A major food service company is currently looking at the advantages of metal building construction to reduce development costs for their restaurants. With stand alone costs climbing the need to reduce development costs are greater than ever.

The concept involves a base construction of a metal building with conventional construction to create a hybrid facility that reduces construction between $20,000 to $50,000 per site. The completed facility is virtually identical to conventional construction when completed.

One example is a major rent to own retail concept that makes use of metal building construction to quickly and cost effectively develop retail stores. Prototypes have been designed with sizes including a 80′x100′ and 100′x100′. These buildings provide the lowest cost per square foot construction while having building elevations that feature conventional construction to give a pleasing appearance to customers.

Benefits have included drastically reducing the construction schedules to allow a current rate of construction that allows 70 ground up retail stores per year with an anticipated increase to 150 stores per year.