Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc., which operates more than 1,300 self-storage facilities across North America, has purchased a former Macy’s department store in Monaca, Pa., with plans to convert a portion of it to self-storage. The company...

Update 3/13/18 – Wentworth has sold its newly converted self-storage property in Chula Vista to Strategic Storage Growth Trust Inc. (SSGT), a public, non-traded, self-storage real estate investment trust sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management LLC...

Update 3/9/18 – Extra Space is now in lease-up for its 1,000-unit self-storage facility, part of the mixed-use project in former Building 42 of the Pabst Brewing complex. The redeveloped structure will be known as “The Forty Two.” The design by...

Dick Mann, the owner of Los Altos Batting Range in Albuquerque, N.M., is closing the business after 35 years to convert the complex to self-storage. Mann intends to invest about $300,000 to transform the .75-acre site to a 100-unit storage...

Brockton & Main LLC is converting the former Micro Wire wholesale and distribution center in Brockton, Mass., to self-storage. The company purchased the property at 120 N. Main St. for $2.6 million, according to NAI Hunneman, the Boston-based real...

Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc., which operates more than 1,300 self-storage locations across North America, is converting a former Kmart store in Lancaster, Calif., and a factory in Erie, Pa., to self-storage. Both projects are a part of...

Real estate developer Young Group intends to convert a former office building to self-storage in the Tysons Corner area of McLean, Va. The company recently acquired the vacant, 80,000-square-foot building at 1764 Old Meadow Lane from AFL-CIO...

U.S. Storage Depot, which operates 37 facilities in Florida, Michigan and Wisconsin, is converting a former JCPenney department store in Oshkosh, Wis., to a mixed-use property that will include self-storage and office space. The Oshkosh Common...

Update 2/12/18 – The DeKalb Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously last week to recommend the changes to the zoning ordinance that would allow the conversion of vacant commercial space to self-storage. “It’s a great opportunity to...

Update 2/12/18 – The East Rutherford Planning Board voted 2-5 last week against the latest self-storage plan from HPVIII 33 Route 17. The denial came despite the developer agreeing to lower the height of the structure to more than 1.5 feet below...