Backoffice Space vs. Front Of House Space?

[Razor Lounge]

First off, hey everyone, im new to this community and this is my first post, already seen a lot of invaluable information throughout several threads already and was hoping that someone could give me some information/advice on my question.

We're in the process of building a new club from the ground up, we're looking at a building with around 12000sqft in total space and this is where we're hitting issues...

When it comes to the amount of space used for the backoffice compared to the front of house stuff, is there a rough guesstimate of how much space is going to be needed?

Right now we're wanting to have 2 offices, one larger which will be for management and one smaller which will be used for electrical equipment and security personell. In addition, we're also trying to build out 3 storage areas, one for dry goods, one for a walk-in chiller and one for liquor storage, couple that with a dressing room for show performers and also a shower area behind our main stage/dj booth we are running in to some problems when it comes to the actual layout.

In addition to the actual 'back of house' we are also planning on putting in a basic common room where staff can hang out between shifts in addition to grabbing something to eat/drink when they go on their breaks.

Have any of you folks run in to this issue when building a club layout from scratch and, if so, how did you decide what space you wanted to use of your total buildings square footage for the actual 'club' as oppose to the actual 'business' side of things?

Thanks in advance for any help and assistance you can offer.

Regards,

Lee

[David]

No real rule of thumb so-to-speak.

I've helped develop floor plans for clubs that have huge offices, around 1200 s.f. I've also seen offices that are just barely big enough to turn around in. I like a larger footprint for an office. You'll need lots of secure storage, why not build your office large enough to hold it.

Good luck on your project. We are here to help.


Your floor space is premium real-estate so use it to the clubs advantage.

[clubdesign]

well here is my 50 cents on it. In a bar or restaurant you can't run it from there so keep it small. maybe 10 x 12 enough room for a safe and count out. Most of the high volume venues I've ran had an office about 40sf, and this was a 50,000sf venue doing millions in revenue.The liquor room can be 6 x 10 or 8 x 12. Walk in cooler 14 x 10 should be enough for a venue this size. Green room 8 x 12 shower with toilet about 50s.f. Electrical rooms are not meant for storage and most local codes will dictate that nothing be stored in them. An area for employees can be a small counter that can double as bartendar checkout. A seperate room ususally just leads to a mess no one picks up

[Razor Lounge]

Sorry folks, totally forgot i had posted this question here LOL

Thanks so much for the feedback, definitely gives me something to consider for our new place :)

Regards,

Lee