Mass Timber Market Updates - June 2023 - Week Twentyfour

Get ready to embark on a captivating exploration of mass timber construction with me, your host, Paul Kramer. We're going to be traversing the globe, unveiling some truly enthralling developments in the field. From an audacious plan by a Swedish developer to construct the world's largest wooden city, to a brand new timber-constructed facility in Stuttgart, there's a lot to learn about the innovative and sustainable world of mass timber construction. We'll also be touching on a substantial funding secured for the Harvard Enterprise Research Campus and discussing Blueprint Robotics' impressive plans for the largest North American industrial building, made entirely of mass timber.

As we take our journey beyond the borders of the US, we'll explore a timber office building in Amsterdam designed for a Dutch energy company, and discuss the World Conference for Timber Engineering happening in Oslo. These projects, and others we'll delve into, are shaping the future of construction and design. As we navigate this intricately interconnected world of mass timber construction, I'll also ponder the future implications of these developments. So, sit back and immerse yourself in the world of mass timber construction as we unmask the innovations transforming the field. Trust me, you won't want to miss out on this fast-paced, insightful exploration of this groundbreaking industry.

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Episode Transcript

Bruce (00:01):
Ladies and gentlemen, we are live.
This is the moment you all havebeen waiting for.
It's time for the globalsensation, the one, the only the

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undisputed heavyweight podcastin the world The mass timber
construction podcast.
And now here's Paul Kramer,your host.

Paul (00:50):
Good morning, good afternoon, all good evening.
Where are you all in the worldtoday?
Welcome to the mass timberconstruction podcast.
My name is Paul Kramer, yourhost, And thank you very much,
bruce Buffer, for anotherintroduction.
It is nearly the middle of theyear and we'd like to say a
special good morning, goodafternoon, all good evening to
everyone who's in Europe.
At the moment.
It seems like everybody istravelling to Oslo in Norway for

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the World Conference for TimberEngineering And unfortunately I
couldn't be there.
But I wish everybody on thattrip an amazing journey And I
hope that you get so much out ofthe presentations and the talks
.
Many, many friends andcolleagues of mine have said
that they are heading over topresent and I hope you do catch
up with them And I hope that youhave an amazing time.

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Let's have a look at what'smaking news around the world
this week in mass timberconstruction land, and the
headlining news this week isthat Swedish developer Atrium
Lindberg is planning to buildwhat it says is the world's
largest wooden city in Stikla, aformer industrial quarter in
southern Stockholm.
Our understanding is that whitearchitecture and Henning

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Larsson are teaming up todeliver what will be a 250,000
square meter Stockholm Wood City, with around 2,000 homes, 7,000
office spaces, shops andrestaurants.
The developer aims to go breakground in about 2025, with the
buildings finished in 2027.
We look forward to seeing whathappens with this.

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Stockholm Wood City, as itmanifests the future of timber,
provides tenants with a strongdemand for innovative,
sustainable solutions, and wewill watch with interest.
If you'd like to learn more,please head to the mass timber
construction journal LinkedInFeed.
You can see more of the amazingrenders that are happening
there and the unfolding news.
There seems to be videosavailable now, more and more

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details coming out and it'sgetting quite significant press
all over the globe, so we've gotall of your information stored
in one location.
I'm heading across to Stuttgartnow and Harold and Grenwald
specialises in the sale andrental of forklifts, telescopic
handlers, work platforms andcontainer solutions, and they
have just announced a new timberconstructed facility that will

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be headquartered in Stuttgartand it features a translucent
all round canopy made ofcarbonised larch wood with a
wooden hat type approach, whichprotects against the weather and
gives the building acharacteristic shape made out of
mass timber products to try andcreate a sustainable way of

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moving forward in theconstruction of the company's
new headquarters.
And heading to the US.
Now, antishman Spire secures$750 million for the Harvard
Enterprise Research Campus.
The Enterprise Research Campusis a 900,000 square foot mixed
use project being developed withthe university subsidiary

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Harvard Elliston Land Company.
A terror capital led theconstruction loan package.
Construction on the nine acrefirst phase is set to begin in
the coming weeks, with thebuilding scheduled to be open in
2025 or early 2026.
Adjacent to the HarvardBusiness School, the Harvard
Science and Engineering Complexin Elston in Massachusetts, the

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project will feature twolaboratory buildings devoted to
research and development, aswell as 343 unit apartment
building and a hotel.
25% of the new multi-familyunits will be first phase and
they'll be deemed affordable forindividuals and families
earning between 30 to 100% lessthan the means of income in the

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US And staying in the US.
And Blueprint Robotics, aBaltimore based company that
produces wood frame constructionproducts, is planning to build
its 450,000 square footproduction facility in Windsor,
connecticut, and is said to bethe largest North American
industrial building erectedentirely of mass timber.
The 62 acre Lott on Day HillRoad in Windsor, selected by

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Blueprint, is currently vacant.
It's expected that the buildingwill cost $97 million to design
and construct, and the companyhopes to break ground in early
June or July, with constructionfinished by the third quarter of
2024, according to theBlueprint announcement.
Congratulations to everyone atBlueprint.
Great choice in materials.
If you want to see more aboutthe project in Baltimore, please

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head to the Mass TimberConstruction Journal LinkedIn
feed and you can see the rendersthere.
I'm heading to Holland now andDesoitte Hund has designed a
timber office building for theDutch energy company Atlandia in
Amsterdam, and the new officesare described as a circular and
flexible workplace consisting ofwarehouses, test facilities and

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educational and parkingbuildings.
If you want to see this amazingphoto that's getting some media
attention all the way throughour social media channels,
please head to the Mass TimberConstruction Journal LinkedIn
feed.
So that's it, folks.
That's what's making newsaround the world this week in
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That's it.
Good morning, good afternoon orgood evening.
We're here on the world today.
My name is Paul Kramer, signingoff on the Mass Timber
Construction podcast.