Specialist costs: Shopfitting | Features

A summary of typical costs for a range of store types (£/m² gross floor area)
	Department store	Fashion store (low to med end)	Fashion store (high end – concessions)	Fashion store (high end – boutique)	Food/ convenience stores
Fit-out building works	737	506	3197	2562	538
Fit-out furniture and eqpt	297	355	1044	473	581
Subtotal	1034	861	4241	3035	1119
Prelims and OHP	146	129	1281	732	215
Construction total	1180	990	5522	3767	1334
Sales area as % of gross	67%	82%	75%	75%	64%
Square meterage (gross)	11,148	2,598	80	607	303
The costs exclude shell-and-core alterations as this report is focused on fit-out works. The cost of direct-supply items, for example visual merchandise, tills and telephones, are excluded as price varies depending on the retailer. Some procure these items in bulk, usually with large discounts and issue to their contractor for installations, others prefer to buy through their contractors. The figures also exclude the costs of lifts and escalators (with the exception of department stores) and fees.

Overview of store fit out costs for units within a new shopping mall
Shop unit type	£/m²
Fashion	1097
Gifts, books and cards	1127
Electrical and communication	798
Health and beauty	884
Jewellery	1599
Restaurants and cafes	1351
Shoes and accessories	1371
Sports and outdoors	1097
The fit-out costs exclude merchandising systems, IT installations, specialist installations and back of house equipment. The analysis was based on a fire insurance valuation for the shop units on a recently completed shopping mall in the UK.

Typical department store benchmark costs (11,148 m² gross; 7432 m² sales area – 67% of gross floor area)
Description	costs (£)	£/m² sales	£/m² gross
Strip-out and alterations	excluded
Shell and core	excluded
Fit-out: Building works
Internal walls	231,855	31.21	20.77
Metalwork, joinery and public health	722,861	97.30	64.80
Signage (external/back of house)	65,250	8.83	5.81
Screeds	375,731	50.60	33.69
M&E
Mechanical, sprinkler and public heath	2,855,340	384.17	256.08
Electrical, heating and ventilation	1,660,177	223.35	148.87
Builders’ work in connection	135,937	18.30	12.16
Mechanical handling
Lifts	605,085	81.37	54.25
Escalators	580,398	78	52.10
Back-of-house finishes
Floor finishes	78,191	10.55	7.00
Wall finishes	97,331	13.13	8.72
Ceiling finishes	96,135	12.92	8.61
Sales area finishes
Floor finishes	441,851	59.42	39.61
Wall finishes/decorations	21,750	2.91	1.94
Ceiling finishes	250,125	33.69	22.39
Subtotal	8,218,020	1105.45	736.80
Fit-out: Sales furniture and equipment
Perimeter wall equipment	891,423	119.91	79.98
Mid-floor sales floor equipment	1,068,903	143.81	95.91
Fitting rooms	71,557	9.58	6.46
Personal shopping area	21,750	2.91	1.94
Internal signage	43,500	5.81	3.87
Window display	15,116	2.05	1.40
Subtotal	2,112,251	284.07	189.46
Fit-out: Non-sales furniture and equipment
Furniture, lockers, safes	87,000	11.73	7.86
Stockroom racking system	81,562	10.98	7.32
Carpets	10,875	1.51	0.97
Alarm system	21,750	2.91	1.94
Restaurant and kitchen	569,850	76.74	51.13
Cafe	81,562	10.98	7.32
Toilets	341,148	45.85	30.57
Subtotal	1,193,748	160.7	107.11
Contractors on-costs
Contractors preliminaries and overhead plus profit	1,631,250	219.48	146.28
Subtotal	1,631,250	219.48	146.28
Client equipment (direct purchase)
Till machines, mannequins, ticketing, utensils	excluded
Total	13,155,270	1770.03	1180.05