Spec Office
Buildings
by Gordon Tully
Last month I noted that the only way
to have predictable costs and schedules
is to do the same thing over and
over-and nowhere is this more true
than in spec office buildings. Yes,
there are corporate headquarters and
law offices that demand custom design
and construction, but the vast majority
of office projects are routine, built
on a low budget in the shortest possible
time. This is not an arena for
perfectionists.
Multi-Tenant Structures
One important decision a developer
has to make in a spec office building is
whether the building will house one
tenant or many, and if many, how
many and of what size? This is a crucial
point, since each tenant