Reap the Benefits of Urban Farming with Balanced Environments Balanced Environments recently attended BOMA Suburban Chicago's Urban Farming for Commercial Real Estate webinar, where industry experts explored how urban agriculture enhances property value, tenant engagement, and sustainability efforts. With innovative strategies from MicroHabitat, this webinar highlighted the transformative power of urban farming across a variety of CRE properties, helping participants understand its alignment with top building certifications and real estate value.
Reap the Benefits of Urban Farming with Balanced Environments

Balanced Enviroments

October 30, 2024

Reap the Benefits of Urban Farming with Balanced Environments

Balanced Environments recently attended BOMA Suburban Chicago’s Urban Farming for Commercial Real Estate webinar, where industry experts explored how urban agriculture enhances property value, tenant engagement, and sustainability efforts. With innovative strategies from MicroHabitat, this webinar highlighted the transformative power of urban farming across a variety of CRE properties, helping participants understand its alignment with top building certifications and real estate value.

The Impact of Urban Farming on Real Estate

Urban farming is a valuable asset that goes beyond aesthetics to provide genuine benefits to properties. Through partners like MicroHabitat, urban farming seamlessly integrates with certifications like LEED, BOMA BEST, GRESB, WELL, and Fitwel. It creates a tangible value advantage for stakeholders and offers tenants a way to enjoy the direct benefits of sustainable, interactive green spaces.

Key Takeaways:

  • Enhanced Tenant Well-Being: Nature-based spaces support well-being and reduce stress, driving tenant engagement and improving retention.
  • Economic & Social Benefits: From better air quality to effective rainwater management, urban farms build property resilience and support social causes like local food insecurity.
  • Tenant-Engaging, Community-Enhancing: Seasonal harvests can be allocated to on-site cafeterias, food banks, tenant programs, or local retail, creating valuable community ties.
  • Requirements for Implementation: To integrate an urban farm, properties need safe rooftop access, guardrails, 500+ sq ft, an outdoor water faucet, and at least 6 hours of sunlight daily.
  • Value-Added Impact: Sustainable amenities increase property value and tenant satisfaction, positively impacting lease agreements and property sale potential.

At Balanced Environments, we’re excited about the potential of urban farming to add sustainability, resilience, and community value to properties. Learn more about our services and how we can help incorporate green initiatives at Balanced Environments.

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