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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.

FITWEL CHAMPION COMPANY
Tishman Speyer
The Spiral, Manhattan, New York

Featured Posts

  • Health at Scale: Global Leadership Defines Real Estate in 2026

    Fitwel’s CEO, Joanna Frank, celebrates this years Best in Building Health Winners and highlights how building health at scale is a defining characteristic of market leadership. Fitwel’s global presence continues to grow, mirroring a world-wide adoption of healthy building practices.

  • 2025: How Consumer Demand for Health Reset Expectations for Real Estate

    2025 marked a turning point for global real estate as consumer demand reshaped how value is created and measured. Backed by new research, international momentum, and a shift toward real-time verification, this year proved that health-focused buildings outperform—delivering rental premiums, stronger tenant satisfaction, and long-term resilience. From Fitwel’s Smart Scorecard innovations to the resurgence of Active Design, the market made one thing clear: health is no longer a trend, but a fundamental driver of performance and investment.

  • Fitwel Introduces the Smart Scorecard Wizard: Intelligent Automation Delivering Certification Efficiency, Accuracy, and Confidence

    Fitwel’s new Smart Scorecard Wizard uses intelligent automation to make certification faster, smarter, and more accurate. By streamlining scorecard selection and approvals, it reduces manual effort, ensures consistency, and empowers users to focus on impact rather than paperwork.

Recent Posts

Healthy Building Profile: Plaza Tower One - Denver, CO

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.

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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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Ambassadors Leading the Movement: Rachel Schiftan

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.

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Sustainability and Climate Change from a People Perspective

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…

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Healthy Building Profile: China Basin - San Francisco, CA

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.

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Healthy Building Profile: Llewellyn Apartments - Los Angeles, CA

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.

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Ambassadors Leading the Movement: Chia Ming Huang

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.

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AirMD, Evora Global, Exubrancy, and Sunview Integrated Solutions Join Fitwel Partner Program

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2022 — Today AirMD, Evora Global, Exubrancy, and Sunview Integrated Solutions all announced their membership to the inaugural class of Fitwel's Partner program. Designed to provide an opportunity for organizations to align…

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5 Takeaways from Greenbuild 2022

Last week, we joined industry leaders for the 20th Anniversary of Greenbuild. While topics spanned climate change, sustainability, equity, and resilience, health and well-being in the built environment took center stage. Here are the top 5 takeaways for a healthier 2023.

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