mid-rise

American  

[mid-rahyz] / ˈmɪdˌraɪz /

adjective

1. (of a building) having a moderately large number of stories, usually five to ten, and equipped with elevators.

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noun

1. a mid-rise apartment or office building.

Etymology

Origin of mid-rise

First recorded in 1965–70; mid- + (high)-rise

Example Sentences

Apple announced the office development in 2021, saying it would erect two mid-rise buildings as tall as five stories with a total of more than 550,000 square feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

For a decade, my therapy appointments required a 30-minute train ride to a mid-rise medical office building in suburban Philadelphia, where I reclined on a black leather couch, grabbing the occasional Kleenex.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2024

More than 3,000 high- and mid-rise buildings across England are still being monitored because they have unsafe cladding.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2024

The affordable housing development, called Polaris at Eastgate, will have 353 studio to three-bedroom units in two mid-rise towers.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2023

The new developments look startlingly alike, often in the form of boxy, mid-rise buildings with a ground-floor retail space, sans-serif fonts and vivid slabs of bright paneling.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023