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You will generally find that the total cost per square foot of your restaurant will run about $150-$200, excluding land costs. This means that if you plan on opening a restaurant with a square footage of 3,000, your total costs will be approximately $450,000-$600,000. Keep in mind that this is a general range only.
Low-end locations include cities in the Midwest or at least smaller in size. In Denver, for instance, prices ranged between $90 and $150 per square foot for commercial construction at the time of publication. In Portland, prices were $100 to $160 square foot, while in Miami it costs between $89 and $160 per square foot.