Archinect - News2024-11-08T13:49:16-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150320242/the-rise-of-tall-mass-timber-development-could-herald-a-wooden-renaissance-in-chicago
The rise of tall mass timber development could herald a wooden renaissance in Chicago Josh Niland2022-08-12T13:33:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/63/633684b3b7b5f2587a0b271aa477f07b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Chicago’s steel-framed architectural identity may be about to change thanks to the reintroduction of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1038570/mass-timber" target="_blank">mass timber</a> as the primary building material in a new 9-story tower designed by local studio <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/44564623/hartshorne-plunkard-architecture" target="_blank">Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture</a> for developer Sterling Bay. Noted in a <a href="https://chicagoyimby.com/2022/08/sterling-bay-reveals-plans-for-timber-apartment-building-in-lincoln-park.html" target="_blank">report</a> from <em>Chicago YIMBY</em>, the new project "will be the tallest proposal of its kind in the region."</p>
<p>Sterling Bay is the same developer behind the controversial <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150286966/work-begins-on-first-building-of-6-billion-lincoln-yards-development-in-chicago" target="_blank">$6 billion Lincoln Yards plan</a>, which is set to be completed in three years. Their new proposal, sited several blocks to the north of 2100 N. Southport Avenue, is worth a reported $50 million and would provide the Lincoln Park neighborhood with a total of 130 apartment units once it is completed the same year. In a press release, Sterling Bay's CEO Andy Gloor said it will "set a new standard for future-forward development in [Chicago]."</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/15/159c2df0b744b0927b5c971cd215f87a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/15/159c2df0b744b0927b5c971cd215f87a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/149973575/perkins-will-proposes-80-story-timber-skyscraper-in-chicago" target="_blank">Perkins+Will proposes 80-story timber skyscraper in Chicago</a></figcaption></figure><p>This news comes at a pivotal time in the use of m...</p>