Your market for say 25 wide by 50 foot deep will be different than a 50 x 150 building.

Show up and put one foot forward each day.

one of the developers across the street from my project is selling 1k sq foot homes for 525k  I suspect he has sold a few but you get the point. when lot costs and building cost before you even go vertical are about 250k pretty tough to build anything new that is "affordable." its why condos and townhouses are generally starter or the cheaper housing..

Market OverviewThe Los Angeles office market is comprised of 210.4 million square feet in twenty-one geographic concentrations ranging in size from the 38.9 million square foot Downtown submarket to the Mid-Cities submarket, which accounts for 1.8 million square feet.

Yes, it's BP buzzword bingo -- but also a real deal. 

The architecture of the house has been maintained with hardwood floors throughout, floor to ceiling windows and 14 foot ceilings (although a pain when accessing anything like lighting). 

Syndications won’t work there.You’d need private investors with a huge risk appetite but even someone like me who’s invested internationally for years wouldn’t touch that country with a 10-foot pole.

Specifically, I’m looking for insights on cost projections, especially whether the cost per square foot tends to decrease with larger projects, and what budget I should allocate to ensure this development is profitable.Guidance from someone with experience in similar projects would be invaluable

I looked up the lot minimums for Shelby County, and these seem to be 15,000 square feet with a 100 foot width.

The land has two structures on it I would like to use as rentals, a small 400 square foot pole barn that I would like to turn into a studio loft apartment and an 800 square foot cabin that some needs work before being able to rent.