What does a workspace investment cost — order of magnitude?
Four inputs, one indicative bandwidth. Deliberately not a quote — a strategic frame to underpin the board decision.
These figures are a strategic frame for board decision-making, not a quote. Actual cost varies significantly with building condition, MEP, acoustics, AV and circularity ambition.
What's actually inside an investment like this — and what isn't?
In 45 minutes we discuss the drivers behind your bandwidth and which choices most strongly shape the cost.
The Investment Range Estimator gives an order-of-magnitude bandwidth for a workspace investment. Not a quote, not a budget — a reference point so you can have a first board-level conversation about budget without false precision.
What is inside the range
The range combines benchmark data from the Dutch market (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague) with variables for project type (transformation, fit-out, new-build outfitting), ambition level (functional, representative, international benchmark) and location premium.
Included are construction works, installations, fit-out, AV/IT infrastructure and advisory cost. Excluded are rent, any real-estate acquisition, and organisational cost such as adoption and relocation.
When the range narrows or widens
For a building in good technical condition, in a standard location, with a functional ambition level, the real number usually sits in the lower half of the range. For listed buildings, Zuidas conditions, international benchmark ambitions, or installations that need full replacement, it moves to the upper quartile or above.
We use this estimator in board conversations to avoid two things: agreeing an investment cap that is strategically too tight, and earmarking a budget that fails to land internally because the number looks inexplicably large.
What it does not replace
An estimator does not replace a programme of requirements or an independent cost expert. The moment an organisation moves from indicative bandwidth to serious CapEx decision-making, a more precise estimate is needed — based on a concrete design frame and the actual state of the building.
Want to sharpen the estimate for your specific context? In a strategy session we walk through your situation and indicate where your real range sits.
Book strategy session →Before the first decision is made.
A strategy session is the moment to clarify your context and the strategic choices around your workspace investment — before design and construction set the direction.