January 19, 2023 LAI NY Meeting – Development of Mass Timber Building

Date/Time
Date(s) - January 19, 2023
8:00 am - 9:30 am

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Location
Joseph A. Martino Hall - Fordham University

Topic: Development of Mass Timber Building
Location: Joseph A. Martino Hall at Fordham University, Conference Room #  TBA
Speaker: Jeff Spiritos
Speaker’s Title: Principal
Speaker’s Organization: Spiritos Properties LLC

Our January presentation will examine the Construction of Mass Timber Buildings. Our esteemed presenter is Jeff Spiritos of Spiritos Properties LLC.

Jeff Spiritos is the principal of Spiritos Properties, LLC, a commercial and residential developer that
builds mass timber projects in New York and the Northeast. Spiritos worked for 25 years with Hines
before starting his firm in 2004 and for the past seven years has turned to build only with mass timber
structural systems. Current projects include Acme Timber Lofts, an 18-unit rental apartment vertical
extension project and 340+ Dixwell, a 69-unit affordable housing project, both underway in construction in New Haven, Ct and 79 King Street, a 70-unit 55+ rental apartment project in Northampton, Mass, currently in design. Both the New Haven projects were fortunate to have been selected for US Forest Service Wood Innovation Grants. Spiritos has a BSCE from Duke University and an MBA from the University of Michigan and is currently the chair of the CTBUH Tall Timber and Steel-Timber Hybrid Committees.