News Properties LLC has purchased a Birmingham, Ala., building for $1.5 million that it intends to convert to self-storage. The local design-review committee, a sub-board of planning and zoning, approved the concept for what was once “The...

Real estate developer and investor Wasatch Storage Partners (WSP) plans to purchase the Trade Mart Furniture Center in Rochester, Minn., and convert the building to climate-controlled self-storage. The company filed an application with the city...

Update 6/18/18 – After much debate over its development in Sterling, Va., The Young Group celebrated the grand opening of its new facility at 22125 Davis Drive on June 16. The three-hour event, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., included a ribbon-cutting, music...

Real estate developer Bayou Development Inc. has applied to rezone a vacant lot in Palm Harbor, Fla., to build a three-story self-storage facility. The company is proposing a Beyond Self Storage location for 4.93 acres at the corner of 9th Street...

Real estate investment firm Ranger Properties LLC is turning a former ribbon factory in Quakertown, Pa., into a mixed-use site that will include self-storage, apartments and commercial space. Borough officials recently approved a concept plan and...

Update 6/8/18 – U-Haul has announced several more projects and acquisitions for spring 2018...

Extra Space Storage Inc., a publicly traded self-storage real estate investment trust (REIT) and third-party management firm, recently surpassed 6.7 megawatts of capacity at 58 Extra Space properties across nine states, with the help of solar...

Guardian Self Storage, which operates two facilities in Lihue, Hawaii, is making progress on its conversion of the former Nāwiliwili Bulk Sugar Facility on Niumalu Road, which it purchased in 2016. During the first phase, approximately one-third...

Update 6/6/18 – The conversion of the former E.C. Pigments mill is expected to be complete next month. A new roof is in place, and fresh doors and windows have been added on the first floor. Some of the interior is complete as well, according to...