This is a guest opinion post from Henry Ines, co-founder and CEO, Chainparency.
In late-August 2024, Michael Green Architects (MGA) unveiled the City of Milwaukee’s Marcus Performing Arts Center redevelopment plans, which include the building of, what is expected to be, the world’s tallest “mass timber” skyscraper (pictured). At 600 feet tall (55 stories), the 1.2 million square feet multi-tower complex development is expected to surpass the previously crowned “tallest” hybrid mass timber structure, Burj Zanzibar – a 28-story residential complex under development in Zanzibar and Africa’s first “wooden high-rise”.
Following MGA’s announcement, Woodlands, TX developer Howard Hughes announced that One Bridgeland Green, Houston’s first mass timber commercial building, was already 80 percent pre-leased after just three months of breaking ground in May 2024. The 49,000 sq feet “green” office building is being built with North American timber, will incorporate rooftop solar panels, and include a 10,000-gallon rainwater cistern.
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