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Inner London	1.11
Outer London	1.08
South-east	1.00
South-west	0.98
East Midlands	0.92
West Midlands	0.94
East Anglia	0.95
Yorkshire and Humberside	0.94
North-west	0.91
Northern	0.97
Scotland	1.01
Wales	0.98
Northern Ireland	0.76
The costs are, unless otherwise noted in the text, appropriate for projects in the South-east and should be adjusted by the following location factors for schemes in other regions

听	Unit cost £/m2 (gifa)
Airport terminal	2,500 3,000+
Note: the costs of baggage handling and other specialist equipment are excluded

黑洞社区 size	cost range £/m2 (gifa)
Up to 10,000	350 700
10-20,000	300 450
20-40,000	250 320
40-60,000	250 300
60,000+	240 290
Note: costs are based on an average UK location and include external works and services. Costs of distribution centres vary in cases where a client has access to a national supply chain

Shell-and-core	£/m2 (gifa)
City and West End – high quality, speculative, less than 150,000ft2, less than eight storeys, A/C	1,900 2,700
City and West End – high quality, speculative, greater than 150,000ft2, eight-to-20 storeys, A/C	1,830 2,350
City and West end – iconic, speculative office tower, A/C	2,700 3,550
Note: costs are for developments completed to shell-and-core only, based on City of London location

听	Unit cost £/m2
Data centre, fully fitted-out to provide tier 3 resilience	14,000 18,000
Note: figures are based on the floor area of technical space, not gross internal floor area

Current construction costs	City/West End £/m2 (nia)	Out of town £/m2 (nia)
Developers fit-out, general office area	400 500	300 400
General office – open plan	600 700	400 550
General office – part cellular	800 1,000	600 800
Senior executives	900 1,200	700 1,000
Conference suites	2,500 2,750	2,000 2,500
Sub-equipment room	2,000 2,500	1,750 2,250
Restaurant	1,750 2,250	1,500 2,200
Kitchen	2,500 3,000	2,250 2,900
Note: indicative costs for fit-out of office space from shell-and-core condition to Category A. Costs for City/West End are based on central London location. Costs for out-of-town are based on a South-east location. Main contractor preliminaries included at 5-8%, based on a lump-sum contract. Specific exclusions: furniture, IT wiring and equipment, security, audiovisual equipment and relocation costs; general exclusions also apply

听	Unit size £/m2 (gifa) less than 2,000m2	Unit size £/m2 (gifa) more than 2,000m2
Functional, non-A/C	800 1,000	750 950
Medium quality, non A/C	950 1,150	900 1,100
Medium quality, A/C	900 1,250	1,000 1,200
Good quality	1,050 1,250	1,000 1,200
High quality, A/C	1,200 1,450	1,150 1,400
Note: costs include category A fit-out only

	£/m2 (gifa)
Minor refurbishment	275 760
Medium refurbishment	760 1,350
Major refurbishment	1,350 1,950+
Note: includes Category A fit out

听	unit cost £/m2 (gifa)	unit cost £/m2 (gifa)
Department store fit-out	1,100	2,400

听	unit cost £/m2 (gifa)	unit cost £/m2 (gifa)
Shell	400	700
Supermarket fit-out	900	1,200
Note: costs include back-of-house areas. The fit-out costs include all display and refrigeration units, check outs and IT systems

Current construction costs	unit cost £/m2 (gifa)	unit cost £/m2 (gifa)
New-build shopping centre
Mall - comfort cooled	3,000	4,000
Retail shell – anchor tenant, capped off services	800	1,200
Retail shell – small/medium unit, capped off services	800	1,100
Public WCs	2,000	3,000
Centre management	1,800	2,600
Landlord’s back of house and service corridors	1,400	1,900
Basement service yard	1,400	1,800
New build factory outlet centre	听	听
Retail units – enclosed mall	2,300	3,000
Retail units – open mall	500	800

Current construction costs	£/seat
Basic stand; WCs and concession areas only	700 1,000
Regional stadium; WCs, concession areas and limited hospitality	1,200 1,800
Regional feature stadium; changing rooms, offices, retail/hospitality areas and conference facility	1,600 3,500
National/iconic; full facilities including retail, hospitality and conference	3,500 5,000
Indoor arena with permanent ice pad and podium parking	5,000 7,000
Note: Estimating the construction costs of stadiums and grandstands should be based on a clear understanding of the cost drivers of a specific scheme. There are many developments variables which may not directly be affected by the number of seats. These include: type of sport played, tier arrangement, roof structure, sightlines, building footprint and provision of additional space for hospitality/community use. Estimates prepared on a cost-per-seat basis without taking into account these variables could be inaccurate

Current construction costs	Average gross floor area / room m2 (gifa)	unit cost £/m2 (gifa) £000s / bedroom
Luxury city centre, multistorey, conference, wet leisure facility	70 120	2,100 2,900 150 300
Mid-range town centre 4-6 storeys, conference and leisure facilities	50 80	1,500 2,300 80 130
Budget city centre – new build, 4-6 storeys, dining and bar facilities	30 45	1,200 1,500 40 65
Note: Costs inclusive of furniture, fittings and equipment but exclusive of operating equipment

Current construction costs	unit cost £/m2 (gifa)	indicative areas m2 (gifa)
Dry leisure centre	1,200 1,700	1,000 1,500
Wet and dry centre	1,800 2,500	4,500 9,000
Swimming pool 25m	1,800 2,800	1,800 2,500
Swimming pool 50m	3,000 4,000	n/a n/a
Out-of-town health and fitness club (shell and fit-out, including pool)	1,500 2,500	3,200 4,200

听	unit cost £/m2 (gia)
Affordable residential apartments (Inner-London location, mixed-tenure development, frame construction, rainscreen cladding with punched windows, basic finishes and LTHW heating)	1,500 1850
Mid-range private residential apartments (Inner-London location, single tenure development, mid-rise frame construction, rainscreen cladding with punched windows, medium-quality finishes LTHW heating with centralised services)	1,650 2,350
High-quality mid-rise private residential apartments (Inner-London location, single-tenure development, frame construction, multiple core, unitised curtain walling, high-quality finishes, comfort cooling, underfloor heating, centralised services)	2,000 2,500
High-quality high-rise private residential apartments (Inner London location, single-tenure development, framed construction, multiple core; unitised curtain walling; high quality finishes; comfort cooling; under floor heating; centralised services)	2,200 3,000
Prestige quality multistorey private residential apartments (Inner London location; Single tenure development; framed construction; multiple core, high-quality stone and glass unitised curtain walling, luxury quality finishes, comfort cooling, underfloor heating, centralised services)	2,700+
Note: LTHW is low temperature hot water