Skyline Tower is a 12-story mixed use building, located in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. It contains 123 luxury apartment units with a total of more than 125,000 square feet of space. Its second floor is occupied by the regional headquarters of First Merchants Bank and its first floor devoted to retail, including a Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse.
Project Completed: 2018
Architect: Design Collaborative
Engineer: Engineering Resources, Inc.
Steel Fabricator: Almet, Inc.
General Contractor: Weigand Construction
Skyline Tower is a 12-story mixed use building. Ultimately, Ecospan was able to make the numbers on the project work by cutting 56,700 cubic feet of construction materials and 8,400 sq. ft. of cladding.
“Ultimately it came down to dollars and cents. Having lower floor-to-floor heights was where we found the real savings.” – Todd Kortus, PE, SE, Engineering Resources, Inc.
