NEW YORK, NY; February 21, 2023 - Fitwel announced today a groundbreaking data insights tool that allows real estate companies to rank their properties’ and entities’ healthy building performance against their peers. A first for the industry, the Relational Data tool adds value to Fitwel Certification by providing users entity-level ranking against like-companies.

NEW YORK, NY; February 15, 2023 — Active Design Advisors Inc. (Adai), an affiliate of the Center for Active Design (CfAD), the sole operator of Fitwel, today announced a strategic capital investment from QuadReal Property Group (QuadReal), a global real estate investment, operating and development company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.

NEW YORK, NY; February 7, 2023 — Fitwel announced today new insights to support the correlation between implementing health-promoting operational and design strategies and value in real estate, advancing its efforts to quantify ESG from a people-perspective. The announcement comes on the heels of Fitwel’s publication of the Guide to Measuring “S”, a resource that outlines 5 key areas and metrics for quantifying S in ESG reporting for the real estate industry.

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.

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.

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…

"We can’t build our way out of the issues that we have today and nor should we," said Joanna Frank, CEO of nonprofit Center for Active Design, which uses design to foster healthy and engaged communities. "While many people might want to focus on new buildings, existing buildings are the biggest opportunity."

DALLAS – October 11, 2022 – Granite Properties, a commercial real estate investment, development and management company, announced today it has become a Fitwel Champion, and has certified five office buildings. Fitwel is a third-party healthy building certification system promoting health and wellbeing through the built environment.

NEW YORK, NY; OCTOBER 11, 2022 - Active Design Advisors Inc. (Adai), an affiliate of the Center for Active Design (CfAD), the sole operator of Fitwel, today announced a strategic capital investment led by RET Ventures, a leading real estate technology fund focused on building cutting-edge proptech companies for the multifamily industry…

NEW YORK, NY; October 7, 2022 - Fitwel today announced the release of their Fitwel-GRESB Crosswalk for Workplace and Multifamily Scorecards, a tool which cross-identifies Fitwel strategies with industry-leading ESG framework GRESB Real Estate Assessment, specifically supporting the industry in quantifying the “S” — Social — in ESG.

Health Drives Value in Real Estate is a groundbreaking benchmark study from the Center for Active Design and Quadreal that features findings that point to the positive outcomes that health and wellbeing strategies have on tenant satisfaction, and in turn, financial outcomes.