Author: Shinil Krishnan

Previous plans for a project site at 1035 Howard Street in SoMa, San Francisco would have expanded the building size. Now, new plans have been filed to convert the industrial Art Deco building into a self-storage complex. The storage facility will rise four stories high. Embarcadero Capital Partners is the project developer. Lundberg Design is responsible for the project’s architecture. The project site spans an area of 28,000 square feet. The scope of work includes the conversion of approximately 17,549 gross square feet of existing laboratory and office space to…

U-Haul has completed and will officially open in September a 60,880-square-foot self-storage facility in Lebanon, PA. The site for the new building had been in use since the 1880s when it housed a rolling mill. Throughout the 20th century, the property served various purposes and was once a silk manufacturer and a weaving company up until the 1990s when the main manufacturing building caught fire. U-Haul had purchased the property in 2022 and began the self-storage development process through its Adaptive Reuse program. The three-story facility features 830 climate-controlled units…

StorageBlue, the most dominant self-storage company in North Jersey and brainchild of E! Entertainment Television Founder Alan Mruvka, today announced the grand opening of their new self-storage facility, StorageBlue Clifton, located in and serving the City of Clifton, NJ. The Class A facility is strategically located at 550 Lexington Ave and offers 50,000 plus square feet of self-storage space, with units ranging from 4’x4′ to 10’x 20′. The facility sits on the heaviest trafficked main avenue in Clifton where 25,000 plus vehicles pass by daily. “Clifton and its surrounding cities…

Storage of America (SOA) has facilities in six states, including Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Founded in 2003 by Robert and Joni Walker, SOA specializes in converting under-used or empty buildings into nice climate-controlled self-storage facilities. And on Saturday, Aug. 24, the Walkers held a grand opening for their newest facility — in Goodman. Joni Walker said SOA acquired the vacant Hunte Corporation building in Goodman and began remodeling. It has opened the first phase of the building comprising about 200 indoor, climate-controlled units ranging from units as…

Hernandez Development has announced that its new self-storage facility is now open in Bolingbrook, according to a release from the business. The Bolingbrook CubeSmart Self-Storage is a Class A, 3-story facility that is 100,182 square feet, and offers 816 climate-controlled units, the business said. It is located at 509 E. Boughton Road. “The foresight and efficiency of the Mayor, Community Development Director, and the planning and zoning commission, along with the diverse culture and variety of industries in the area, have drawn us to the village of Bolingbrook,” said Hernandez…

A new 100,000-square-foot, class-A self-storage facility recently opened on Bridgeport Avenue in Shelton. Conveniently located at a traffic light on the corner of Bridgeport Avenue and Avalon Drive, the new facility was developed by Kirchhoff, a real estate investment firm based in New York’s Hudson Valley, according to Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce President Bill Purcell. “Kirchhoff operates on a national basis and specializes in self-storage, student housing, multifamily and medical properties,” Purcell said to Patch. “This project is the firm’s first investment in Shelton.” A grand opening celebration and…