Industry Data
By Jim Haughey, Reed Business Information Economist
September 1, 2003
Building Design and Construction
Cost comparisons per square foot in select metro markets
Factory, 3-story Auto sales garage Warehouse Aircraft hangar
'03 '02 % chg. '03 '02 % chg. '03 '02 % chg. '03 '02 % chg.
Atlanta 74.98 72.07 4.0 67.08 64.85 3.4 52.17 51.01 2.3 68.38 67.42 1.4
Baltimore 76.74 73.27 4.7 68.65 65.93 4.1 53.39 51.86 3.0 69.98 68.55 2.1
Boston 97.19 92.92 4.6 86.95 83.62 4.0 67.63 65.77 2.8 88.64 86.93 2.0
Chicago 94.19 91.09 3.4 84.26 81.97 2.8 65.54 64.47 1.7 85.90 85.22 0.8
Cleveland 85.50 81.98 4.3 76.49 73.77 3.7 59.49 58.02 2.5 77.98 76.69 1.7
Dallas 70.56 68.07 3.6 63.12 61.26 3.0 49.09 48.18 1.9 64.35 63.69 1.0
Denver 79.74 76.54 4.2 71.34 68.88 3.6 55.49 54.17 2.4 72.72 71.61 1.6
Detroit 189.60 85.41 4.9 80.15 76.86 4.3 62.34 60.45 3.1 81.71 79.91 2.3
Houston 73.23 70.63 3.7 65.51 63.56 3.1 50.95 49.99 1.9 66.78 66.08 1.1
Kansas City 85.34 81.90 4.2 76.34 73.70 3.6 59.38 57.96 2.4 77.83 76.62 1.6
Los Angeles 90.01 86.53 4.0 80.53 77.87 3.4 62.63 61.24 2.3 82.09 80.95 1.4
Miami 73.48 67.99 8.1 65.74 61.19 7.4 51.13 48.12 6.2 67.01 63.61 5.3
Minneapolis 94.52 88.05 7.4 84.56 79.23 6.7 65.77 62.32 5.5 86.20 82.37 4.6
New Orleans 72.48 69.99 3.6 64.84 62.98 2.9 50.43 49.54 1.8 66.10 65.48 0.9
New York City 112.89 107.55 5.0 100.99 96.78 4.4 78.55 76.12 3.2 102.95 100.61 2.3
Philadelphia 94.27 89.65 5.2 84.34 80.67 4.5 65.59 63.45 3.4 85.97 83.87 2.5
Phoenix 73.73 71.43 3.2 65.96 64.28 2.6 51.30 50.56 1.5 67.24 66.83 0.6
Pittsburgh 84.50 81.26 4.0 75.60 73.12 3.4 58.80 57.51 2.2 77.06 76.02 1.4
Portland 87.93 84.61 3.9 78.66 76.14 3.3 61.18 59.89 2.2 80.19 79.16 1.3
St. Louis 86.26 82.30 4.8 77.17 74.06 4.2 60.02 58.25 3.0 78.66 76.99 2.2
San Diego 88.43 84.77 4.3 79.11 76.29 3.7 61.53 60.00 2.5 80.64 79.31 1.7
San Francisco 104.63 99.88 4.8 93.60 89.88 4.1 72.80 70.69 3.0 95.42 93.44 2.1
Seattle 87.59 84.21 4.0 78.36 75.78 3.4 60.95 59.60 2.3 79.88 78.79 1.4
Washington 80.41 75.98 5.8 71.94 68.38 5.2 55.95 53.78 4.0 73.33 71.09 3.2
Winston/Salem 62.46 60.40 3.4 55.88 54.36 2.8 43.46 42.75 1.7 56.96 56.51 0.8
For more data, visit R.S. Means at www.rsmeans.com , or call
(800) 448-8182.
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