The billion-dollar mass-timber industry is quietly emerging as sustainable solution to construction industry pollution. But the material remains heavily regulated, particularly in New York City.
NEW YORK - From the street, 670 Union Street looks like one in a line of brick buildings on a tree-lined block in Brooklyn. But inside, exposed timber beams, columns and floorboards make it clear this 14-apartment condominium is no typical New York City building. "Timber House is the first mass-timber condo building in the city, perhaps the state," Eric.