How many acres do I need to bulid a 100,000 square foot building?

Question

The state I'm building in is Texas

Answer 1

No simple answer here. The variable will come with what the community requires for parking. Each municipality has different requirements for X number of parking spaces per employee; or, in the case or a retail outlet, the numbers change. Check with the local planning commission.

Answer 2

There's no simple answer it really depends what purpose the building serves.

A few years ago I worked with a company that built a disctribution center just a little larger with some manufacturing. We used up most of about 15 to 20 acres, with parking lots, truck manuvering area's, truck docks, refueling, and drainage and retention ponds for handling the rain runoff.

Answer 3

I guess it depends how high the building is !
I think a 100,000 square feet building takes up the same ammount of space in Texas as anywhere else.....

Answer 4

1 acre = 43,560 square feet. You will need at least 100,000 / 43,560 (or 2.3) acres for the building itself in addition to parking, landscaping, etc. You will also need a certain amount of space for your sewage, depending on what type of sewer system you use, among other requirements.

Answer 5

Somebody that wants to build a building like that should contact or interview some architects and go from there.

Answer 6

You can put a 100,000 sq ft bldg on about 2.3 acres.

100,000 / 43,560=2.295 (2.30)

Note: This is just space for the building. Nothing else.

Answer 7

u have not given any other details of ur proposed building,so i think u need quite few arces 4ur project.