Author: Shinil Krishnan

The former Kmart and adjacent Kmart Service Center buildings have been transformed into a self-storage center. Land parcels in the parking lot are for sale, and other businesses are expected to be built at the site. On Thursday, a ribbon-cutting and grand opening event took place at National Storage, 1290 N. Monroe St. The business employs two and offers 782 rentable, climate-controlled storage units. “We have over 70,000 square feet of rental,” Jacob Fuller, True Storage operations manager, said. “The former tire store is where the rents office is located,…

Go Store It is now open at 1683 O’Neal Lane in Baton Rouge. The facility features 86,680 square feet of space, with more than 550 storage units. Climate-controlled units are available. This is the first Baton Rouge location for North Carolina-based Go Store It. The company has 88 locations across the U.S., including one in Lake Charles. The self-storage business is located in a former Hobby Lobby building, which Go Store It bought in May 2021 for $3.9 million. Source

StorSafe Self Storage of Merrillville recently expanded by two new buildings. The additions offer 12,000 square feet more vehicle space, which is climate controlled. The parking recently was repaved and ready for a variety of recreational vehicles. “This expansion is more than just offering the area’s self-storage consumers a unique market service, it’s also about enhancing operational efficiency and setting the stage for substantial investor ROI,” said Tom Bretz, CEO of StorSafe. “Our focus is always on delivering profitability, in part by delivering the very best customer experiences.” StorSafe (Merrillville):…

Arizona self-storage developer and operator, Cooper Companies Inc., has announced the completion of site improvements of the 104,672-sf three-story climate-controlled self-storage facility at 1683 West Route 66 in Flagstaff, AZ. The excavation work on the new construction site took 2 months to complete. The contractors, TLW Construction and 108 Excavating, completed the excavation with a portion of the rock removed to be reused during construction and landscaping. “Finishing the challenging site improvements was an important step towards completion of this project,” said Mark Hanneken of Cooper Companies, Inc. The General…

City officials on Monday paved the way for the demolition of the vacant Lockley Manufacturing building for the construction of a four-story self-storage facility. “This is an opportunity,” attorney Angelo Papa, who represents the developer, told the Zoning Hearing Board of Appeals during a Monday hearing. “This town has to survive and find new ways to use properties. This isn’t a tattoo parlor, but a $5 million building. This area will be beautiful.” Zoning Hearing Board members Rich Gormley, Bess Ondako and Ronald Davis agreed to waive zoning requirements for…

Giveaways, a food truck and kids activities highlighted a beautiful Saturday at Lawrenceburg Self Storage. The new storage facility at 200 Speedway Drive, next to the Lawrenceburg Fairgrounds, celebrated their Grand Opening on Saturday. They did so by giving away a 65-inch TV, gift cards, and first month free storage to a number of attendees. Lawrenceburg Self Storage features a variety of storage units that are open for access 24 hours a day for residential and commercial customers. The top-quality climate-controlled units keep your items both cool and dry no…

An affiliate of Phoenix Investors (“Phoenix”), a private commercial real estate firm headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, announced it will convert its property located at 2225 American Drive in Menasha, Wisconsin into a large self-storage facility. Consisting of approximately 65,000 net rentable square feet, Phoenix intends to add up to 600 self-storage units to the property. In addition to the self-storage conversion, the facility will offer over 100,000 square feet of RV and boat storage parking and several executive office suites. Formerly operated as a call center, the subject site features…