hard costs - the monetary costs of acquiring land for development, physically preparing the site, and building a structure. Sometimes called "sticks and bricks." Although definitions vary by region, hard costs generally do not include the costs associated with architects, attorneys, and marketing. See by contrast soft costs.

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