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Zoning

Winning Project Approval: Working With Planning & Zoning, Local Residents and 'The Guy' to Build the Self-Storage Facility of Your Dreams

Working with a city's planning and zoning department to get a self-storage site approved can be a challenge. Understanding how the board works, where to get support and what tools to use can help make for a smoother process. ...More
July 14, 2010 Bruce McCardle
Posted in Articles, Construction, Development
Top Five Mistakes Made by New Self-Storage Developers: Know What They Are So You Can Avoid Them

Before jumping into a new self-storage development project, review and understand these five potential mistakes other developers have made. ...More
July 2, 2010 Jamie Lindau
Posted in Articles, Construction, Development, Finance, Technology
Canadian Residents in Donald Oppose Self-Storage Project

Residents in Donald, Ontario, Canada, are opposed to the development of two self-storage buildings behind an old distribution center being renovated, claiming it would alter the flavor of the hamlet. ...More
June 1, 2010
Posted in News, Development
Detroit Planning Commission Considers Self-Storage Conversion

Detroit Planning Commission Considers Self-Storage Conversion Nolan Realty Investments is hoping to convert a one-story office building in Detroit into a three-story drive-through self-storage facility. ...More
May 20, 2010
Posted in News, Construction, Development
ezStorage Self Storage in Maryland Absolves Neighbors' Concerns, Gets City Approval

After discussing the impact a self-storage development would have on the neighborhood, the planning board in Burtonsville, Md., last week approved the site plan for an ezStorage Self Storage facility. ...More
May 20, 2010
Posted in News, Construction, Development
Judge Demands Illinois City Make a Decision About Self-Storage Permit

A judge in Quincy, Ill., ordered the city Monday to either deny or approve a building permit for a self-storage facility after the facility owner initiated a lawsuit last summer. ...More
April 7, 2010
Posted in News, Development, Legal Issues
Proposal for Self-Storage Facility on U.S.-Mexico Border Rejected

A proposal to build a 44-unit self-storage facility in Nogales, Ariz., was rejected by the Nogales Planning and Zoning Commission with a 3-1 vote this week. ...More
April 5, 2010
Posted in News, Development
Municipal Board Quashes Self-Storage Project in Dundas, Canada

After several months of rescheduled meetings, battles with an environmental group and an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), a developer in Dundas, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, has lost his bid to build a self-storage facility on land the city wants to maintain as ...More
March 12, 2010
Posted in News, Development
Residents Oppose Self-Storage Development in Pearl River, NY

A group of residents in Pearl River, N.Y., continue to fight the development of a commercial park that would include two self-storage buildings and a warehouse. The proposed development area contains 10 wooded acres off Route 304. ...More
February 15, 2010
Posted in News, Development
Dundas Self-Storage Developer Appeals City's Decision

A developer in Hamilton, Ontario Canada, is appealing the Ontario Municipal Board after the city rejected amendment applications for a storage facility in the Cootes Paradise environmentally significant area. ...More
January 15, 2010
Posted in News, Development

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