.- installing separate meters, but at the risk of the basement suite being less marketable.Do you guys have any other ideas?

We have decided to move forward with another home, we have been waiting on the bank to clear up some issues on their end with the electrical, currently there's no meter and the power company will not turn it on until repairs are made including a new panel.  

I called the electric company and they came out and told me my meter is tied to the warehouse. 

Make the building run as efficiently as possible, by adding things like LED lighting, low flow toilets, sub-metering, etc.

There is nothing wrong with that but if the work is done without permission you may face a huge penalty and/or you may be asked to restore the building back to the original design.III) incorrect misc. informationa) the property has the same number of meters as units but the renter does not pay utilitiesb) the property just got determined to be in a flood zone and the insurance doubledc) the owner was managing the property himself so he was not spending any money on: - management, maintenance, accounting, etc.d) a drug dealer just moved in and now your property is his workplacee) the owner is asking for a too low CAP rate. e.g. he is selling it at CAP 8% while the neighborhood sales are at 10-12%. 

:)My BS Meter is going off again.......Why is "Mack the knife" playing in my head? 

Our current job is a complete gut, and the only permit we might have to get is for the new front porch - if they consider that a change to the "footprint".Now, we will be working closely with the electric department because we are changing from overhead to underground and getting a new meter and service panel.

The fire department turned off power and removed electrical meter.

Depending on how the property is set up, I would try to do individual systems for each unit, not a shared system for all units.The water would all need to be one meter, which really isn’t a problem with how cheap it is on the co-op.

The property was listed with a workshop, in taking a look I noticed it was separately metered, had plumbing and sewage hooked up and was looking good as a candidate for an ADU conversion. ~630 sq/ft.I've confirmed that it meets the requirements for the city and have appointments with teams to discuss plans and get bids for the conversion project.