{"id":1004179452,"date":"2017-06-07T01:24:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T09:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004179452"},"modified":"2022-12-08T14:12:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:12:41","slug":"vancouver-lands-first-well-certified-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vancouver-lands-first-well-certified-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Lands First WELL-Certified Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004179478\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/CBREs-Vancouver-Office-courtesy-of-CBRE.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004179478\" data-attachment-id=\"1004179478\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vancouver-lands-first-well-certified-office\/cbres-vancouver-office-courtesy-of-cbre\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/CBREs-Vancouver-Office-courtesy-of-CBRE.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,607\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CBRE Vancouver Office\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;CBRE Vancouver Office&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/CBREs-Vancouver-Office-courtesy-of-CBRE.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004179478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/CBREs-Vancouver-Office-courtesy-of-CBRE.jpg\" alt=\"CBRE Vancouver Office\" width=\"422\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/CBREs-Vancouver-Office-courtesy-of-CBRE.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/CBREs-Vancouver-Office-courtesy-of-CBRE.jpg?resize=300,228 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/CBREs-Vancouver-Office-courtesy-of-CBRE.jpg?resize=768,583 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004179478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CBRE Vancouver Office<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Four years after CBRE\u2019s global headquarters in downtown Los Angeles became the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/first-well-certified-project-en-route-to-nyc\/\">first\u00a0WELL-Certified\u00a0office<\/a>, the commercial real estate services firm has attempted\u00a0the healthy-office frontier again. CBRE\u2019s approximately 30,000-square-foot Vancouver office recently attained gold-level WELL Certification for New and Existing Interiors, becoming the first in the City of Vancouver to achieve the designation, which centers on supporting employees\u2019 health and wellness through the built environment.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor us, our pursuit of WELL Certification is not only differentiating us as an employer that is prepared to invest in the health and wellness of its people, but also as a leading commercial real estate advisor. By undertaking the process ourselves, we\u2019re in a much more informed position to advise our clients about its benefits, its costs and the complexities involved,\u201d<\/em> Ashley O&#8217;Neill, vice president of corporate strategy at CBRE Canada, told <em>Commercial Property Executive<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>CBRE debuted its Vancouver digs in 2015, taking four floors in the MNP Tower, a 35-story office building developed at 1021 W. Hastings St. by Oxford Properties the same year. The company ushered the open-office concept into Canada three decades ago. CBRE endeavored to make employee well-being a centerpiece of the Vancouver location\u2019s workplace design. To meet the requirements for gold-level WELL, CBRE incorporated more than 100 wellness features into the Vancouver office space. The long list of attributes includes widespread access to natural light; ergonomic sit-stand desks; noise-attenuating technology; and a high level of indoor air quality.<\/p>\n<p>CBRE has three additional offices registered for WELL Certification in Canada, but the firm\u2019s pursuit of workplace wellness doesn\u2019t end there. CBRE initiated a new company goal last year, challenging itself to seek WELL Certification for a minimum of 100 of its managed or associated properties around the world. In the process, office users and owners have been jumping on the bandwagon.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur pursuit of WELL Certification has generated huge levels of interest among our clients. Most leading companies now inherently understand that the office is no longer just a bottom line cost, but a powerful tool in the attraction and retention of the best talent,\u201d<\/em> O&#8217;Neill said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen you also combine the fact that, as a general rule, more people are becoming increasingly committed to living more active and healthier lifestyles, WELL Certification is at the intersection of two very powerful trends. This is truly at the leading edge of office design, so both tenants and landlords have approached us to understand what WELL Certification can do to help them to attract talent or entice tenants to their buildings,\u201d <\/em>she concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBRE debuted its Vancouver digs in 2015 at MNP Tower, a 35-story office building developed by Oxford Properties. 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