I am working in a 9 story, existing building in downtown Pittsburgh, PA.  Our client has 3.5 floors of area that is part of our project scope of work.  The lobby, restrooms, elevators/stairs, are all part of the base building and will not be modified in our scope of work. 

Our project has a physical separation from all these shared spaces, but some of them are in the middle of the floor plan

Should those spaces be included or excluded from the LEED project boundary?  I believe they should NOT be included, but it will turn our project boundary into swiss cheese.

Thanks for your help.