build out costs on super market?

[Martin Z.]

Anyone know what are average build out costs for a supermarket would be for a market such as Albertsons or Vons? In terms of shelves, checkout aisles, freezers, refrigerators, displays.

[Christopher Telles]

This type of buildout is highly specialized. A lot of it would depend on exiting, isle placement, types of refrigeration, full or limited meat department, bakery, etc.

Even the large grocers like Albertsons can't estimate a cost per square for a store buildout unless they've designed and constructed the buildings to their specs.

Unless you're dealing with an experienced contractor who has built out multiple grocers, I doubt you'll be able to estimate a buildout cost.

This type of capital improvement is just to large a component of leading costs so my advise would be to spend the money and have an architect layout the store, they don't need to draw up plans just yet, and then find a qualified contractor, or two, or three, to bid out the job. You'll need to be prepared to tell them what type of fixture you'd want in the store to get an accurate cost.