Wellness Real Estate Series
In 2018, the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) released Build Well to Live Well, a pioneering report that provided a unifying framework for defining wellness real estate, as well as the first-ever quantification of this market by regions and countries. Since then, wellness real estate has become the fastest growing sector within the global wellness economy.
Wellness real estate is poised to go from niche to mainstream. At the same time, many needs have yet to be addressed in the current market, and there is still a broad misconception that wellness real estate is the domain of luxury homes or hospitality-adjacent properties, or that it must include the latest “hot” amenities. While these misunderstandings persist, the sector will continue to encounter missed opportunities and unrealized potential.
GWI’s 2025 Build Well to Live Well research series aims to support the industry and its stakeholders to prepare for the future of wellness real estate – where it can be implemented on any scale (from a single home to an entire neighborhood), can meet the needs of diverse residents/occupants, and can be delivered at many price points.
GWI’s reports and resources for wellness real estate are listed below. Or, learn more about wellness real estate.
Wellness Real Estate Reports
2025 Build Well to Live Well: The Future
This report is an in-depth exploration of the wellness real estate market and a valuable reference guide for the real estate and building industry. It aims to support the industry and its stakeholders to prepare for a future where wellness real estate can be implemented on any scale (from a single home to an entire neighborhood), can meet the needs of diverse residents/occupants, and can be delivered at many price points. It provides a deep dive into why we need more wellness real estate, how to build it, and how to communicate its health and economic benefits. It also explores twelve important future opportunities for the market, with dozens of project examples.
2025 Build Well to Live Well: Case Studies, Volume 1
As a companion to GWI’s 2025 report Build Well to Live Well: The Future, this volume showcases thirteen properties across the United States and the United Kingdom, to illustrate how – with intention and thoughtful planning – wellness can be embedded in projects of any size, at any price point, and for any type of occupants.
2026 Build Well to Live Well: Case Studies, Volume 2
Forthcoming in 2026.
2018 Build Well to Live Well: Wellness Lifestyle Real Estate & Communities
GWI’s 2018 report, Build Well to Live Well, was the first research to size and analyze the global and regional wellness lifestyle real estate and communities’ market. The report articulates their potential impacts on our health and wellbeing, as well as the compelling business case for investing in them. It provides a guide, along with useful tools and resources, for conceptualizing, planning, designing, and building wellness lifestyle real estate in a holistic and intentional manner.
2020 Resetting the World With Wellness: Healthy Built Environments for Healthy People
Part of a series released in 2020 during the pandemic, this white paper describes how our unhealthy built environments can cause both chronic and infectious diseases (like COVID-19), and it elaborates on the roles that communities, businesses, and governments can play in building healthier homes and communities for healthier people.
Wellness Real Estate Market Size Data
Updated market size data for the wellness real estate sector (global, regional, and country-level numbers) are published each year in GWI’s Global Wellness Economy Monitor. For the latest data, see: Wellness Economy Data Series.
Related GWI Initiatives
GWI hosts two industry-led initiatives related to wellness real estate and the built environment. These are led by industry thought leaders, and they release their own white papers, trend reports, webinars, and other resources. For more information, see:
