tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360042008807462347.post7894773891482878063..comments2024-03-24T00:28:02.641-07:00Comments on The Columbia Heart Beat: STICKER SHOCK: $600,000 homeless youth shelter price tag raises eyebrowsHeart Beat Publications, LLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380860619450064484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360042008807462347.post-15365584885228080762011-01-21T16:48:16.130-08:002011-01-21T16:48:16.130-08:00Rambling defenses aside, 600 g's to build a 5 ...Rambling defenses aside, 600 g's to build a 5 unit housing complex is ridiculous. Anyone who can't manage to build something like this for a fraction of the cost, regardless all the regulations this guy sites, shouldn't be in building it. <br /><br />Typical government waste. Typical brainless bureaucrat.Merrillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360042008807462347.post-27544736366436362712011-01-21T09:57:12.925-08:002011-01-21T09:57:12.925-08:00Just wanted to check in on this one. There are a ...Just wanted to check in on this one. There are a variety of reasons this development costs so much. Many of them are familiar to anybody trying to build in Columbia and others are unique to federal funding sources that are underwriting some of the costs. First, I think we did pay too much for the property but the location was ideal and we can all be pleased that we removed a dilapidated, vacant house from the neighborhood and that this is infill instead of sprawl. Add to that ADA compliance, security, sustainable materials, multiple environmental reviews, storm drainage, soil disturbance accommodations, and a self-imposed priority to use the proposed NCCNA design overlay and it adds up to an expensive build. It is unfortunate that it costs a lot to do important work but ironically, it is our funders that impose the types of restrictions described above (and often for good reason). Costs are based on engineering drawings and not unreasonable. In fact, we will request bids from multiple contractors to keep costs down and build as efficiently as possible. As with any project with multiple funding sources and myriad fiscal and development requirements, the timeline is maddeningly slow. HUD approved a portion of funding for this project back in June but has yet to give us the final green light. Regardless, this is an important project for our community and I hope readers of the Heart Beat will continue to be supportive as we sort through the red tape.<br /><br />-Darin PreisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00919561841215684571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360042008807462347.post-74397395380751341652011-01-16T15:18:08.248-08:002011-01-16T15:18:08.248-08:00Holly guacamole man does that include Red Carpetin...Holly guacamole man does that include Red Carpeting or is it Plush Velvet?<br /><br />Why so expensive? You trying to say nothing can be found to be renovated cheaper?Charles E Dudley Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290962754962288131noreply@blogger.com