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.
An access-control system that delights rather than frustrates your self-storage customers is important to creating and maintaining a happy client base. Here are three ways to upgrade your facility access and please tenants.
Even if you find the perfect site on which to build a self-storage facility, you could face grading issues. Fortunately, you can accommodate changes in elevation and still have a profitable project.
Update 9/4/18 – Janus has been named to “Inc.” Magazine’s “Inc. 5000” list for the fifth time in the last 10 years. The company ranked No. 2,749 on the 2018 list, 358 spots lower than last year. The self-storage...
Elmdale Ventures has purchased R Storage in Merrillville, Ind., with the intent to expand and upgrade the self-storage property at 3950 W. 73rd Ave. The renovations are coming years after the original developer failed to complete them, much to the...
Real estate development firm Miller-Valentine Group and self-storage developer Coastal Storage Group have broken ground on a three-story self-storage facility in Knoxville, Tenn. The property will comprise 100,300 square feet near the intersection...
Update 8/29/18 – Uovo is embarking on its second self-storage conversion project in New York, this time in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. The resulting 150,000-square-foot facility will offer climate-controlled storage “designed to...
Steel trade tariffs imposed by President Donald J. Trump are driving up the cost of self-storage developments already underway or in the pipeline across the nation, causing owners and investors to rework their financing to cover construction. The...
If you’re developing a self-storage project, a comprehensive checklist of tasks can help you reduce stress, save money and ensure success. Here are some ideas on what to include from an experienced industry builder.
Update 8/23/18 – Metro Storage has opened its conversion of a former lawn and garden shop in North Plainfield. It’s the company’s sixth self-storage location in the New Jersey/West New York market, according to a press release...
