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.
Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc., which operates more than 1,500 self-storage facilities across North America and frequently recycles existing structures for its new locations, is converting a former Coca-Cola Bottling Co. distribution...
Update 10/3/18 – Rosemurgy Properties and Sentry Self Storage received a $10.4 million construction loan for their self-storage development project in Hollywood, Fla. The lender is BB&T Corp., a bank-holding company based in Winston-Salem, N.C...
Commercial real estate developer Cyzner Properties intends to build an Arthur’s Self Storage facility in Branchburg, N.J., though the plan could face opposition due to township restrictions against storage development. The company wants to...
Canadian development firm Ulmus Development Ltd. plans to build a mixed-use, eco-friendly project in downtown Kelowna, British Columbia, that’ll include self-storage and co-workspace. Slated to open next summer, the five-story EcoLock...
Ben Ellinwood, owner of Rock Solid Storage in Edgecomb, Maine, has converted a former Dodge dealership in Waldaboro, Maine, into a second location. The new self-storage facility at 76 Winslows Mills Road offers climate-controlled and vehicle...
Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc., which operates more than 1,500 self-storage facilities across North America and frequently recycles existing structures for its new locations, has converted a former Kmart in Superior, Wis., to self-storage...
Update 9/18/18 – Janus will host its second educational workshop this year at the Hyatt Centric in Santa Barbara, Calif., Nov. 5-6. Event topics will include self-storage automation, building and site conversions, facility remodeling and additions...
