{"id":10688,"date":"2026-01-17T13:46:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T13:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/?p=10688"},"modified":"2026-01-27T08:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:26:33","slug":"extra-space-self-storage-plans-to-expand-in-crystal-lake-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/extra-space-self-storage-plans-to-expand-in-crystal-lake-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra Space Self-Storage Plans to Expand in Crystal Lake, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A rendering of the proposed Extra Space Storage expansion, located at 201 S. Virgina Road, Crystal Lake. (Photo provided by City of Crystal Lake)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Extra Space Storage in Crystal Lake is looking to expand its existing facility with three more climate-controlled buildings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The self-storage facility at 201 S. Virgina Road is looking to build a large center building of almost 21,000 square feet, along with two smaller buildings that will have drive-up exterior access. All three buildings will be climate-controlled, owner Clint Kleepe said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Kleepe appeared before the Crystal Lake Planning and Zoning Commission recently seeking approval for a preliminary and final planned development, as well as a special-use permit, for a self-storage mini warehouse. Commissioners approved the request in a 5-0 vote. The City Council is slated to take a final vote Jan. 20.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy only observation is finding myself, since I\u2019ve been on this planning and zoning board for seven years or so, just constantly jaw-dropped by the demand for storage,\u201d Commissioner Kathy Repholz said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the amount of nearby competition, Kleepe said the location has been \u201cabove 95% occupied for a while.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Extra Space Storage site was first built in 2015, with buildings housing interior climate-controlled units along with drive-up exterior access buildings, according to city documents. Extra Space recently purchased the neighboring property, City Planner Elizabeth Maxwell said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Previous conceptual plans for the lot included a gas station or more outside storage, according to city documents.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Because of the high volume of this type of business in the city, council members previously considered a 5% self-storage facility rental tax. However, the tax was tabled after business leaders pushed back.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At the time, there were 10 existing or planned self-storage facilities in Crystal Lake with about 4,000 units, according to 2024 city documents.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Extra Space Storage in Crystal Lake is looking to expand its existing facility with three more climate-controlled buildings. The self-storage facility at 201 S. Virgina Road is looking to build a large center building of almost 21,000 square feet, along with two smaller buildings that will have drive-up exterior access. All three buildings will be climate-controlled, owner Clint Kleepe said. Kleepe appeared before the Crystal Lake Planning and Zoning Commission recently seeking approval for a preliminary and final planned development, as well as a special-use permit, for a self-storage mini…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":10689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,6,56],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10690,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10688\/revisions\/10690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}