In its first in-depth research report ‘Build Well To Live Well,’ the Miami, Florida-based Global Wellness Institute analyzed the global and regional wellness, lifestyle, real estate, and communities market. Real estate and communities that intentionally put people’s health at the center of design, creation, and redevelopment are the next frontier in residential real estate.
Key Findings:
- The global market is growing fast: over 6% a year from 2015-2022.
- Consumer demand for healthy homes is outstripping supply.
- Wellness real estate grew 6.4% annually since 2015, to reach $134 billion in 2017, and will expand 6% yearly through 2022 to reach $180 billion. The U.S., along with a few key countries such as China, Australia, India, U.K., Germany account for three-quarters of the market.
- In five years, the pipeline for wellness lifestyle real estate and communities has gone from a handful of projects to over 740 built, partially built, or in development, across 34 countries today.
- Among these 740+ projects, Global Wellness Institute estimates that there are over 1.5 million units/homes either already built, or planned to be built out, over the next couple of decades. They encompass over 560,000 acres of land and will house more than 4.1 million people. The regional leaders are: North America with 372, Asia-Pacific with 293, and Europe with 61, projects in their pipeline.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
