What is special-purpose buildings?
Structures so specialized (e.g., purpose-built plants with unique power, structural, or clean-room needs) that they have little value to alternative users, which tends to favor owning over leasing.
Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Real Estate Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.
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From the free Real Estate Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.