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Forum Categories BOMA 2012 - Mixed Use Properties Question

Which Standard should I use?

Patra Philips: O'Brien & Associates; October 5, 2011

I'm going to assume it's the ANSI/BOMA Z65.1-2010 for Office buildings, but here's my question.

I have a new 9 story mixed use building that has Retail and Restaurant on the first level, offices on levels 2-4, and residential on levels 5-9. We've been asked to calculate the building using BOMA standards.
Since they are most interested in the Office rentable areas, and I have 3 floors of that, would the 2010 method for Office buildings be the best way to go? Would I calculate the retail and restaurant spaces with this method as well? Or does the standards allow using 2 different Methods (Office and Retail) in a building?
Thanks!

Adam Fingret: Extreme Measures Inc.; October 5, 2011

Patra,

The new BOMA mixed-use standard does allow you to use 2 or more uses/methods and share common areas proportionately by means of "mixed-use common area".

If there are resources in the building that are shared by the different uses, then your project is probably a good candidate for the mixed-use standard. I would advise you to give it a good read before deciding for certain, as it does complicate the overall approach somewhat. All of the current Standards are available online at the BOMA Store (http://shop.boma.org).