Healthy Building Design with Joanna Frank — CRE PN Radio

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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.

From the Commercial Real Estate Pro Network:

Joanna Frank  0:00  

New York City decided as a city that they would use the infrastructure of the city to actually try to address infectious disease. And that’s what led to the creation of the parks department in New York. So Central Park was specifically created and called at the time the working man’s lung. So there’s an understanding that in order for people to thrive in the city that they needed access to outdoor space. And infectious disease was really the impetus to create that the reservoir system and piping clean water down into the city, again, was done to alleviate infectious disease. The sanitation department was created because of maintenance of the streets. And, you know, literally dead horses lying in the streets of New York, you know, was not great for anyone’s physical or mental health and tenement house act. So creating a set of guidelines that defined the minimum standards for lightning there for people to be able to thrive. So we are building on that legacy. It’s actually what gave us the confidence 10 years ago, that we could look at the buildings and the infrastructure of New York City, as I said, to start with, in order to address today’s health crisis, which are much more around chronic disease, which includes diabetes that includes heart disease, it also includes mental health depression is also a chronic disease so so we were really basing our confidence and basing our approach on what had you know what that precedent coming out of New York really had shown us. And today Fitwel, which is a healthy building standard and certification and tech platform, research partners and the folks who first created Fitwel, were actually the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to the CDC.

Announcer  1:42  

Welcome to CRE PN Radio for influential commercial real estate professionals who work with investors, buyers and sellers of commercial real estate coast to coast whether you’re an investor, broker, lender, property manager, attorney or accountant we are here to learn from the experts.

J Darrin Gross  2:01  

Welcome to commercial real estate pro networks, CRE PN Radio. Thanks for joining us. My name is J. Darrin Gross. This is the podcast focused on commercial real estate investment and risk management strategies. Weekly, we have conversations with commercial real estate investors and professionals who provide their experience and insight to help you grow your real estate portfolio. 

Today’s episode is sponsored by Building Insurance and Risk. When you invest in real estate. Work with the experts at Building Insurance and Risk. You will receive multiple coverage offers with a side by side coverage comparison. To learn more, go to BuildingInsuranceRisk.com. 

Today, my guest is Joanna Frank. Joanna is the CEO of Fitwel, where she advances design and development practices to foster healthy and engaged communities. And in just a minute, we’re gonna speak with Joanna about healthy building designs. But first, a quick reminder, if you like our show, CRE PN Radio, there are a couple things you can do to help us out. You can like, share and subscribe. And as always, we encourage you to leave a comment, we’d love to hear from our listeners. Also, if you want to see a track to our guests are, be sure to check out our YouTube channel. You can find us on YouTube at commercial real estate pro network. And while you’re there, please subscribe. With that, I want to welcome my guest, Joanna Frank, welcome to CRE PN Radio. 

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About J. Darrin Gross
J. Darrin Gross is a Real Estate Investor and a Commercial Property Insurance Broker.

As a Real Estate Investor, Darrin understands first hand the importance of increasing a property value and containing to improve Return on Investment needed for investors to continue growing their portfolio equity value.

His insurance practice focuses on working with Real Estate Investors, Lenders, Developers of properties such as: Apartments, Retail, Office, Creative, Warehouse & Industrial. Since 1989, Darrin has worked with international carriers and specialty programs available to few brokers that provide rich coverage policies for his clients.

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