A new student housing development near Ohio State University in Columbus set a mass timber record.
A consortium of design and construction firms have topped out Intro Columbus, a 13-story mass timber student housing building, according to an announcement shared with Construction Dive. The team reached the milestone roughly 10 weeks ahead of its original November target date, according to the release.
The 158-foot-tall, 242,000-square-foot structure is the tallest mass timber student housing project in the U.S., according to a project fact sheet from design firm DLR Group, and will include 186 units when complete…