Sustainability Street: Prescription for Heart-Healthy Buildings

<p>Welcome back to Sustainability Street, our podcast on the intersection of commercial real estate and the world we live.</p><p>For this episode, I&#39;m talking about cardiac health and the built environment with Dr. Bharat Sangani. </p><p>As a board-certified cardiologist and founder &amp; chairman of Dallas-based Encore Enterprises, Sangani finds himself downstream and upstream of what he refers to as American real estate&#39;s heart problem, which has resulted from changes in space usage and work patterns. </p><p> &quot;Over a period of time, our footprints of the office space, the malls, et cetera, is getting smaller and smaller,&quot; Sangani said. &quot;And, as it gets smaller and smaller, people have become very cost efficient and space efficient. And that has reduced our ability to walk a lot. That also has reduced our ability to have meeting spaces.&quot;</p><p>But research has shown that real estate has the power to improve people&#39;s health as well. Sangani and I discuss the study of architectural epedimiology, his health-minded investment approach and his prescription for the industry.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>