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Here, you'll find what you need to know from the team including insights from the Center for Active Design experts, award-winning projects, industry profiles, and more.

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Tishman Speyer
The Spiral, Manhattan, New York

Featured Posts

  • Fitwel v3 | Empowering Teams to Achieve Certification Efficiently | Image Source: Jadon B / peopleimages.com

    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.

  • 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

Lionstone Investments’ Data-Driven Approach to Healthy Building Demand

Lionstone Investments, one of the largest real estate investment firms in the world, lives and breathes Fitwel's mission of leading the healthy building movement within its culture, assets, and homes. Today, like other REITs, they are considering how health-promoting strategies benefit employees and tenants as well as their portfolio's bottom line. Learn more about this Best in Building Health winner on our latest blog.

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Inside Harrison Street’s Award-Winning Commitment to Healthy Senior Living

Harrison Street has been recognized with Fitwel's highest honor, the Fitwel Excellence Award, for its exceptional track record of healthy building certifications. We sat down with Jill Brosig, Chief Impact Officer at Harrison Street, whose title intentionally reflects the company’s commitment to demonstrating the proven impact of its strategy, to learn more about how Fitwel is an essential part of driving value.

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The Meridian Group and Buro Happold Maintain Fitwel Viral Response Module Highest Rating for Second Year

Having earned the highest scoring Viral Response Module in 2021, The Meridian Group’s dedication to ensuring health and safety in their buildings continues to remain strong. This year, they once again hold the record for the highest score – a testament to their deep commitment to ensuring the health and safety of their occupants for the long term.

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Vornado Realty Trust: Setting New Standards in Sustainability and Occupant Well-Being

As part of Fitwel's Best in Building Health awards this year, Vornado Realty's THE MART received the highest score in the Multi-Tenant Whole Building category. Learn why this industry leader has committed to optimizing the health and safety of its portfolio's occupants.

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How Vari and Corgan are Elevating the Future Workplace through Healthy Spaces

Vari's Best in Building Health award-winning campus, designed in collaboration with Corgan, embodies both companies’ values of promoting health and wellness in the office. Learn why Vari prioritized building a healthy space for their employees through Fitwel Certification and why its health-promoting strategies make it the workplace of the future.

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An Inside Look at Marriott International’s World-Class Healthy Hospitality Headquarters

Take an inside look at Gensler-designed Marriott International's award-winning headquarters, recognized as Best in Building Health, and learn the how and why behind their commitment to creating a healthy workplace environment.

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How Jamestown L.P., Lincoln Property Company, and Verdani Partners Reimagined 18 Tremont

We’re delighted to spotlight Jamestown L.P., Lincoln Property Company, and Verdani Partners for achieving the Highest Scoring Multi-Tenant Project for 18 Tremont as part of our Best in Building Health Awards! Fitwel 3-star 18 Tremont exemplifies Jamestown's mission to transform spaces into future-proof innovation hubs and community centers.

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How Oxford’s Yorkdale Built an Exceptional People-Centric Retail Experience

Yorkdale Shopping Centre is the first Canadian retail project to achieve Best in Building Health recognition. Oxford Properties acquired Yorkdale Shopping Centre in 1998 and has since transformed it into a premier people-centric centre that attracts more than 18 million customers a year.

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How the HERE Building Goes Above and Beyond in Health-Promoting Workplace Design

The workplace of the future is HERE! We’re excited to celebrate the HERE Building in Reading, UK — developed by V7 Asset Management in partnership with sustainability consultancy Element Four — for achieving two Best in Building Health awards for their people-centric design.

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Healthy Building Profile: The Stock Exchange of Thailand

In 2020, Fitwel Ambassadors at SCG Building & Living Care Consulting led the first Asian project to receive a 3-Star Fitwel Rating. Since then, SET has received multiple Best in Building Health Awards, Fitwel Viral Response Module certification, and a 3-Star Rating upon recertification in 2022.

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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.

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