Spa Life

Residents Can Relax At Home When Properties Offer Resort-Style Services On-Site.

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A dedicated massage room at the six-month-old Metropolitan at Pentagon Row near Washington, D.C., features earth tones, flickering candles, and soft music between the men's and women's locker rooms in the building's health club.

Eric Keiley

A dedicated massage room at the six-month-old Metropolitan at Pentagon Row near Washington, D.C., features earth tones, flickering candles, and soft music between the men's and women's locker rooms in the building's health club.

Spa Treatment

Four tips to add spa service with limited room. Not enough space in the building to dedicate a room for massages? You can still add spa services to your list of on-site amenities. Here’s how:

  • Strike a deal with a nearby salon to offer residents a 30 percent discount on massages and other spa services there. The salon will benefit from the added traffic, and your residents will credit you with arranging for a cut-rate luxury.
  • Ask a local massage therapist to schedule appointments for residents in their own apartments. Most can tote a portable massage table to a person’s home.
  • Have your building’s concierge refer residents in search of massages to a particular therapist. In return, the therapist could agree to give priority to your residents when scheduling appointments.
  • Host an occasional spa day, complete with massages, facials, manicures, and pedicures, at the pool or on the building’s roof. The area’s personal services providers will participate for free or reduced rates in exchange for the opportunity to introduce themselves to residents who are likely to use their services in the future.

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Sharon O'Malley

Sharon O'Malley is a freelance writer based in College Park, Md. She has contributed to BUILDER for 20 years.