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For a property with only one tenant, the measurements gross floor area (GFA) and gross leasable area (GLA) are essentially equal. The Building Owners and Managers Association has established a standard with American National Standards Institute, ANSI/BOMA Z65.1-1996 for measuring floor area and calculating gross leasable area and loss factor. [8]
Floor area ratio (FAR) is the ratio of a building's total floor area (gross floor area) to the size of the piece of land upon which it is built. It is often used as one of the regulations in city planning along with the building-to-land ratio. [ 1 ]
The degree of utilisation - measured in gross floor area or gross volume area - must be made comparable by use of appropriate conversion coefficients; The size of the parcel of land must be taken into account. Further on the appraiser has to check if there are additional factors that will influence the land value.
BOMA first published the Standard Method of Floor Measurement for Office Buildings in 1915 which became the BOMA Method for the Measurement of Buildings. [3] Since then, it has become an international standard for determining the dimensions of buildings. [4] [5] The American National Standards Institute recognizes this standard as ANSI Z65. [3]
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