Conversions

Value Store It Inc., which operates 14 properties on the East Coast under the Value Store It Self Storage brand, intends to develop a 106,158-square-foot facility near the Cutler Bay area of Miami-Dade County, Fla. The project at 10900 S.W. 186th...

A proposed self-storage facility in Billerica, Mass., cleared its first hurdle on Oct. 5 when the town’s body of representatives approved an overlay that will add self-storage as an additional use for a 6.4-acre parcel at 26 Cook St. The applicant...

Coro Realty Advisors LLC, a real estate and property-management company, may convert a shopping center it owns in Columbus, Ga., to self-storage. The facility would be managed by Artisan Properties Inc., a self-storage owner and management company...

The Lock Up Self Storage, which operates 45 facilities in eight states, is converting a former Graymills Corp. manufacturing plant in Chicago to self-storage. The property at 3705 N. Lincoln Ave. in the North Center neighborhood is unusual in that...

Self-storage developer M4 Management Inc. has completed construction on a 53,000-square-foot facility in Waipahu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu, west of Honolulu. The property at 94-130 Leokane St. opened this month and is managed by Extra Space...

Real estate firm MK Industries LLC is seeking approval from Cobb County officials to convert a former Target storage in Austell, Ga., to self-storage. The property at 3757 Floyd Road includes a 98,000-square-foot building on about 5 acres. Venture...

Storage Master LLC has acquired two buildings near General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee with plans to convert them to self-storage. The company purchased the 4.5-acre site from construction firm T&M Industries LLC for $1.7 million...

A proposal to convert a former bowling alley to self-storage in South Milwaukee, Wis., received little interest from the city planning commission during a preliminary meeting last month. Brian Fisher, business development manager for development...

O&H Investments, which operates seven Affordable Family Storage facilities in Iowa and Missouri, plans to convert a former Kmart in Topeka, Kans., to self-storage. The company purchased the site at 240 S.E. 29th, which also includes two leased...

Canadian self-storage operator Dymon Storage Corp. receive approval to convert a former Target store in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, to a mixed-use property that will include self-storage and retail space.