Self-storage construction has become more sophisticated due to heightened consumer expectations, changing building codes, and a more rigid approval processes through municipal planning boards. Important topics covered in this category include design trends, zoning, conversions, eco-friendly components and practices, and more.
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Broome Storage LLC, a division of private-investment group Broome Capital LLC, received unanimous rezoning approval from the city to build a five-story self-storage facility in Tampa, Fla. The property on West Gandy Boulevard will be across from...
SIBCO Ltd. Self Storage of Beavercreek, Ohio, is planning to expand. Two buildings will be added to the property at 620 Phillips Drive. The first, valued at $1 million, will comprise 12,300 square feet. The other, valued at $989,000, will comprise...
Good lighting is critical to self-storage safety. Learn why it’s so important, how to property place it, and ways to save money on this security component.
Real estate developer Highlands at Cedar Downs LLC has opened Raceway Heated Storage in Auburn, Wash. The race-themed self-storage facility comprises 108,885 square feet in four buildings. Features include a “Herbie the Love Bug&rdquo...
The Lackland Family has converted a former manufacturing plant to self-storage in Plainfield, N.J. The 850-unit facility at 639 South Ave. includes climate control, door alarms, and a retail store that sells moving and packing supplies. It has...
To get into the self-storage business today, it takes more skills than it used to; but they’re not hard to learn. Every investor should master these seven abilities.
Guardian Storage, which operates 22 self-storage facilities in Colorado and Pennsylvania, has expanded its presence with a multi-story building conversion in the Forest Hills suburb of Pittsburgh. The company invested $12.8 million in transforming...
Update 5/1/18 – StorCon faces two more zoning-approval hurdles before it can move forward with its proposed 76,000-square-foot self-storage facility on Duncan Avenue. Though the Clearwater City Council approved the zoning change to...
Storage Express, which operates more than 100 self-storage facilities in five states, has completed the expansion of its Clarksville, Ind., location. The property at 910 Woodstock Drive now boasts 85,000 square feet of storage space in 746 climate...
RDS Contracting Inc. is building Silverhawk Self Storage on a vacant parcel at 30470 Commerce Court in Murrieta, Calif. The 900-unit facility will be just a few blocks east of the intersection of Murrieta Hot Springs and Winchester Roads, in the...
