A self-storage facility could open in an iconic South Main Street building in Wilkes-Barre vacated by a century-old business that has relocated its headquarters to Hanover Township.
CAE Self-Storage LLC is seeking a variance to permit the adaptive reuse of a commercial building at 454 S. Main St. into a self-storage facility containing 600 storage units, according to an agenda for Wednesday’s Wilkes-Barre Zoning Hearing Board meeting.
CAE is also requesting a variance to waive 29 parking spaces for the proposed use.
The building is owned by Petroleum Services Company, a family-owned distributor of petroleum products, rust preventative coatings, and application equipment that was founded in 1924 and incorporated in 1930.
With little public fanfare, PSC quietly relocated its headquarters from the iconic Wilkes-Barre building to a brand new facility in Hanover Industrial Estates sometime late last year or early this year, based on posts to its Facebook page.
Rick Rose, owner, CEO and president of PSC, did not return a message seeking comment.
Although the company moved its headquarters out of the city, several company trucks were still parked in the lot of the South Main Street building on Tuesday.
The PSC gas station that had been operating on an adjacent parcel has become a Citgo station.
