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BOMA Standards for calculating square footage

Jackie Wester: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC; January 19, 2011

What is the correct standard for calculating square footage for leases? This is pertaining to commercial property in North Carolina.

Adam Fingret: Extreme Measures Inc.; January 19, 2011

Hi Jackie,

For commercial office leases, there are essentially 2 BOMA Standards to choose from.
BOMA 1996 is in heavy circulation and is well adopted by the real estate industry in general.

BOMA 2010 (ANSI/BOMA Z65.1-2010) is a relatively new standard and is expected to become the defacto standard in the years to come.

Given a choice, I would go with BOMA 2010 as it is the more robust, more modern standard. All the BOMA Standards are available for purchase at www.boma.org.