Author: Shinil Krishnan

The plans for the new Menards project show the 538 units plus 106 parking stalls to be built on an 8-acre parcel. The proposal for the facility includes 203 units measuring 10′ by 15′, 245 10′ by 20′ units and 90 10′ by 25′ units.” Menards wants to do more than just sell stuff to Rochester area shoppers. It wants to also store that stuff. The Wisconsin-based home improvement retailer filed a general site development plan this week to build a 538-unit self-storage facility on open land just north of…

Another self-storage facility will be coming to Bristol Township. Last week, Bristol Township Council approved preliminary and final land development for Poverni Sheikh Group. The council also voted to approve a zoning change for the site to reclassifying it from Light Manufacturing to Commercial. The 36,000-square-foot, three-story facility will be constructed along Route 13 at Airport Road and Silvi Avenue. There will be entrances and exits on Airport Road, as well as two on Silvi Avenue. The Baltimore-based developer will consolidate the two lots, which totals to 2.5 acres, and…

Arizona self-storage developer and operator, Cooper Companies, has announced the start of construction of a 104,672 sf three-story climate-controlled self-storage facility at 1683 West Route 66 in Flagstaff, AZ. The General Contractor of this marque location along the iconic Route 66, is TLW Construction, and the architect is national firm, RKAA. 108 Excavating, SWI Engineering and Morning Dew Landscaping, all locally owned and operated Flagstaff companies, have been hired as the excavating contractor, civil engineer, and landscaping design firm. The project will feature 694 energy-efficient climate control units, three climate-friendly…

Visible progress is being made on the climate-controlled storage unit project on the south side of Kirksville. The former Gordmans sign has been taken down and has been replaced by a Smartlock Self Storage sign. Construction is still ongoing, but the goal is to have phase one of this project completed by the end of this summer. Phase one only includes installing these storage units inside the former Gordmans building. In future phases of this project, storage units will be installed in the former JCPenney building. Smartlock Self Storage has…

Inland Private Capital Corporation (“IPC”), an industry-leading real estate investment manager, and Devon Self Storage Holdings (US) LLC (“Devon”), a privately held national storage operator and developer, today announced the delivery of a 799-unit self-storage property located in Macon, Georgia, and a 777-unit self-storage property located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The openings mark the fifth and sixth self-storage redevelopment deliveries on behalf of an affiliate of IPC. Formerly Kmart locations, the single-story buildings were acquired in 2021 and redeveloped into a state-of-the-art, climate-controlled self-storage facilities served by a drive-through and on-site…

SecureSpace Self Storage, an operator of self-storage locations across the country, has opened a brand new facility in Elmsford, NY. This new facility, on West Main Street just off the Saw Mill Parkway, provides a wide range of different self-storage spaces with variable pricing to best suit the needs of the user. Providing a wide range of services, this newly launched SecureSpace location aims to help users meet all of their storage needs. This includes self-storage units of different sizes, with an interactive size calculator available on the website to…

We’re trying to be creative. We’re seeing some activity for self-storage in other communities’ downtowns.” – Jeff Raykes, the city’s planning director Greensburg is looking to add self-storage facilities as an allowable use in the city’s business zoning district, to increase options for redeveloping dormant downtown properties. Council will consider making that change at its July meeting. Council also is moving forward with plans to enhance the city’s appearance — through the demolition of a fire-damaged house on Stanton Street and installation of a new community welcome sign on South…