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Domain · Market Sizing

For a mid-rise commercial building, roughly how would you break down the cost per square foot into hard and soft costs, and which line items actually swing the pro forma?

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Hard costs are the physical building — site work, structure, envelope, MEP, and interior fit-out — and they're usually 70 to 80 percent of total project cost.…

The full answer: structure, worked example, likely follow-up.

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