About

Jeff Spiritos is the principal of Spiritos Properties LLC, a commercial and residential developer that builds mass timber projects in the Northeast. Spiritos was a project lead and officer for 25 years with Hines (mostly in NYC) before starting Spiritos Properties in 2004 and for the past ten years has turned to build only with mass timber structural systems. Projects include Acme Timber Lofts, an 18-unit rental apartment vertical extension project, 340+ Dixwell, a 69-unit affordable housing project, both underway in New Haven, Ct, and 79 King Street, an 88-unit 55+ rental apartment building in Northampton, Mass, currently in predevelopment. Both the New Haven projects were selected for US Forest Service Wood Innovation Grants. The firm was the developer partner for the East Coast winner of the US Tall Wood Building Competition in 2015 for 475 West 18th, a 10-story condominium project in NYC.…

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Jeff Spiritos

CTBUH Designated Expert

CTBUH Roles

Working Group: Tall Timber (2015 – Present)

Steel-Timber Research Project Steering Committee, Chair (2022 – Present)

Annual Conference, Presenter (Middle East 2018)

Annual Conference, Session Chair (Middle East 2018; Chicago 2019)

Videos

01 October 2020

Timber Rising | Jeff Spiritos

Mass Timber Adoption for Tall Buildings: The Developer's Perspective

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Research

17 September 2021

Meet the CTBUH: Future Timber City Steering Committee Chair

The Council published an interview with Jeff Spiritos, Steering Committee Chair, Future Timber City research project and Principal, Spiritos Properties LLC.

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Research

04 February 2016

New Heights for Renewables: The US Tall Wood Building Competition

Thomas Robinson, LEVER Architecture; Anyeley Hallova, project^; Jeff Spiritos, Spiritos Properties; Michelle Roelofs, Arup

In a continuing effort to support the Obama Administration’s climate strategy, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in partnership with the Softwood Lumber Board...

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22 June 2017

NYC YPC: Building Tall – Timber Structures

This presentation will share and discuss the character and behavior of timber buildings, and the future opportunities for this building system in New York and beyond.

22 June 2017

CTBUH New York Hosts Tall Timber Event

CTBUH New York held a presentation and panel discussion on the character and behavior of tall timber buildings, as well as the future opportunities with timber in New York and beyond.

01 October 2020

Timber Rising | Jeff Spiritos

Mass Timber Adoption for Tall Buildings: The Developer's Perspective

17 September 2021

Meet the CTBUH: Future Timber City Steering Committee Chair

The Council published an interview with Jeff Spiritos, Steering Committee Chair, Future Timber City research project and Principal, Spiritos Properties LLC.

04 February 2016

New Heights for Renewables: The US Tall Wood Building Competition

Thomas Robinson, LEVER Architecture; Anyeley Hallova, project^; Jeff Spiritos, Spiritos Properties; Michelle Roelofs, Arup

In a continuing effort to support the Obama Administration’s climate strategy, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in partnership with the Softwood Lumber Board...