National data says 19.6 months for multifamily construction. But for San Diego ground-up projects, the real timeline — from site control to CO — runs 30 to 48 months or more. Inabnet, a multifamily general contractor in San Diego, Tampa, and Austin, breaks down what actually drives the schedule, phase by phase, and what developers can do to keep their project on track.
Most multifamily change orders are preventable — yet they remain the top reason apartment construction budgets blow up. Inabnet, a multifamily general contractor in San Diego, Tampa, and Austin, breaks down where change orders actually come from, what they really cost beyond the dollar amount, and the preconstruction practices that eliminate the majority of them before a shovel hits the ground.
