How ‘mass timber’ is reshaping housing in downtown Tupper Lake

How ‘mass timber’ is reshaping housing in downtown Tupper Lake

Northern Forest Center is building what may be the first structure in the Adirondacks to use cross-laminated timber, an emerging sustainable building material, as part of a new 9-unit apartment building in downtown Tupper Lake. The nonprofit, which owns the property, is hoping the Tupper Lake project and a companion project in Greenville, Maine, will raise awareness of engineered wood products— known broadly as mass timber—and be a catalyst for …