just a few.

Networking Opportunities with:

ABOMA supplier members, owners, building managers, management supervisors, condominium boards, management companies

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Member Management Tools

We offer condominium lease forms, safety DVD's; doormen, janitorial & parking garage employee labor agreements; key issues in hiring, disciplining and terminating, up to date information on legislation affecting the industry, and much more . . .

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Serving the Chicagoland High-Rise Residential Community for 76 Years

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Bob Wiggs - 50 Years With Aboma

About ABOMA

The Apartment Building Owners and Managers Association

Founded in 1937, ABOMA has effectively represented and served the residential property industry in the Chicago area. ABOMA is a not-for-profit Association whose officers and directors serve on a voluntary basis.

ABOMA Represents Over 600 High-Rise and Walk-Up Residential Buildings Located in the Chicago Area, containing over 400,000 units with over 600,000 owners and residences. Approximately 60% are Condominium or Co-operative in Nature and 40% are Rental Buildings.

Association Objectives:

Our Association objectives are:

To facilitate the exchange of ideas regarding the design, construction, management, operations and maintenance of high-rise residential buildings.
To render advice and assistance to its members with respect to personnel.
To engage in collective bargaining on behalf of member buildings which have designated the Association as it's bargaining representative.
To consider and act with reference to legislation, taxation and other public matters of interest to building managers and owners.
To promote the welfare and interest of the members of the Association and industry by all lawful means.

Member Benefits:

Some of the many benefits of being an ABOMA member are:

Participation in ABOMA Labor Agreements
- SEIU Local 1
  - Covering janitorial employees in high-rise and walk-up residential buildings.
  - Covering doormen and receiving room employees in high-rise residential buildings
- Teamsters Local 727
  - Covering parking garage employees in residential buildings
ABOMA / SEIU Local 1 Employee Training

Only Building Members may be part and party to the Labor Contracts negotiated by the Association.

Networking Opportunities
- Association events and seminars with networking opportunities to:
  - ABOMA Supplier Members
  - Building Owners
  - Building Managers
  - Management Supervisors
  - Condominium Boards
  - Management Companies

ABOMA programs and services are only available to ABOMA members.