Burlington Coat Factory, in Spokane County in Washington state, which earlier announced it will move from its current home at 5830 N. Division St. into a nearby former Bed Bath & Beyond store that is 84 percent smaller than the coat store. It will cost about $1.1 million to renovate the old space and install 926 units. Burlington officials have filed permits to convert the former home, a 140,000-square-foot site, into a self-storage operation called Burlington Self Storage. The 6.55-acre property is located in the Franklin Park Commons and is owned by Burlington Coat Factory Realty. Burlington has previously converted another former location in Derry, NH into a self-storage facility.
Source: The Spokesman-Review
Planned
In North Carolina, the rezoning of approximately 2 acres, owned by Linda Dunlap – from rural agriculture to a neighborhood business conditional zoning in order to build a 116-unit mini-warehouse for self-service – is being discussed. Jacob Stevens, manager of Keith’s Hardware, said another warehouse space would help the community. Source: The Pilot
Completed
Inland Private Capital Corp. and Devon Self Storage, which are both part of The Inland Real Estate Group of Cos., have completed an 844-unit facility in Lubbock, TX, at 2010 Avenue R, formerly in the AT&T processing center. The four-story, elevator-served facility features 85,300 NESF of climate-controlled space, Source: RE Business Online
In Ohio, U-Haul Moving & Storage of Zanesville at 3742 Northpointe Drive opened Dec. 10. It is the 80th U-Haul-owned-and-operated-store in the state. U-Haul bought the 5-acre property in 2022. The facility has 996 units. Source: Yahoo! Finance
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