Arenhall Corp. has begun construction of Littleton Storage Solutions, a 500-unit, 76,960-square-foot self-storage facility at 509 Great Road in Littleton, Mass. The facility will consist of a three-story, climate-controlled building and other single-story buildings. The land is across the street from the Littleton Police Department.

We are taking advantage of the light winter we have had so far to get a jump start on the project and hope to have it completed by fall if 2012, Sherri Brown, Arenhall's district manager, told the source in an e-mail.

The Littleton Planning Board approved the site plan Sept. 8, 2011, for a self-storage facility, guardhouse and office. The site plan also includes a requirement to create public trails for recreation such as horseback riding and bicycling, and to convey a conservation restriction to the Littleton Conservation Trust.

Arenhall owns six self-storage facilities in Massachusetts and southern Maine.

Littleton is 40 miles northwest of Boston.

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