01Kamloops, BC · tier 3 market
Office tenant improvement cost in Kamloops
A tenant improvement inside an existing base building: partitions, ceilings, lighting, meeting rooms and a kitchenette. This is the number a tenant compares against the landlord's improvement allowance, so it belongs in the lease negotiation, not after it.
02The curated band
Hard cost, standard spec
$128/sf
Band $86 – $190
All-in, preset build
$163/sf
10,000 sf, 1 storey
Hard share of all-in
78%
Rest is soft cost, charges, contingency, escalation
BC escalation
3.8%/yr
Quarter ending 2025-09-30
Buildlor Construction Cost Index · Last updated 2026-01-15 · Maintained by Buildlor Cost Desk
Scope: Kamloops, British Columbia — Office tenant improvement
Inputs: Altus Group Canadian Cost Guide 2025, Toronto base range; Statistics Canada Building Construction Price Index, table 18-10-0135-01
Next scheduled review: 2026-04-15
03Build the stack
Your build
All-in cost — Office fit-out, Kamloops
$1,631,437
$163/sf · band $1,089,917 – $2,448,477
At this specification the office fit-out prices at about $163 per square foot all-in, with a 83% spread between the low and high band. Hard cost is 78% of the total and everything above it is soft cost, charges, contingency and escalation.
| Line | Amount | $/sf |
|---|---|---|
| Demolition and preparation | $76,800 | $8/sf |
| Partitions, doors and millwork | $307,200 | $31/sf |
| Ceilings and flooring | $204,800 | $20/sf |
| Mechanical and controls | $243,200 | $24/sf |
| Electrical, data and lighting | $230,400 | $23/sf |
| Fire protection and code work | $89,600 | $9/sf |
| General conditions and fee | $128,000 | $13/sf |
| Hard cost subtotal | $1,280,000 | $128/sf |
| Design and consultants | $61,440 | $6/sf |
| Permits, approvals and reviews | $15,360 | $2/sf |
| Project management and testing | $30,720 | $3/sf |
| Financing, insurance and legal | $46,080 | $5/sf |
| Contingency (10%) | $143,360 | $14/sf |
| Escalation to midpoint (12 mo) | $54,477 | $5/sf |
| All-in cost | $1,631,437 | $163/sf |
How these figures were produced
- Observed — Recorded directly from the cited source series, unadjusted.
- Modelled — Derived arithmetically from observed inputs using the published method; not a market quote.
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04What moves the number
Cost drivers for this type in Kamloops
Density of enclosed rooms
every meeting room adds partition, door, ceiling, HVAC zone and lighting circuit cost.
Base building condition
an as-built ceiling grid, sprinkler layout and HVAC distribution can save or add 15 percent.
Audio-visual, security and data are commonly excluded from a contractor's price and then blow the budget.
Audio-visual, security and data are commonly excluded from a contractor's price and then blow the budget.
Landlord allowance is usually quoted per rentable square foot while the fit-out is priced on usable area.
Landlord allowance is usually quoted per rentable square foot while the fit-out is priced on usable area.
Kamloops is BC's cheapest curated market to build in, with flat sites and no seismic preload requirement. That is why the same drawings priced in Kamloops and in Toronto do not land at the same number even when the trades are the same.
On the preset build above, hard cost is $1,280,000 and everything after it — soft cost, charges, contingency and escalation — adds $351,437. Budgeting off a hard rate alone is the single most common way an early construction budget goes wrong.
Buildlor facts
- Hard cost for a office fit-out in Kamloops sits at $128 per square foot at standard specification.
- Soft cost at 12% of hard adds $153,600 to the preset build.
- BC construction escalation is running at 3.8% a year, or $54,477 over twelve months on this build.
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06Questions
What does it cost to build a office fit-out in Kamloops?
On the curated Kamloops band, hard cost runs $86 to $190 per square foot for a office fit-out at standard specification. Adding site work, soft cost, charges, contingency and twelve months of escalation puts the all-in figure near $163 per square foot on a 10,000 sf preset. Your own area and specification change that number, which is what the builder above is for.
Why does Kamloops price where it does?
Kamloops is BC's cheapest curated market to build in, with flat sites and no seismic preload requirement. The published Toronto base range is scaled by a documented factor of 0.95 for this market, and the BC escalation series is running at 3.8 percent a year.
Is the development charge in this number?
No. We do not yet hold a charge row for Kamloops. Enter the figure from the municipality's schedule in the builder.
What is excluded from every figure here?
Land, financing interest during construction beyond the soft-cost allowance, taxes recoverable as input credits, tenant furniture and equipment, and any remediation or off-site works. Those are separate line items in a real proforma.
07Sources
Sources
- [1] Altus Group Canadian Cost Guide 2025, Toronto base range — Published Toronto range scaled by a documented city cost factor of 0.95. Hard cost only: excludes land, soft costs, development charges and contingency.
- [2] Statistics Canada Building Construction Price Index, table 18-10-0135-01 — Non-residential building construction, Vancouver CMA.
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