Milwaukee developer exploring bringing mass timber buildings to other cities

MILWAUKEE — The developer of what’s set to change into the world’s tallest mass timber construction in Milwaukee says they’re exploring bringing the idea to cities throughout the nation.

Ascent is underneath development at Van Buren and Kilbourn within the metropolis’s downtown. The 284-foot-tall constructing with 259 residences is notable as a result of it’s constructed from mass timber, as an alternative of the standard concrete and metal. The sustainable various is a sizzling subject amongst builders, and continues to be a brand new idea, significantly for buildings taller than a dozen tales.

Co-developer New Land Enterprises tells our companions on the Milwaukee Enterprise Journal that they’re exploring constructing comparable buildings in Minneapolis, Denver, Dallas and Nashville, amongst different cities.

Ascent is anticipated to open the underside 14 flooring to condo residents on July 15. The remaining will probably be accomplished and the remaining residents will transfer in by the top of August 2022.

Having a specialty in mass timber buildings – there are solely seven such tall buildings in development within the U.S. – makes a developer like New Land Enterprises interesting to work with from the angle of native companions, New Land managing director Tim Gokhman tells the BizJournal.

“Once you deliver a venture like Ascent to a brand new market, you get a whole lot of companions who’re keen to work with you, each on the municipal degree and from a boots on the bottom degree. It’s clearly the place we have now material experience and it’s a singular talent set that we are able to deliver to a different metropolis. I’m on each side of this difficulty. On one hand I don’t imagine constructing the tallest mass timber buildings is the purpose for us. On the similar time, whenever you construct to this peak, it will get a whole lot of consideration,” based on Gokhman.

He says the corporate is already getting calls from builders about mass timber buildings in different cities.

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