A common street width in a BBN neighborhood.

Typical developments require much more infrastructure than BBN neighborhoods.

 

 

 

The Financial Advantage of
Building Better Neighborhoods

Try planning your community's new neighborhood using GMHF's cost reduction calculator. This interactive land use planning tool illustrates how important BBN cost reduction techniques are to achieving:

  • Increased affordability
  • Savings on municipal infrastructure costs
  • Savings on scarce public and private subsidy dollars

The calculator estimates the general cost savings gained by reducing street width and lot size. Actual costs will vary by site design and material costs.

Enter information in the yellow cells only.
Other cells will recalculate automatically!

GMHF's Cost Reduction Calculator

  BBN
(learn more) 		Typical
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Size of Land (acres)
Land Dedicated for Parks (acres)
Land Cost Per Acre ($)
Total Land Cost ($)
Average Frontage per Acre (view assumption) 152.4 152.4
Total Street Frontage (Feet) (view formula)
Street Width (BBN 28'-34') (Typical 34'-46')
Total Infrastructure ($) (view formula)
Average Lot Width (BBN 40'-65') (Typical 65-125')
Number of Lots (view formula)
Average Lot Cost ($) (view formula)
BBN Cost Savings Per Lot ($)
Total Development Savings Using BBN Cost Reduction Techniques ($)