Parking increases construction costs

Even a basic, stand-alone parking structure costs nearly $28,000 per spot on average, not including land.

Developers typically try to study the market for every aspect of a project — the apartment sizes, the targeted rents, the building amenities.

But they don’t do that basic exercise for something as costly as parking, because they have no choice in the matter. Most US cities force them to build parking.

  • Lumisal@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    That’s my favorite time. It’s much more exciting than the usual boring routine.

    Biking at -25°C or lower is fun too, if it’s humid enough, because the air is pretty when going faster.

    Once I forgot my protective gear and I had nest looking eyelashes and my mustache turned into icecles. It was a pretty cool look.

    Anyhow, I like the cold