When it comes to ground-up multifamily construction in San Diego, cost per unit is the number every pro forma depends on — but few benchmarks reflect the market accurately. Inabnet is a multifamily general contractor building in San Diego, Tampa, and Austin. This breakdown covers 2026 hard cost ranges by product type, what drives the number, what soft costs to budget, and how preconstruction keeps your budget intact.
A wood-frame podium is the structural system that makes ground-up multifamily viable at mid-density on high-cost sites. Inabnet, a multifamily general contractor in San Diego, Tampa, and Austin, breaks down how the podium configuration works, what it costs versus alternatives, where it has real limitations, and what California developers need to understand before selecting a structural system.
San Diego is one of the strongest multifamily condo development markets in the country, driven by population growth, land scarcity, and policy reforms that favor density. Inabnet is a San Diego multifamily general contractor that builds the ground-up condo projects meeting this demand.
