Whitestone Report: Supermarket Maintenance and Repair Costs Compared for 16 Southwest U.S. Cities

SANTA BARBARA, CA - August 28, 1998 - Supermarket maintenance costs vary by over 50 percent among 16 southwestern cities, according to a recent study by Whitestone Research. Maintenance costs for a supermarket ranged from an estimated $2.73 in San Francisco to $1.77 in Albuquerque. The study was based on a life cycle cost analysis of a model supermarket in each of the study cities.

According to Peter Lufkin, Whitestone Vice President, "This study provides a controlled comparison of costs for siting experts considering new locations in the Southwest. It also provides a good example of a technology - the MARS life cycle cost model - that is a vast improvement over survey data. Using MARS¹ we can replicate this study for any building type, in any city in the country."

Annual Supermarket M&R Costs in 16 Major Southwest U.S. Cities*

San Fransisco, CA	$2.73
San Jose, CA	$2.57
Los Angeles, CA	$2.56
Oakland, CA	$2.47
Anaheim, CA	$2.45
Las Vegas, NV	$2.31
Santa Barbara, CA	$2.30
Riverside, CA	$2.29
Bakersfield, CA	$2.25
San Diego, CA	$2.25
Stockton, CA	$2.24
Sacramento, CA	$2.22
Phoenix, AZ	$2.21
Las Cruces, NM	$1.96
Alamogordo, NM	$1.96
Albuquerque, NM	$1.77

* Average annual costs per gross square foot over a 50-year life cycle reported in 1998; forecast based on the component inventory of a model supermarket.

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Whitestone Research, headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, specializes in applied economic research and software development. Whitestone products and services are used every year by hundreds of major corporations, government agencies, and public and private institutions. Whitestone MARS Maintenance Cost Forecast System.

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