Update 11/23/21 – The Islip Town Council voted against a rezoning that would’ve allowed Safeguard Self Storage to develop its facility in Sayville, New York, on the site of the former F-14 Sports Complex. The Sayville Chamber of Commerce and...

Update 11/23/21 – Away Cheltenham Ltd. received approval to move forward with its plans to convert a former Lidl supermarket in Cheltenham, England, to self-storage. The revised design calls for a purpose-built office in lieu of the shipping...

Stor-it, which operates a self-storage facility in the Brown Hill suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, and is actively expanding, is adding an extensive solar farm to its property at 211 Melbourne Road. The project will comprise 4.8 kilometers...

Peterson Cos. (PC), a real estate development firm based in Fairfax, Virginia, has launched an official self-storage division. The new department, the company’s first in 35 years, will be led by Jim Mertz, senior vice president, according to the...

Update 11/16/21 – Matthew Cooke has filed an appeal to build Crab Creek Mini Storage in Hendersonville, North Carolina, following the rejection of his zoning request. The Oct. 28 filing by Cooke’s attorney, Brian Gulden, asks the court to order...

Update 11/16/21 – The Beckley Common Council passed a new ordinance on Nov. 9 that requires a conditional-use permit for self-storage developments in B-1 (neighborhood-highway business) and B-2 (general business) districts. Self-storage will also...

Update 11/5/21 – Div West 29th Street, an affiliate of The Davis Cos., has completed the demolition for its project in the Chelsea area of Manhattan, N.Y. The company acquired two adjacent industrial properties at 155 and 165 W. 29th St. from the...