Category: Development News

A building once home to a family-owned grocery is heading toward a new use, following a vote Tuesday from the Weirton Zoning Board of Appeals. Antonio Magnone went before the board with a request for a conditional use to establish an indoor self-storage facility at 3684 Pennsylvania Ave in Weirton, WV. “I want to do an indoor, climate-controlled storage,” Magnone explained, noting the building has “good bones,” although the parking lot has some issues. Board Chair Keith Huntzinger stated the building in question once was the home of DeCaria’s Market.…

Newtown Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) voted on a proposed self storage facility during its meeting at Newtown Municipal Center on July 27. IW Application #21‐16 by 19 Commerce Road, LLC, is for a property located at 19 Commerce Road, to construct a self-storage facility with five buildings and 37,000+ square feet of regulated activity including grading, filling and construction. At the IWC’s previous meetings, on July 13 and June 22, the applicant’s representative was Engineer Larry Edwards, of J. Edwards & Associates LLC. He presented plans to the commission for…

Some new life could come to a commercial area near downtown Northville. The Northville Township planning commission is reviewing plans for renovating a building to add a self storage facility. The building, located at 807 Doheny St., would see major renovations and the addition of dozens and dozens of individual storage units. Renovations would take place in the western part of the building formerly occupied by the Jack Doheny Company. The eastern portion — currently occupied by Jim’s Oil Depot will remain with an existing lease in place. “All the…

Arborwood Self-Storage LLC purchased an 8.77-acre parcel at the northwest corner of Treeline Avenue and Daniels Parkway in Fort Myers on June 15 from Courtelis Co. for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to break ground on a 100,000-square-foot climate-controlled storage facility branded by Life Storage. A second phase of storage is planned for future development. Mike Maurer with William Raveis Real Estate in Naples represented the buyer. Source

An increasing demand for places to stow personal items and equipment is driving a proposal to convert the vacant former Kmart building, and its parking lot, on Western Avenue into self storage space. The effort is part of a larger trend of repurposing large box stores that were driven out of business into storage facilities. I appreciate the concept, I think repurposing these types of large box retail spaces — since retail is being done differently these days, thank you Amazon — is something that needs to be done.” Several…

The incoming owners of property currently occupied by Zap Zone, an indoor amusement center, have plans to invest more than $5 million to turn the existing building and space around it into a large self storage facility with space for recreational vehicle parking. As that project moves ahead, Zap Zone will leave the building on Mall Drive East and move to a now-vacant building in the Lansing Mall, said Jacob Rosberg, an associate with Cohn Commercial Properties. The agency is representing Zap Zone in the sale of its current building,…