St. John Properties has started building the first of three 135,000-square-foot self-storage facilities in the Baltimore, MD area. The first one will be just off Route 43 at the 1,000-acre development in Middle River, and will have 959 climate-controlled units. The storage complex is planned to open in the fall at Greenleigh at Crossroads and…
Businessman Kevin Bouse said he will open 190 units at the former home of Livrite Fitness in East Belleville, IL. The gym burned down years ago. Bouse is spending $1.5 million to prepare the self-storage facility. The first 70 units will be available next month. The site also will offer outdoor units for vehicles, boats…
Jess Rodriguez has noticed a change in the self-storage industry. “The mini-storage business back in the day, when it started out, you’d say, ‘I have this vacant land, and I’ll build this here until the land becomes more valuable,’” said Rodriguez, who is part of a group building a self-storage facility in Loveland, CO. “Then…
1784 Capital Holdings LLC, based in Scottsdale, AZ, plans to develop Tatum Self-Storage on 5 acres it purchased at 4725 E. Dynamite Blvd. in Cave Creek, AZ, which is on the north side of Phoenix. It will be three stories high, with another story below ground, and have 120,182 square feet and 924 climate-controlled units….
The unmanned model for self-storage sites brings up questions: Are owners of such facilities worried about theft and vandalism, and about frustrating customers that can’t find help behind a desk? The leaders at Red Dot Storage in Louisville, CO, answer with a resounding “no.” The unmanned model has worked well for the 2013 startup, which…
Ferris wheels, cotton candy, and self-storage? A carnival will help mark the opening of StorCo Self Storage when it celebrates its grand opening in Wood River, IL. The new facility, on the site of the former Jack Schmitt Chevrolet car lot, has more than 500 units plus outdoor vehicle storage. StorCo will host the carnival…
Garfield County commissioners want to do site visits before deciding about a proposal to build two self-storage facilities near Carbondale, CO. Blue Mountain Garfield LLC has proposed putting one of the facilities (three stories, 96,000 square feet) across from the Catherine’s Store Road at the intersection of Highway 82 and County road 100. The other…
Two businesses will have to move in order to make room for an expansion of Grand River Mini-Storage in Howell Township, MI—and they’ve come up with a unique solution. The expansion plans of Grand River Mini-Storage will displace Auto One Glass & Accessories and and local “party store” On the Go. The latter two businesses have…
Hunt Midwest, a real estate development company based in Kansas City, MO, has begun rolling out new facilities throughout the city under the brand name StorTropolis Self-Storage. StorTropolis Shawnee was the first to open, at the intersection of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Martindale Road, with 580 units plus 30 enclosed ones for boats or RVs….
They’re worried about appearances. Venture Storage Group LLC of North Carolina had hoped to invest more than $6.5 million to build an approximately 105,000-square-foot, three-story self-storage warehouse at South Peak on 3.1 acres near the intersection of Virginia 419 and U.S. 220, in Roanoke, VA. But the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 against…
