List of building types

Main article: Building
For other types of structures, see List of nonbuilding structure types.
Not to be confused with List of architectural styles.

Residential
Main article: List of house types

Single-family detached
Further information: Single-family detached home and House

Examples of single-family detached house types include:

Single-family attached (small multi-family)

Large multi-family (apartments/flats/condos)
Further information: Multi-family residential, Apartment, and Condominium
  • Garden or walk-up apartments: 1–5 stories, 50–400 units, no elevators[1]
  • Mid-rise apartments/condos: 5–9 stories, 30–110 units, with elevators[1]
  • High-rise apartments/condos: 9+ stories, 100+ units, professionally managed[1]
  • Special-purpose group housing[1]

Commercial

Commercial buildings, generally, are buildings used by businesses to sell their products to consumers.[1][2]

Office

Office buildings are generally categorized by size and by quality (e.g., "a low-rise Class A building")[3]

  • Office buildings by size
    • Low-rise (less than 7 stories)
    • Mid-rise (7–25 stories)
    • High-rise (more than 25 stories), including skyscrapers (over 40 stories)
  • Office buildings by quality[4][5][6]
    • Trophy or 5-star building: A landmark property designed by a recognized architect
    • Class A or 4-star building: Rents in the top 30-40% of the local market; well-located; above-average upkeep and management; usually older than a trophy/5-star building
    • Class B or 3-star building: Rents between Class A and Class C; fair-to-good locations; average upkeep and management
    • Class C or 2-star building: Rents in the bottom 10-20% of the local market; less-desirable locations; below-average upkeep and management
    • 1-star building: Does not meet the needs of typical tenants; may be obsolete and/or in need of significant renovation[4]

Retail

Retail buildings are categorized by their configuration and size[7]

  • Non-freestanding (also known as shopping malls)
    • Super-regional shopping center: enclosed space; 800,000+ sqft; 5+ anchor stores with other tenants that sell a very large variety of goods
    • Regional shopping center: enclosed space; 400,000–800,000 sqft; 1–5 anchor stores with other tenants that sell a large variety of goods
    • Community shopping center: open space; 125,000–400,000 sqft; provides general merchandise and commodities (e.g., supermarket, discount department store)
    • Neighborhood shopping center: open space; 3,000–125,000 sqft; provides commodities to nearby neighborhoods (e.g. drug store)
    • Strip or convenience shopping center: open space; less than 30,000 sqft; located along suburban transportation arteries on shallow land parcels; a strip may be configured in a straight line, or have an "L" or "U" shape
    • Lifestyle center: "Main Street" concept with pedestrian circulation in core and vehicular circulation along perimeter; upscale national chain specialty stores, dining or entertainment (e.g. The Grove, Los Angeles, CA; Americana at Brand, Glendale, CA)
  • Freestanding: any stand-alone retail structure that is not part of a complex
    • Big box: freestanding category-dominant retailer; 50,000+ sqft (e.g. The Home Depot, Target, Walmart)
    • Power center: among the largest types of retail properties; 3+ big box anchor stores; multiple large buildings with parking lot in front and loading in back; smaller retailers usually clustered in a community shopping center configuration
    • Retail outlet: manufacturers' outlet stores; 50,000–400,000 sqft
    • Pop-up retail: a retail location designed to only be in a location temporarily (e.g., a retail store that only opens during a holiday season)

Hotels
Main article: Hotel

Special-purpose

Industrial

Industrial buildings are primarily used for the production and storage/distribution of goods, among other uses.[8]

Manufacturing
Main article: Manufacturing

Warehouse/distribution

Flex space
Main article: Flex space

Infrastructure

Agricultural

Specialty

References
  1. Schmidt, Robert (2018-11-25). "Types of Commercial Real Estate". PropertyMetrics. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  2. Marsh, Amanda (2016-05-18). "The 6 Types of Commercial Real Estate Properties - VTS Blog". VTS Blog. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  3. Sicola, Maria (March 2017). "Office Terminology". Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions (PDF). The NAIOP Research Foundation. pp. 27–31.
  4. "CoStar Building Rating System" (PDF). CoStar.
  5. Wolf, Liz (2016-04-12). "The 3 Classes of Office Buildings: What Do They Really Mean? - VTS Blog". VTS Blog. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  6. Kugler, Thomas. "Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International". Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  7. Sicola, Maria (March 2017). "Retail Terminology". Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions (PDF). The NAIOP Research Foundation. pp. 32–36.
  8. Sicola, Maria (March 2017). "Industrial Terminology". Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions (PDF). The NAIOP Research Foundation. pp. 21–26.

See also

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