INTERVIEW: PAUL SCIALLA
Diagram 1: The Delos Well Building StandardTM
is based on seven
design categories that impact on 12 aspects of human health
Everyone we speak to wants to get involved – this is an obvious way to fi nally deliver preventative medicine in a passive way to help people on a daily basis
(4,274sq m) CBRE global corporate head- quarters in Los Angeles and is also working with the healthy restaurant chain Lyfe Kitchen to certify 250 of its facilities over the course of the next fi ve years. In addition, Scialla cites mid-level
rentals and school projects as possibilities in the future. He also points out that Delos is working with the US Green Building Council on an orphanage in Haiti and with
will.i.am on an affordable housing project in Boyle Heights – a low-income neighbour- hood in Los Angeles. In collaboration with the singer’s philanthropic organisation
i.am.angel, Delos is implementing its Well Access programme – a subset of the Well Building Standard – which will see core components such as quality air, water and antimicrobial coatings added to 1,200 homes.
Will.i.am says: “I’m on a mission to enhance my hometown neighbourhood of Boyle Heights, including helping to make Estrada Courts, the public housing project where I grew up, a healthier and more comfortable place to live.”
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WORKING WITH SPAS So which segment does Scialla think has the potential to grow the quickest? Residential, office or hospitality? “It’s so interesting because I’d like to pick one,” he says, “but I actually see a massive opportunity with every single one of them.” He even hints that other verticals such as assisted living and senior housing could be on the cards for development. The Stay Well rooms at the MGM Grand in
Las Vegas have certainly been a great success and out of everything Delos is doing they are the best parallel for the spa industry to draw comparisons from. The 42 rooms,
which incorporate 17 health and wellness elements (see p34), enable MGM to add 30 per cent onto standard room rates and while Scialla doesn’t disclose how much MGM invested he does reveal that it broke even within six weeks. “The guest feedback has been outstanding,” he says revealing that even though the rooms have only been open for just over a year, MGM has already quadrupled the offering. The extra 129 Stay Well rooms, which opened in January, have taken over the entire 14th fl oor of the hotel’s main tower. Enhanced features include a smartphone app to guide guests around the room’s amenities, as well as allowing them to input details of their fl ight so that the Cleveland Clinic can come back with a more accurate prescription for light therapy to help reduce jet lag – “we’re really trying to make it an entire experience, as opposed to just enhancing a special component of the room,” says Scialla. While the Stay Well rooms are obviously conducive to relaxation and wellness, Scialla adds that they purposefully didn’t include any spa facilities or treatments, as many hotels offer these independently already.
“Tying the spa experience to the guestrooms is an issue that’s coming up in a lot of conver- sations with our new hotel partners,” he says.
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“We’re looking at ways of cross promoting the spa including offering steep discounts or bringing in healthier food.
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