Diamond Point Development LLC, a Roswell, GA-based company, plans to build a 99,600-square-foot self-storage facility at 179 Turner St. in Auburn, ME. Construction costs are expected to top $5 million. The facility will provide 75,000-square-feet of net rentable space inside of 750 units. Auburn has become a destination for new residents departing Portland for more affordable housing, that and seasonal migration patterns attracted Diamond Point to the site. The project broke ground on Dec. 11. Ardent Cos., based in Atlanta, GA, is partnering with Diamond Point on the project. TDP Construction is the general contractor. Completion is expected in March 2025.
Source: Maine Biz
Owner/operator Nick Carlino plans to expand the Adirondack Moving Co. in Queensbury, NY with a new office and 340 storage units. He bought a 9.15-acre property at 170 Luzerne Road a few months ago, planning to grow. An auto body shop and a scrapyard are on the property. The plan is to build 10 self-storage buildings two at a time, and to convert the existing auto body shop into a new office. The Queensbury Planning board approved a change of zoning from auto repair to moving and storage. The site plan will go before the board in January for final approval. Source: Post-Star
Community Storage Arkansas has updated its self-storage space to include more than 100 drive-up accessible units of varying sizes in Jacksonville, AR. The facility includes more than 40 parking spaces for cars, trucks, boats and RVs. Source: Digital Journal
Self-storage units are part of a sketch plan for a project with office, retail and residential on the land at 316 and 320 W. Trenton Ave. in the Morrisville section of Falls Township in Pennsylvania. The proposed development is in a mixed commercial and residential area. Source: LevittownNow.com
The city of Asheville (NC) Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a new four-story wine storage and self-storage facility at 492 Sardis Road (above). Bee Safe Storage is the developer; it already has one Bee Safe Storage operating at 1292 Hendersonvile Road in the city. Source: Asheville Times
600 Corporate LLC, of Manhattan, which owns 600 Corporate Drive, will discuss plans with officials to convert the existing office building into self-storage. The company needs a use variance to operate a self-storage facility in the borough’s Commercial-Research-Office-Manufacturing Zone. 600 Corporate bought the property in October 2020 for $1.5 million from the Piedmont Operating Partnership of Norcross, GA. Source: My Central Jersey.com
In Ballard, WA, U-Haul has brought back plans to work on the company’s site at 1119 NW Leary Way. It calls for a modified land-use application for a four-story mini-warehouse with parking for 34 vehicles. Also, the existing plan would demolish the existing building. U-Haul has owned the half-acre site since 1986. Source: My Ballard
Under construction
Demolition has started on the former Chi-Chi’s restaurant on land in Mishawaka, near South Bend, IN, on Cleveland Road near Indiana 13 and Grape Road. Developers plan to build a three-story self-storage facility, with enough room for a drive-thru. Source: WNDU
Amity Self-Service Storage is being built at 4940 S. Meridian Road, at the corner of Amity and Meridian roads, in Boise, ID. It will have about 253,010 square feet, including 36 units, two covered RV buildings and other office space sitting on 15.8 acres. Source: Journal Now
Completed
Go Store It opened in Pensacola, FL after converting an office building into 530-climate-controlled units at 3670 N L St (above). BenCo Construction made the conversion. The facility serves local neighborhoods, and students enrolled at Pensacola State College and the University of West Florida. Go Store It is based in Charlotte, NC. Source: Go Store It
B&C Storage opened a new location in the village of Camillus in upstate New York. Including that one, B&C is building out an additional 93,000 square feet of storage space in three new New York locations: 5998 Genesee St. in Camillus, 6037 Galster Road in DeWitt and the newly built site at 7701 Northern Blvd. in Cicero. The Galster project is expected to open by Feb. 1. B&C also said it plans to open a 45,000-square-foot facility on Route 11 North in Lafayette this summer. Gary Keehfus, Chad Keehfus and Todd Keehfus own and operate the business. Source: Central New York Business Journal
True Storage finished converting a former Food Lion store at 994 Oglesby Bridge Road in Conyers, GA into a self-storage facility. CubeSmart will manage the site. The conversion project has more than 80,000 NFSF spread across 969 climate-controlled units. The site also includes a Dollar Tree and a Goodwill. True Storage has developed facilities in 12 states and also has broken ground on sites in Michigan, Ohio, New York, Florida and New England, with a dozen more sites in the pipeline. Source: Rockdale Newton Citizen
Storage Mart opened a new facility on East Washington Street in Indianapolis, IN. It has 785 climate-controlled units spread across 82,159 rentable square feet. Source: RE Business Online
EZ Werks Storage has opened at 17903 Longenbaugh Drive in Cypress, TX (above). The fully automated facility is open 24/7. Source: Community Impact
