Mr. Patton offered the example of comparable buildings facing across a street with similar values on the sale market.

Can you tell me if there is any way to compare these costs with those of comparable buildings?

A comparable building just opposite, 730 Fifth Avenue, she notes, was sold in 1991 for only $300 a square foot.

Under state law, city property owners can use recent sales prices of comparable buildings to challenge their assessment.

But "just three miles down the road in Melville, I'm going to build a comparable building where the taxes will be under $3 a foot.

"I could sell for an extra $700,000 to $1 million," she said, using sales at comparable buildings on her street as a benchmark.

Overall the building is expected to use 50% less energy than a comparable building built using traditional methods.

Our management fees seem to be much higher than those in comparable buildings.

Even though overshadowed by its mates, the solo house was outstanding in terms of comparable buildings.

A comparable building in the neighboring province of Friesland is called a stins.