BioMed Realty Named a Fitwel Champion Company for Commitment to Healthy Buildings Across Portfolio

Fitwel, the leading global healthy building certification and data insights platform, recognizes BioMed Realty as a Fitwel Champion for its outstanding leadership in promoting health and wellness through the built environment.

SAN DIEGO — May 14, 2025BioMed Realty, a Blackstone portfolio company and the largest private operator of life science real estate, today announced it has been named a Fitwel Champion Company, a testament to the Company’s commitment to creating spaces where tenants and community members alike can thrive.


Fitwel, the leading global healthy building certification and data insights platform, recognizes BioMed Realty as a Fitwel Champion for its outstanding leadership in promoting health and wellness through the built environment. BioMed has achieved Fitwel certification for 3 million square feet of lab and office space across the Bay Area, Boston-Cambridge, San Diego, and Seattle markets, including properties such as:

“At BioMed Realty, we prioritize building and enhancing environments that support the wellbeing and health of our tenants and the communities — for today and in the future,” said Joanna Hilvert, Vice President of Integration, Environmental, and Sustainability at BioMed Realty. “Being named a Fitwel Champion Company is a testament to BioMed Realty’s leadership in prioritizing advancing healthier, more resilient communities.”

“Our Company’s sustainability initiatives continue to set us apart, and we are honored to be recognized as a Fitwel Champion,” said Tim Schoen, CEO of BioMed Realty. “We are focused on delivering and operating sustainable buildings that allow our tenants to continue developing new innovative therapies and technology to advance human health.”

For more information on BioMed Realty’s commitment to sustainable operations and development, see our values.

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