Cortland wins Fitwel® Health Building Award.

Cortland, a multifamily real estate investment, development, and management company, has received the “Best in Building Health” award from Fitwel for 2023. Fitwel, a people-centric healthy building certification system, recognized Cortland as a leader in the healthy building movement, leveraging the platform to promote health and wellness through the built environment.

Fitwel’s data-driven, scalable technology platform sets the industry standard for evidence-based strategies to promote health and wellness through the built environment. The platform integrates asset and portfolio-level benchmarking, a streamlined healthy building certification process, and “S” focused ESG reporting guidance. The award recognizes best-in-class real estate companies and individuals prioritizing health to mitigate risk and maximize investment.

“At Cortland, our residents are our priority, so we’re grateful to be recognized by Fitwel through this achievement for our continued efforts to safeguard the health and well-being of our residents,” said Cass McFadden, VP and Global Head of Sustainability for Cortland.

Fitwel, created in partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and operated by the nonprofit research organization, Center for Active Design (CfAD), is a certification system that sets the industry standard for evidence-based strategies to promote health and wellness through the built environment. The 2023 award introduced a special recognition that honors a company’s commitment to implementing practices that impact the “S”-Social- in ESG.

Cortland was recognized for having the greatest impact on viral response with the largest number of viral response-approved assets. Fitwel’s global community of 3,800+ Ambassadors, made up of architects, sustainability professionals, engineers, and designers, was also spotlighted for their efforts in high-scoring healthy building certifications and other achievements.

“Utilizing Fitwel strategies, we’re proud to have certified our portfolio to not only enhance our residents’ experience but to demonstrate how our work in the ‘S’ pillar can drive value,” McFadden said.

“The past few years have been transformational, revealing unprecedented challenges and opportunities for the world, and in particular, the real estate industry and healthy building movement,” said Joanna Frank, President and CEO of CfAD. “As Cortland’s achievements have demonstrated, prioritizing health is no longer a reactive market trend- it’s an established business imperative that represents an opportunity for real estate to mitigate risk and maximize investment.”

Cortland’s commitment to sustainability and well-being can be found at Sustainability | Cortland

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