Harrison Street's Moira Kelley: Top Ambassador for Prioritizing Health in Senior & Student Housing

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As part of our ongoing series featuring the companies and individuals leading the healthy building movement, we honor one of this year’s Top Fitwel Ambassadors, Moira Kelley of Harrison Street.

AT A GLANCE

Image: Moira Kelley, Assistant Vice President, ESG Impact, Harrison Street

Name: Moira Kelley

Role: Assistant Vice President, ESG Impact

Location: Chicago, IL

Ambassador Since: July 2021

Moira has led Fitwel Champion Harrison Street in positively impacting the health and wellness of its building’s communities for the past two years. Her contributions helped pave the way for Harrison Street to continue its streak of winning multiple Best in Building Health awards; this year, four of the company’s projects were recognized in the 2022 Highest Scoring Projects category for its work with the Springs Living, DLC Europe, and CA Ventures. 

Learn more about what Best in Building Health means to Moira and how she has found value within the Ambassador Program. 

What does Best in Building Health mean to you?
Being recognized by this year's Best in Building Health awards confirms Harrison Street's commitment to the health and well-being of our building occupants. This is a responsibility we take seriously, especially given the residential nature of some of our asset sectors like senior and student housing.

Why did you choose to become a Fitwel Ambassador?
I heard about the Fitwel Ambassador Program after joining Harrison Street to lead the "S" strategy for the firm. Much of our social strategy to date focuses on occupant physical and mental health and wellness, and we have Fitwel Certification as a goal for our assets. I wanted to become a Fitwel Ambassador to not only better understand the certification and process, but also to become a resource for our teams at our assets.

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Join the healthy building movement today by enrolling in our Ambassador Course using discount code 30FORBIBH for 30% off. Offer ends July 15, 2023.

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What have you valued most about being an Ambassador? 
Becoming a Fitwel Ambassador has equipped me with a better understanding of how human health and well-being can be enhanced through the built environment, in an equitable way that serves all of a building's occupants. It has also provided a technical understanding of the relevant scorecards and strategies for Harrison Street’s target sectors.

For example, Harrison Street and a handful of our operating partners worked with the Center for Active Design to develop a scorecard to certify Senior Living communities, which operate very differently than traditional multifamily residential. A unique aspect of this scorecard is that in addition to the residents living in these communities, it also considers the health of employees who work there.

About Harrison Street
Harrison Street is one of the leading investment management firms exclusively focused on alternative real assets. Since inception in 2005, the firm has created a series of differentiated investment solutions focused on demographic-driven, needs-based assets. The firm has invested across senior housing, student housing, healthcare delivery, life sciences and storage real estate as well as social and utility infrastructure. Headquartered in Chicago with offices in London, Toronto, San Francisco and Washington DC, the firm has more than 220-employees and over $50 billion in assets under management. Clients of the firm include a global institutional investor base domiciled in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Harrison Street was awarded Best Places to Work by Pensions & Investments for seven consecutive years (2014-2020) and was recognized by PERE as the 2021 Alternatives Investor of the Year, North America and 2020 Global Alternatives Investor of the Year. For more information, please visit www.harrisonst.com.

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