Self storage developer InSite Property Group has acquired a 102,500-square-foot development site at 59-02 Borden Avenue in Maspeth, Queens from Home Depot for $18 million, according to city records. The sale represents a piece of a larger lot, which had been the site of a Coca-Cola bottling plant, that Home Depot bought for $63 million in 2018 to build a store.
The home improvement company had announced plans to build a six-story self storage building on its own last year, but the project became a source of contention for Queens community groups. Nevertheless, the city granted a special permit last year to allow the plan to go forward and the new building is under construction, Crain’s noted.
The developer borrowed $26 million from Valley National Bank to finance the project. Critics of the new project reportedly were concerned that a self storage facility would create few jobs and that the rezoning would displace small manufacturing and industrial businesses.
