An engineer is planning to build a one-story building (1000 m2 (50mx20m)) and lease it for $25.00 per m2 per month.

1a. What is the rate of return on this investment if the total capital cost of the building is $1,300,000?

1b. What would be the rate of return if they decided to add a second story to the proposed building and lease the whole building for $20.00 per m2 per month?

Additional Data: A second story would double this size Adding a story would increase the structural costs from $600,000 to $900,000 and double the cost of the exterior enclosure that is $400,000 for the one-story building.

If the developer of a warehouse (10,000 m2 GFA and 2400 m2 wall area) were to increase the wall height from 6m to 9m, the cost of exterior walls would now be $110.00 per m2 and other costs would rise from $7,000,000 to $7,700,000. 4 marks What would be the cost per m2 and the cost per m3 of the larger warehouse