Sentence examples for spec building from inspiring English sources

"It's always a risk with spec building," Mr. Weiss said.

At least in Bedford, we aren't seeing a lot of spec building yet".

"It's pretty big for a spec building, but we are self-financing, so we do not need an approval from a bank.

Oelwein, like so many small towns trying to shape its destiny in an America that may have passed it by, has spruced up its Main Street, modernized its infrastructure and constructed a spec building ready for any employer who wants to move in.

"When spec building is going on, the idea among developers is: Let's make it as big as the municipality will allow, with minimum 36-foot ceilings — clear height" for trucks, "superflat floors, everything perfect — and see what rent we can get," said Mr. Danzig, a broker.

A Santa Monica architect known for his high-rise designs is working on what may be the ultimate "spec" building -- a 224-story skyscraper with green ambitions that would be the tallest structure in the world.

"Spec buildings are still taking a little longer to fill, with more companies wanting build-to-suit," Mr. Danzig said, "but a modern distribution center will always find a tenant in New Jersey".

But there are plenty of people in this town and throughout the rural plains who say all the spec buildings and cheap labor incentives are futile, misleading gestures.

However, designing a high-spec building that takes advantage of all the latest energy-saving technologies – such as advanced heating, cooling and building-management software – does not always guarantee a sustainable future.

McCraney Property Company is at work on Park27, a spec industrial building that will add more than 600,000 square feet in two buildings off Interstate 4 and U.S. Highway 27 about halfway between the Orlando and Tampa regions.

"There won't be much spec construction; you won't see any empty office buildings".