Now only in phrase bated breath, which was used by Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice (1596). c.1300, to contend with blows or arguments, from Old French batre to hit, beat, strike, from Late Latin battere, from Latin batuere to beat, knock (see batter (v.)).
The average per square foot cost for commercial office space construction can be anywhere between $100 per square foot to $200 per square foot or even more.
Nationally, it would cost you an average of R8 163 per square metre to build flats, according to building plans passed by municipalities in 2015. Flats are followed by office space (R8 092 per square metre), shopping space (R7 364 per square metre), townhouses (R6 802 per square metre), and free-standing houses (R5 932 per square metre).