Conversions

AMERCO, the parent company of U-Haul International Inc., is eyeing a vacant Kmart in Pocatello, Idaho, for conversion to self-storage. The planning and zoning commission last week unanimously approved a conditional use permit for the property at...

Update 11/20/18 – Real estate developer Daniel Blanchard of 459 Broadway has acquired the 46,193-square-foot Drescher Paper Box building after securing approvals for a special-use permit and a zoning variance for his self-storage project...

Update 11/19/18 – The McCann Road conversion is expected to be complete in the first quarter of next year, according to the source. The $1.6 million project received approval from the city council in September, according to a source. The facility...

Coda Management Group, a development firm that specializes in self-storage conversions, has partnered with private investors to acquire a two-story commercial building in Toledo, Ohio, that will be redeveloped into a storage facility. The 88,000...

Real estate developer Mequity Cos. has purchased a warehouse in Tucker, Ga., for $5.3 million that it intends to convert to a climate-controlled self-storage facility. The site will be managed by real estate investment trust CubeSmart and branded...

Real estate developer Ziff Properties Inc. has acquired the former Golden Burley Tobacco Warehouse in downtown Lexington, Ky., which it intends to convert to self-storage. The 3.5-acre property at 574 Angliana Ave. is just over a mile from the...

A former Ultra Foods grocery store in Gary, Ind., could be converted to self-storage. Midwest Self-Storage Development LLC intends to transform the 69,000-square-foot retail property on Ridge Road. The retail property includes a Menards home...