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Tishman Speyer
The Spiral, Manhattan, New York
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Streamlining Success: Fitwel Platform Upgrades for a Faster Certification Journey
Discover the latest upgrades to the Fitwel Platform designed to simplify your certification journey. From quicker project registration to integrated documentation tracking and new strategies addressing climate resilience, explore how these enhancements make achieving Fitwel certification faster, easier, and more efficient.
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Putting People at the Center to Drive Value for Real Estate | Defining ‘S’ in Six Targeted Outcomes
There is a proven link between health and value. The research team at the Center for Active Design has been undertaking a years-long process to examine two critical questions facing the real estate industry: what is the quantifiable value of health? and how can climate change and quality of life coexist? Learn about our new framework connecting health-promoting goals to economic value creation in our second issue of Building Health, Expanding the Evidence.
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Fitwel® Unveils v3: Pioneering the Future of Healthy Building Certification
Fitwel, the leading global healthy building certification and data insights platform, has released Version 3 (“v3”) of its evidence-based standard. This update translates the latest public health research to optimize real estate assets for health and quality of life, future-proof them for climate adaptation, and maximize their value.
Recent Posts
Palisades Office Park: Atlanta’s Award-Winning Employee-Centric Workplace
Palisades, a four-building project owned by Atlanta Property Group in Atlanta's Central Perimeter submarket, takes pride in being one of the most employee-centric office properties in the Southeast of the United States. Together with the support of Sustainable Investment Group, these healthy buildings earned Best in Building Health recognition.
Taking Healthy Apartment-Living to the Next Level | Chicago’s 73 East Lake
This year, 73 East, designed by M&R Development, managed by RMK Management Corp., and owned in partnership with UBS Realty Investment, received the Best in Building Health Highest Scoring Multifamily Residential award. This 322 unit luxury apartment complex in the heart of Chicago is recognized for its health-promoting Fitwel Standard strategies that make this apartment building an ideal place to call home.
StraubJunqueira: Leading the Way in Best in Building Health Consulting in São Paulo, Brazil
StraubJunqueira, a top sustainability and healthy building consulting firm in Brazil, has been recognized for being Best in Building Health for three commercial spaces in São Paulo, one of the world’s most populous global cities. We sat down with co-founder and Top Fitwel Ambassador, Eduardo Straub, to learn about the company’s achievements and future ambitions.
Top Ambassador Spotlight: StraubJunqueira’s Eduardo Straub is Pioneering the Healthy Building Movement in Brazil
Eduardo Straub, Co-Founder of StraubJunqueira, a top sustainability and healthy building consulting firm in Brazil, has been named as one of this year’s Top 20 Fitwel Ambassadors. We sat down with him to learn about the company’s achievements and future ambitions of leading the healthy building movement in Brazil.
Cushman & Wakefield and SIG’s 125 Broad Street Recognized for Commitment to Employee and Occupant Wellness
125 Broad Street is an iconic 43-story skyscraper in the heart of New York City that was named Best in Building Health for its commitment to providing tenants with a healthy workplace. Read about how Cushman & Wakefield and the Fitwel Ambassadors of Sustainable Investment Group helped this award-winning healthy building stand out from the crowd.
Scarlett White of RE Tech Advisors: Ambassador of the Year for Leading Healthy Building Certifications
Scarlett White of RE Tech Advisors won Fitwel’s Ambassador of the Year award for her outstanding leadership in obtaining healthy building certifications. Her expertise and guidance as an Ambassador have greatly benefited clients, occupants, and surrounding communities. Discover how her passion for work has influenced her and shaped her journey.
Fitwel Accelerates Global Adoption of Healthy Building Certification at Scale; Announces New Champions, Partners, & Providers
Fitwel today announced the latest cohort of companies to join its global community of Champions, Providers, and Partners, signaling an intensifying race for quality to meet the demand for healthy buildings in real estate.
Best in Building Health Top Ambassador Spotlight: Katie Luong, Brightworks Sustainability
As part of this year’s Best in Building Health awards, we’re pleased to announce our first annual Top 20 Ambassadors List. The honorees were selected out of a competitive group of nearly 4,000 professionals across 50+ countries worldwide for their success in project registrations and Fitwel certifications, and the number of people impacted through those efforts.
Salesforce and Brightworks Sustainability Awarded Best in Building Health for Salesforce’s Global HQ
Salesforce and Brightworks Sustainability earn Best in Building Health for the Highest Scoring Viral Response Module at Salesforce’s Global Headquarters. The Fitwel Viral Response Module sets the industry standard for optimizing buildings in response to the broad health impacts of infectious respiratory diseases.
Healthy Building Profile: Yorkdale Shopping Centre
Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre, which is part of Oxford Property Group’s portfolio, has a 55-year history as Canada's leading super-regional shopping center. As of February 2023, Yorkdale is the only retail property in Canada to finalize Fitwel Retail Building v2.1 Certification, and just one of eight publicly disclosed in the world.
Healthy Building Profile: 300 West Sixth - Austin, TX
Fitwel Partner, RE Tech Advisors (formerly LORD Green Real Estate Strategies) chose Fitwel certification for 300 West Sixth to assist its client and Fitwel Champion, Lionstone Investments, in its ongoing commitment to the health and wellness of building staff and tenants.
Healthy Building Profile: The Spiral - New York City, NY
Tishman Speyer, a founding member of Fitwel's Leadership Advisory Board and Champion partnered up with Fitwel Partner Exubrancy to achieve a 2-star rating for The Spiral, a multi-tenant base building that is “sustainable by design, built with humans in mind.
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