Conversions

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...

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...