Conversions

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...

Lumpkin Development has purchased a defunct shopping mall in Birmingham, Ala., with the intent to convert it to mixed-use property that will include self-storage inside a former Sears store. The company acquired the 65-acre Century Plaza on...

The Centralia, Mo., Board of Aldermen unanimously approved a zoning request last week that will allow a former lumber site to be converted to self-storage. Rob and Sara Paben plan to repurpose the LaCrosse Lumber property at 212 W. Singleton St....

Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc., which operates more than 1,300 self-storage facilities across North America and frequently recycles existing structures for its new locations, is converting three more properties to self-storage. The sites...

Real estate developer Cherney Development Co. Inc. intends to convert the former Happy’s Flea Market in Roanoke, Va., to self-storage. Company affiliate Fort Knox 5411 Williamson Road LLC acquired the 11-acre property in December for $950,000.

The William Warren Group (WWG), a privately held real estate company that operates the StorQuest Self Storage brand, is seeking to convert a former Los Angeles taco shop into a four-story storage facility. The property at 2803 W. Broadway, which...

Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc., which operates more than 1,300 self-storage locations across North America, has converted a former Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Saukville, Wis., to self-storage. U-Haul Moving & Storage of Port Washington...

Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc., which operates more than 1,300 self-storage locations across North America, is converting a former Kmart store to self-storage in Grand Junction, Colo.

Portland Container Co., a mobile-storage startup in Portland, Maine, has launched the self-storage component to its business inside a converted oil tank on Lincoln Street in South Portland. Owner Ben Davis intends to target owners of luxury boats...

Real estate development company Platform II-Wisconsin LLC intends to convert a historic warehouse on Milwaukee’s west side to self-storage. The company acquired the eight-story, 102,600-square-foot building at 3742 W. Wisconsin Ave. for $1.8...