Spanning approximately 50,000 square feet, the forthcoming building will feature three above-grade levels, three below-grade levels, and parking for 17 vehicles” Morphosis, the prominent Culver City-based architecture firm founded by Thom Mayne, the 2005 Pritzker Prize winner, is widely recognized for its remarkable contributions to local architecture. With a portfolio encompassing iconic landmarks like the Caltrans District 7 headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles, the West Coast campus of Emerson College in Hollywood, and the new Orange County Museum of Art, the firm’s innovative designs have left a lasting impression on…

The Babies R Us building, which has two interior levels, will grow to 67,000 square feet with 655 storage units of various sizes in a climate-controlled space. Another 175 exterior storage units with 20,000 square feet will be available on the additional 1.5 acres that Inland purchased.” – Keith Lampi, president and CEO of Inland Private Capital Corp Two years after a shuttered Toys R Us store in Colorado Springs was remodeled into a self-storage facility, a nearby vacant Babies R Us is getting a similar makeover. An investment arm…

Another building in the second phase of the project is opening in the fall and will include an additional 51,314 square feet of space and 431 units.” The Washington D.C.-based Arcland Property Company has opened its first self-storage facility in Pennsylvania. The facility is located in the Penn Shopping Plaza at 1049 Baltimore St. in Penn Township, York County near Hanover. The first phase of the self-storage project is the conversion of a former Weis grocery store that was renovated into a self-storage facility, which includes 51,109 square feet and…

A new self-storage business is coming to Benton Township. The Benton Township Board of Trustees has approved a special use permit for Joe Truman to transform a vacant building at 4090 East Napier into about 35 storage units. The building is right at the intersection of Hillandale Road. Benton Township building official Chris Fuchs tells us the development is good for the township as it can be difficult to find uses for unused properties like it. The township board worked with Truman to ensure issues like noise, light, and hours…

A Baton Rouge-based self-storage company plans to build a storage facility on the 2-acre lot in front of the Tin Roof Brewery on Nicholson Drive. James Jenkins III, construction project manager for ClimaStor, filed an application with the city parish to have the lot rezoned from a mixture of current zonings—light commercial, heavy commercial, commercial alcohol beverage and light industrial use—to heavy commercial use only. The application says the developer plans to build a self-storage facility on the property “to meet current market demands.” The property fronts Nicholson Drive, roughly…

A one-time buyer for the closed Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Roseville is back with a new plan for a self-storage facility that includes preserving the historic building. Brighton-based Roseville Storage Center has submitted plans to the city’s building department that call for the former Sacred Heart church and school to be rehabilitated. Plans also call for the purchase and redevelopment of the old Christian Financial Credit Union into a sister-storage facility. “We are working on purchasing the property from the Archdiocese of Detroit and then we have a rezoning…