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 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.
...
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...
Real estate developer RealtyLink received a recommendation from the planning and development committee last week in its quest to build a three-story self-storage facility in Greenville, S.C. The county council will vote on the project at its Aug...
Real estate developer Megacenter Willowbrook LLC is converting a former Walmart Supercenter in Houston to 49,193 square feet of self-storage plus industrial-flex, retail and office space. The 235,627-square-foot project at 7075 FM 1960, across the...
