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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Real estate developer Meredia Living intends to build a self-storage facility across the street from one of its luxury apartment buildings in Bound Brook, N.J. The five-story structure would comprise 58,224 square feet in 796 units and be among...
Update 4/12/18 – The Sugar Land City Council recently approved SurePoint’s site plan for the three-story facility in Imperial, a 720-acre master-planned community in Houston designed by Johnson Development Corp., a residential and commercial land...
Update 4/12/18 – Additional details have been released on the two-property Minnesota self-storage portfolio acquired by WPI and Harrison Street. Previously, the number of reported units for both properties included RV parking spaces. The...
Update 4/10/18 – The Sycamore Planning Commission unanimously granted Olson a special-use permit on Monday. The move comes two weeks after the city council approved his amendment to allow indoor self-storage facilities in the city’s...
Vault Storage Co. has converted a former office building to self-storage in North Wales, Pa. The property at 212 N. Church Road is in the former site of Iconic Clinical Research. It’s within walking distance of the Southeastern Pennsylvania...
Kennards Self Storage, which operates more than 85 facilities in Australia and New Zealand, intends to double the storage capacity of its Gipps Street property in Wollongong, Australia. The $8 million project, under review by the city council...
Update 4/9/18 – SSGT has opened its two-story self-storage facility at 3173 Sweeten Creek Road in Asheville. The property features all climate-controlled units, covered loading and unloading areas, computerized lobby access, elevators, and...
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 in Alabama...
