One Larger Building or Two Narrower Ones? · Small Bay Industrial Basecamp

One Larger Building or Two Narrower Ones?

Working on a new project and would love some real-world layout advice. I’m debating two approaches that both get to 44,000 SF leasable area:

One deeper building with back-to-back units sharing a central demising wall
Two narrower buildings with a shared truck/access court between them

One building pros: Lower construction/site costs, less required brick cladding, and only one foundation/utility connection.

Two building pros: Better truck access, more leasable frontage, and parking closer to each space.

Target demographic is trade contractors, service providers, etc. I’m attaching examples of both layouts from a similar project. Has anyone dealt with this tradeoff before? Which layout worked better from a leasing or construction perspective, and anything you’d do differently?

Thanks!

Dave

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One Larger Building or Two Narrower Ones?