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Typical: 1,500 to 6,500 sqft
Texas, Florida, Arizona, Nevada, most Southeast
Estimated cost range for 2,500 sqft of quick service / fast casual (2nd gen)
Low end
$450K
$180/sqft
Typical
$538K
$215/sqft
High end
$625K
$250/sqft
Construction cost only. Owner-supplied equipment (FFE, medical equipment, cultivation lighting, extraction equipment) is not included. Permits, design fees, and validation (where applicable) are also separate. For a defensible line-item estimate from your actual drawing set, run an AI estimate in BuildCrux.
The numbers come from the same unit-cost catalog our AI estimating engine uses, calibrated for 2026 Sun Belt metro pricing. Market-tier multipliers adjust for high-cost coastal markets and union markets. Project sub-types reflect typical scope mix (kitchen complexity, operatory count, imaging suite, vault scope, cleanroom class).
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