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.
For example, the average cost of constructing anunderground garage in Boston is $95 per square foot, and the average spaceoccupies 330 square feet, so the average cost of a parking space is $31,000($95 Ã 330). For example, if the best choice for development ona site would cost $750,000 to construct and would have a market value of $1million, the residual value for the land is $250,000. If $250,000 is not enoughto pay for buying and demolishing an existing building on the site, redeve-lopment wonât happen.