I'm in about exactly twice that, should have been $40k bit after the city got done with permitting it was around 80k (2nd bathroom i didn't need for a place with 14 seats, a palace for my garbage to live in complete with a sanitary sewer connection, a 4'x4' landing with a ramp coming off of it for a 1and 1/2 inch door lip, but mostly just lots of rent as they strung me along finding more reasons real and imagined to fight about in the permitting process). Didn't read the piece or your response just answered the summons.
Yer a good man Charlie Brown. Buddy of mine bought a $40k grease trap because Los Angeles. Me? $12k fire alarm system. Two days ago the inspector asked to see the photos I'd taken with my phone because he wanted to see the screw pattern on the drywall. MEDICAL GRADE CONDUIT BITCH But sure. 4 friends are going to bootstrap their way to business titanhood with $40k. That was for the article, not you. As you were. ButterflyEffect and I oughtta come visit in January.
In my build out the inspectors were a breeze. The few issues they had with the shop were pretty reasonable or at least minimally expensive. They mostly walked around and marveled at the shit the permit office made me build (wow, they sure did make you build a crazy garbage area! Wonder why?) The shop would have been much nicer if I had another ten grand to out in the build out but the permitting office fucking soaked me.
That would be a fun road trip last time I was in a car to Portland the transmission died in the bumfuck area between Olympia and Vancouver, WA.