Category: Development News

West Coast Self-Storage Opens Storage Facility in NE Portland

West Coast Self-Storage announced today that it has opened its newest storage facility in Portland, Oregon. The facility is named West Coast Self-Storage Halsey and is located at 1530 NE 67th Ave near Halsey Blvd in the Madison South neighborhood of NE Portland. The storage facility has 643 storage units encompassing 53,375 square feet of storage space. The facility features interior heated storage units ranging from 5 x 5 to 10 x 30. It also features drive-up accessible units in a range of sizes from 10 x 10 up to…

Smartstop Self Storage Announces 22nd Property in the Greater Toronto Area

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop” or the “Company”), a self-managed and fully integrated self storage company, announced today that it has increased its owned and managed Canadian self storage portfolio to 22 locations. The 22nd property in the portfolio is the newly developed facility located in the Town of Aurora in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario. Located at 87 Goulding Avenue, the approximately 94,000-square-foot facility is a joint venture development with SmartCentres. The new Class A, four-story climate-controlled facility includes approximately 890 units and is well-situated across from…

Public Storage Reopens High-Tech Facility in Silicon Valley

Public Storage recently reopened its facility adjacent to offices of Apple Inc in Cupertino, CA after completing an expansion and major high-tech upgrades. The facility at 20565 Valley Green Drive, now has two five-level buildings and grew from 51,000 square feet to 195,000 square feet. The number of units has jumped from 585 to 2,593. The facility offers contactless app-enabled digital property access and account management. The remodeled facility is now able to achieve LEED Silver status with the addition of sustainable features such as solar panels and LED lighting.…

Hot Properties: Six New Self Storage Facilities to Be Built in the Bradenton Area

Massive self-storage units seem to be everywhere in the Bradenton area these days and more are coming. Developers recently filed paperwork with Manatee County Development Services to build three more within a two-mile span off State Road 64 East: ▪ Largo Lifestorage plans to build a three-story, 132,500-square-foot facility at 911 64th St. Ct. E., on the southwest corner of Interstate 75 and S.R. 64 near Wendy’s. ▪ Core Suncoast LLC plans to build a three-story 89,910-square-foot facility at 8030 State Road 64 E., across the road from a Dairy…

RecNation Expands Midwestern Footprint with Acquisition of New Storage and RV Repair Facility in Kansas City, Kansas

RecNation Storage (“RecNation” or the “Company”), a leading owner, operator and developer of specialized recreational vehicles and marine storage facilities, today announced it has completed the acquisition of a state-of-the-art storage facility in Shawnee, Kansas, marking the Company’s inaugural location in the Kansas City metropolitan market. The new facility, located at 25105 W 43rd Street in Shawnee, is just 20 miles west of central Kansas City in the Overland Park area and will provide outdoor enthusiasts across the region with access to premier recreational storage services. The facility will be…

Custom RV Storage, Park Planned Near Yucca

This is from Riverbound in Havasu Heights. Canyonbound, planned on I-40 near Yucca, is modeled after the Havasu development. The company that developed Riverbound Custom Storage & RV Park in Havasu Heights is planning a similar project along I-40 near Yucca – but this one will include a professional-quality motocross facility. Canyonbound Storage Management recently purchased about 102.8 acres located near the Chrysler Proving Grounds – just south of Area 66 on the interstate – from Las Vegas-based companies AZPrime and Mojave HM for $2.5 million. The property is south…

Self Storage Project in Branchburg, New Jersey

Arthur’s Self Storage, a new facility in Branchburg, New Jersey, by Cyzner Properties, will feature RV/boat storage space and a 4,000-square-foot specialized wine storage cave designed for restaurants and caterers. Progress Capital has arranged a $23 million construction loan for a 1,000-unit self storage project in Branchburg, about 50 miles west of New York City. The site, which is also zoned to support the future development of 160 multifamily units, will house three two-story buildings with units of varying sizes. Kathy Anderson and Caillin Boles of Progress Capital arranged the…

Former Family-Owned Grocery Store to Become Storage Facility

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.…

Parkview Financial Originates $18.3 Million Construction Loan for Development of a Class A 949-Unit CubeSmart Self Storage Facility in Yonkers, NY

Parkview Financial announced today it has provided an $18.3 million construction loan to KCT, Inc. for the development of a Class A, 949-unit self-storage facility located at 1060 Nepperhan Avenue in Yonkers, NY. KCT plans to demolish the existing 9,820 square-foot (sf) industrial building where it had operated its business, Health Products Corp. since 1973, and will build an eight-story building with 77,000-square feet of rentable space on the .55-acre lot. Parkview Financial saw this as a favorable opportunity to finance a high-quality self storage facility in Yonkers, a New…

IWC Approves Commerce Road Self Storage Facility in Newtown, CT

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…