Last week in Los Angeles,
in a post by writer, Rachel MacCleery, “leaders from a cross-section of real
estate fields gathered for ULI’s Building Healthy Places: Unlocking the Value
conference. The first of its kind for ULI, the event is part of a series of
activities being undertaken by ULI as part of the Building Healthy Places
Initiative, launched in July.
Co-chaired by the
Colorado Health Foundation President Anne Warhover and past ULI chairman Peter
Rummell, the conference explored the connections between health and the built
environment, and opportunities to use real estate investments to help improve
the health of people and create more valuable, thriving communities.
Nearly 300 people are
attended the conference, which concluded on February 21st. Speakers painted a
picture of troubling health trends– including rising rates of obesity and
diabetes– problems linked directly or indirectly to the built environment and
to land use decisions. “These are things that ULI’s members can help change,”
said ULI’s chair Lynn Thurber, who discussed the strong and growing demand for
buildings and projects that contribute to healthy outcomes for people.
“The more I’ve gotten
involved in this, the more convinced I am that it will reshape development
around the world,” said Peter Rummell. “I’m excited by the potential of
building healthy places as a way of doing well by doing good. In my view,
healthy amenities will do for community building in the 21st century what golf
courses did in the 20th century.”
“The Colorado Health
Foundation couldn’t be more pleased to be partnering with ULI on this
Initiative,” said Anne Warhover. Noting that improving health care can only go
so far, Anne challenged the attendees to figure out how health can be at the
center of real estate development. “Philanthropy alone won’t be able to sustain
the movement toward healthier places,” she said.
Lew Horn, Managing
Director for CBRE in Southern California shared his vision for the recreation
of CBRE’s corporate office environment focused on employee health and
retention. Horn took a 200 person office of Commercial Brokers used to
traditional office space with status perks like corner offices and told them
you will now have no paper and no assigned office. This concept, called
“free-addressing” will now be adopted across other CBRE offices around the
world. Horn noted that wellness came into play after a trip to Amsterdam where
he learned that sitting is “the new smoking”. He implemented sit to stand
workstations, circadian lighting, aromatherapy, massage, daily yoga, flooring
that aids in circulation and eases joint pain and implemented a daily anti
microbial/UV lighting cleaning to destroy all bacteria each night. Horn noted
that all of his brokerage team are having wellness programming conversations
with their respective clients to foster and promote healthy office
environments.
Around the world,
communities face pressing health challenges related to the built environment.
For many years, ULI and its members have been active players in discussions and
projects that make the link between human health and development. Health is a
core component of thriving communities, whether they are residential or
commercial offices.
The ULI Building Healthy
Places Initiative will build on that work with a multifaceted program—including
research and publications, conventions and advisory activities—to leverage the
power of the Institute’s global networks to shape projects and places in ways
that improve the health of people and communities.
Through the two-year Building Healthy Places Initiative, which launched
in July 2013, ULI is working to promote health across the Globe. #ulihealth
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