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R.S. Means costs comparisons

By Jim Haughey, Director, Research and Analytics, Reed Construction Data

October 1, 2006

Building Design and Construction

R.S. Means costs comparisons: Church, theater, department store

	Church			Movie theater			Dept. store, 1-story			Dept. store, 3-story
Atlanta	134.75	124.34	8.4	114.96	106.16	8.3	86.37	80.49	7.3	101.14	93.63	8.0
Baltimore	139.82	129.36	8.1	119.29	110.45	8.0	89.63	83.74	7.0	104.95	97.41	7.7
Boston	173.79	160.91	8.0	148.27	137.38	7.9	111.40	104.16	6.9	130.45	121.17	7.7
Chicago	170.69	155.50	9.8	145.62	132.76	9.7	109.41	100.66	8.7	128.12	117.09	9.4
Cleveland	151.52	139.66	8.5	129.27	119.24	8.4	97.13	90.41	7.4	113.74	105.17	8.1
Dallas	126.43	117.48	7.6	107.86	100.30	7.5	81.04	76.05	6.6	94.90	88.47	7.3
Denver	143.21	133.32	7.4	122.17	113.83	7.3	91.80	86.30	6.4	107.49	100.39	7.1
Detroit	158.15	149.42	5.8	134.92	127.58	5.8	101.37	96.73	4.8	118.71	112.52	5.5
Houston	133.34	122.10	9.2	113.76	104.25	9.1	85.47	79.04	8.1	100.09	91.95	8.9
Kansas City	155.33	144.14	7.8	132.52	123.07	7.7	99.57	93.31	6.7	116.59	108.54	7.4
Los Angeles	161.25	148.63	8.5	137.57	126.90	8.4	103.36	96.22	7.4	121.04	111.92	8.1
Miami	130.66	120.52	8.4	111.47	102.90	8.3	83.75	78.02	7.4	98.08	90.75	8.1
Minneapolis	169.28	156.16	8.4	144.42	133.32	8.3	108.51	101.09	7.3	127.07	117.59	8.1
New Orleans	130.52	120.25	8.5	111.35	102.67	8.5	83.66	77.84	7.5	97.97	90.55	8.2
New York City	197.19	183.61	7.4	168.23	156.77	7.3	126.40	118.86	6.3	148.01	138.27	7.1
Philadelphia	172.24	159.19	8.2	146.95	135.92	8.1	110.41	103.05	7.1	129.29	119.88	7.9
Phoenix	134.61	121.97	10.4	114.84	104.13	10.3	86.28	78.96	9.3	101.04	91.85	10.0
Pittsburgh	148.98	139.52	6.8	127.10	119.12	6.7	95.50	90.32	5.7	111.83	105.07	6.4
Portland, Ore.	154.06	143.75	7.2	131.43	122.73	7.1	98.75	93.06	6.1	115.64	108.25	6.8
St. Louis	156.45	142.43	9.8	133.48	121.60	9.8	100.29	92.20	8.8	117.44	107.25	9.5
San Diego	157.16	144.67	8.6	134.08	123.52	8.5	100.74	93.65	7.6	117.97	108.94	8.3
San Francisco	183.38	169.36	8.3	156.45	144.59	8.2	117.55	109.63	7.2	137.65	127.53	7.9
Seattle	156.88	145.07	8.1	133.84	123.86	8.1	100.56	93.91	7.1	117.76	109.24	7.8
Washington, D.C.	147.86	135.70	9.0	126.14	115.86	8.9	94.78	87.84	7.9	110.98	102.18	8.6
Winston-Salem, N.C.	119.24	106.66	11.8	101.73	91.06	11.7	76.44	69.04	10.7	89.51	80.32	11.4
Costs in dollars per square foot For more data, visit R.S. Means at www.rsmeans.com, or call (800) 448-8182.

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