As we reflect on 2022 and plan for the road ahead, I’d like to wish our Fitwel members – our Ambassadors, Champions, Partners, and Providers – and the broader real estate community a healthy and happy new year.

J. Darrin Gross of Commercial Real Estate Pro Network (CRE PN) hosts Joanna Frank, President and CEO of the Center for Active Design (CfAD), for a conversation on healthy building design and the development of real estate certification system Fitwel.

Vladimir Bosanac, host of the Real Perspectives Podcast and Co-Founder, Publisher and CEO of The Registry, recently sat down with Joanna Frank, President and CEO of the Center for Active Design, to discuss the work of the organization, Fitwel, and Joanna’s personal journey in the real estate industry.

Granite Properties became a Fitwel Champion this fall certifying five office buildings, including Plaza Tower One, a Class-A, LEED Gold-certified office building in Denver, Colorado. The team chose Fitwel because they felt it was important to communicate and demonstrate their commitment to providing productive and wellness-focused work environments for the health and well-being of their customers and employees.

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.

Meet Rachel Schiftan — Managing Director for Energy & Sustainability Services at Cushman & Wakefield, Fitwel Champion and previous Best in Building Health Winner. Rachel was recognized at the 2022 Best in Building Health Awards event as the Fitwel Ambassador with the most certified projects of all time.

Maricella Herrera of Ellevate sits down with Joanna Frank, President and CEO of the Center for Active Design and President and CEO of Active Design Advisors, to discuss how buildings can affect your physical and mental health, how climate change is affecting real estate, and working real estate during a financial crisis.

Reflections and Takeaways from COP27. We all understand climate change as it relates to physical properties, but we sometimes overlook the impact of climate risk on the people in the buildings. When we think about climate change, we naturally think of rising temperatures and harmful carbon emissions impacting the environment…

China Basin is a 100-year-old South Pacific Railroad banana depot, that evolved into a 1,032,800 SF technology and life sciences campus. Fitwel Partner and Technical Advisory Board member, LORD Green Strategies, along with owner, JP Morgan Asset Management, Inc. chose Fitwel because of its focus on people over materials, suitability for unique property types, and extensively research-supported strategies.

Fitwel Champion, Boston Properties (BXP) chose to pursue Fitwel’s Multi-Tenant Base Building v2.1 Certification at 200 Clarendon Street to highlight how wellness amenities can be implemented at high-rise office buildings.

Fitwel Provider, Brightworks, along with real estate development and investment firm, High Street Residential, a subsidiary of Trammel Crow Company, chose Fitwel to help plan and implement strategies to prioritize the health and well-being of staff and residents at Llewellyn Apartments.

Meet Chia Ming Huang — Founder of Fitwel Champion, Green Matrix Consulting Company. Chia became a Fitwel Ambassador in 2019 and introduced Fitwel to the Taiwan market. Fitwel’s strategies and standards align with Green Matrix’s mission to “fight for the next generation” and strive to transform the construction market toward health and wellbeing.