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.
Real estate firm Rosewood Property Co. (RPC) has begun construction on a self-storage facility in Tigard, Ore., a suburb of Portland. It’ll be the company’s first location in the area, according to a press release
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U.K.-based Safestore Holdings PLC has submitted an application in Leeds, England, to demolish a structurally unsound building and replace it with a seven-story, 95,000-square-foot self-storage facility. Supported by financial-advisory firm...
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, has purchased the former Eagle Electronics building in Colorado...
Phoenix Partners LLC received zoning approval last week to convert a former Kmart store in Roanoke, Va., to interior, climate-controlled self-storage. The 84,000-square-foot building on Franklin Road closed last year, according to the source.
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Real estate development firm Miller-Valentine Group and self-storage developer Coastal Storage Group have completed construction on a three-story self-storage facility in North Charleston, S.C. The property comprises 90,000 square feet at the...
MSSP Spacebox Fort Myers LLC, an affiliate of Spacebox USA, has purchased a vacant warehouse in Fort Myers, Fla., that it plans to convert to self-storage. The company acquired the 10.3-acre site in June for $6.4 million. In addition to converting...
Safeguard Self Storage, which operates 75 facilities throughout the eastern states, has purchased a commercial building in Plainview, N.Y., for $2.8 million that it intends to convert to self-storage. It’ll be the company’s fifth...
Update 8/9/18 – Storage by George in Napa has completed its expansion. The facility now has an additional 340 storage units in a range of sizes. All are ground-level and some are climate-controlled...
Update 8/8/18 – Neighborhood Storage plans to open in its new Ocala facility at 2362 N.W. 45th Terrace next month. Comprising 43,000 square feet of storage space, it’ll include climate-controlled and drive-up units, a retail office...
