What Office Brokers Should Know About Wellness, Published in Commercial Property Executive

In an article recently published in Commercial Property Executive, Spiezle Associate Principal Jill DiClementi explains why workplace wellness has become a strategic consideration in office leasing and tenant improvement decisions. She outlines how daylight, access to views, healthy materials, ventilation, acoustic comfort, and flexible space choices can help organizations improve employee performance, connection, engagement, and retention.

“In an era defined by flexibility and employee choice, workplace design is no longer solely about function. It’s about creating experiences that support both people and business outcomes.” DiClementi explains.

DiClementi emphasizes that successful workplace wellness strategies require coordination among organizational leadership, HR, facilities, and operations teams, rather than treating wellness as an isolated amenity. She also makes the business case for reinvestment at a time when a recent CBRE survey found that only 14 percent of organizations are pursuing meaningful office reinvestment, while nearly half rate their current workplace experience as insufficient.

“Buildings are no longer viewed simply as operational necessities,” DiClementi writes. “They are strategic assets that influence culture, engagement, innovation and retention.”

Read the full article in Commercial Property Executive.