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Is a building that is more than 51% laboratory considered as an Industrial building or an Office building?

Michel Sakal: GKC Architectes; June 20, 2022

David Fingret: Extreme Measures Inc.; June 22, 2022

Hi Michel,

Neither the BOMA 2017 Office Standard or BOMA 2019 Industrial Standard specifies laboratory space. However, the industrial standard does state that Flex Buildings are measured under that standard. It might be best to refer to the architecture rather than use to decide which BOMA standard would be most applicable.

thanks,
David