Wellness Real Estate: Supercharging Transformation and Growth

In today's real estate market, wellness is emerging as a critical catalyst for growth. This on-site CEU will explore how design that intentionally supports the holistic health of users elevates individual and community well-being and unlocks significant market opportunities. Drawing from Gensler's research, the session will define and survey a $580 billion U.S. Wellness Real Estate Market and its expansion across the workplace, multifamily residential, hospitality, and retail sectors. Attendees will learn how purposeful, wellness-centered design elements like walkability, access to nature, leisure, physical activity, and social connectivity cultivate thriving communities and deliver superior financial performance. Real-world examples will illustrate how residential developments rooted in nature, immersive wellness hospitality environments, and office spaces that foster inclusivity are supercharging investment across industries and expanding the market with outsized value.


Michael Schur, AIA, LEED AP

Global Wellness Practice Leader

Gensler

Michael Schur, AIA, LEED Global Wellness Leader, Gensler As a Global Wellness Leader, Michael leads a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to delivering holistic design solutions that improve physical and emotional wellbeing, support equity, and empower individuals, communities, and organizations. A strategic connector across practices and a licensed architect with over 15 years of experience, he is driven by the belief that design has the power to transform human experiences and outcomes. Based in Gensler’s Chicago office, Michael works across the globe on complex, future-shaping projects spanning healthcare, education, and wellness projects. Working with industry-leading clients, Michael bridges the gap between strategy and design to identify impactful, people-centered ideas and bring them to life. He frequently writes and speaks about the future of health and wellness and leads research on topics ranging from inclusion to health to digital clinical environments, and more. Wes LeBlanc Strategy Director and Principal, Gensler Wes is an economist that employs real estate analysis, financial due diligence, and market assessments to help stakeholders interpret data and make meaningful project decisions. In his role as a Strategy Director based in Gensler’s Chicago office, he leads a team of professionals focused on quantitative analysis, including economists, market analysts, business planning professionals, urban planning professionals, economic development specialists, and statisticians. His diverse experience spans across more than 300 projects in the U.S. and around the globe for a range of public and private corporations, developers, institutions, and governments. He specializes in complex, ambiguous, and multidisciplinary assignments.

Wes LeBlanc

Principal, Analytics Director

Gensler

Wes is an economist that employs real estate analysis, financial due diligence, and market assessments to help stakeholders interpret data and make meaningful project decisions. In his role as a Strategy Director based in Gensler’s Chicago office, he leads a team of professionals focused on quantitative analysis, including economists, market analysts, business planning professionals, urban planning professionals, economic development specialists, and statisticians. His diverse experience spans across more than 300 projects in the U.S. and around the globe for a range of public and private corporations, developers, institutions, and governments. He specializes in complex, ambiguous, and multidisciplinary assignments.

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