Metropolitan cost comparisons: Institutional and retail Cost comparisons per square foot in select metro markets
| Church | Movie theater | Department store, 1 story | Department store, 3 stories | |||||||||
| '01 | '00 | % chg. | '01 | '00 | % chg. | '01 | '00 | % chg. | '01 | '00 | % chg. | |
| Atlanta | 103.31 | 101.41 | 1.9 | 87.94 | 86.12 | 2.1 | 70.79 | 59.87 | 18.2 | 77.65 | 69.58 | 11.6 |
| Baltimore | 105.86 | 103.55 | 2.2 | 90.11 | 87.94 | 2.5 | 72.54 | 61.14 | 18.6 | 79.57 | 71.05 | 12.0 |
| Boston | 133.34 | 131.98 | 1.0 | 113.51 | 112.09 | 1.3 | 91.37 | 77.92 | 17.3 | 100.22 | 90.56 | 10.7 |
| Chicago | 128.82 | 125.21 | 2.9 | 109.66 | 106.34 | 3.1 | 88.27 | 73.93 | 19.4 | 96.82 | 85.91 | 12.7 |
| Cleveland | 119.31 | 116.64 | 2.3 | 101.56 | 99.06 | 2.5 | 81.75 | 68.86 | 18.7 | 89.68 | 80.03 | 12.1 |
| Dallas | 98.44 | 98.36 | 0.1 | 83.80 | 83.54 | 0.3 | 67.45 | 58.08 | 16.1 | 73.99 | 67.49 | 9.6 |
| Denver | 110.38 | 107.50 | 2.7 | 93.96 | 91.30 | 2.9 | 75.64 | 63.47 | 19.2 | 82.97 | 73.76 | 12.5 |
| Detroit | 122.68 | 119.57 | 2.6 | 104.42 | 101.55 | 2.8 | 84.06 | 70.60 | 19.1 | 92.20 | 82.04 | 12.4 |
| Houston | 101.69 | 101.41 | 0.3 | 86.56 | 86.12 | 0.5 | 69.68 | 59.87 | 16.4 | 76.43 | 69.58 | 9.8 |
| Kansas City | 115.49 | 112.69 | 2.5 | 98.31 | 95.70 | 2.7 | 79.13 | 66.53 | 18.9 | 86.80 | 77.32 | 12.3 |
| Los Angeles | 125.57 | 124.08 | 1.2 | 106.89 | 105.38 | 1.4 | 86.04 | 73.26 | 17.5 | 94.38 | 85.14 | 10.9 |
| Miami | 99.25 | 98.25 | 1.0 | 84.49 | 83.44 | 1.3 | 68.01 | 58.01 | 17.2 | 74.60 | 67.42 | 10.7 |
| Minneapolis | 128.12 | 125.66 | 2.0 | 109.06 | 106.72 | 2.2 | 87.79 | 74.19 | 18.3 | 96.30 | 86.22 | 11.7 |
| New Orleans | 99.14 | 97.91 | 1.3 | 84.39 | 83.15 | 1.5 | 67.93 | 57.81 | 17.5 | 74.51 | 67.18 | 10.9 |
| New York City | 155.95 | 152.84 | 2.0 | 132.75 | 129.81 | 2.3 | 106.86 | 90.24 | 18.4 | 117.22 | 104.88 | 11.8 |
| Philadelphia | 129.17 | 126.56 | 2.1 | 109.95 | 107.49 | 2.3 | 88.51 | 74.73 | 18.4 | 97.09 | 86.84 | 11.8 |
| Phoenix | 103.43 | 101.86 | 1.5 | 88.04 | 86.51 | 1.8 | 70.87 | 60.14 | 17.8 | 77.74 | 69.89 | 11.2 |
| Pittsburgh | 117.57 | 116.30 | 1.1 | 100.08 | 98.77 | 1.3 | 80.56 | 68.66 | 17.3 | 88.37 | 79.80 | 10.7 |
| Portland | 123.72 | 121.94 | 1.5 | 105.31 | 103.56 | 1.7 | 84.77 | 71.99 | 17.7 | 92.99 | 83.67 | 11.1 |
| St. Louis | 118.96 | 116.86 | 1.8 | 101.27 | 99.25 | 2.0 | 81.52 | 69.00 | 18.1 | 89.42 | 80.19 | 11.5 |
| San Diego | 123.02 | 121.03 | 1.6 | 104.72 | 102.79 | 1.9 | 84.30 | 71.46 | 18.0 | 92.47 | 83.05 | 11.3 |
| San Francisco | 142.15 | 139.87 | 1.6 | 121.01 | 118.79 | 1.9 | 97.41 | 82.58 | 17.9 | 106.85 | 95.98 | 11.3 |
| Seattle | 121.05 | 119.79 | 1.1 | 103.04 | 101.74 | 1.3 | 82.95 | 70.73 | 17.3 | 90.98 | 82.20 | 10.7 |
| Washington, D.C. | 109.92 | 108.63 | 1.2 | 93.57 | 92.26 | 1.4 | 75.32 | 64.14 | 17.4 | 82.62 | 74.54 | 10.8 |
| Winston/Salem | 87.54 | 86.86 | 0.8 | 74.52 | 73.77 | 1.0 | 59.98 | 51.28 | 17.0 | 65.80 | 59.60 | 10.4 |
| NOTE: Costs are for the basic building and do not include sitework, land, development, specialty finishes or equipment. Square foot costs vary significantly from project to project because of quality, complexity and economic climate. For a detailed list of building components included in these figures, see Means Square Foot Costs. R.S. Means Co., P.O. Box 800, Kingston, MA 02364, (781) 585-7880, (800) 448-8182 For more data, visit R.S. Means on the Web atwww.rsmeans.com. To use an interactive tool that helps estimate costs, visitwww.buildingteam.com. | ||||||||||||
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