{"id":10710,"date":"2026-01-19T13:36:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/?p=10710"},"modified":"2026-01-27T08:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:26:21","slug":"city-council-grants-preliminary-approval-for-new-u-haul-self-storage-building-in-durango-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/city-council-grants-preliminary-approval-for-new-u-haul-self-storage-building-in-durango-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council Grants Preliminary Approval for New U-Haul Self-Storage Building in Durango, Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A three-story, 108,000-square-foot building would be located near Grandview Interchange<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Durango City Council approved a preliminary plan for a new three-story U-Haul self-storage facility and store earlier this month near the Grandview Interchange in eastern Durango.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The development is planned for 59 Copper Court below a Starbucks atop a hillside.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The property is part of a South Fork Character District master plan and conceptual development plan, said Jayme Lopko, Community Development Department director, at the City Council meeting Jan. 6.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The plan calls for a three-story, 108,174-square-foot building. In reviewing the plan, city staff considered access, traffic circulation and parking, in addition to utilities and drainage, dark sky lighting compliance and landscaping, she said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She said self-storage facilities have minimal impacts to roads in terms of traffic. Staff considered building materials, coloration and architecture.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The U-Haul building will feature more muted colors than the company\u2019s typical orange brand, ensuring it fits into the area\u2019s aesthetic character, she said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She said staff recommended approval of the plan with additional conditions that: No. 1, roll-up doors on the building\u2019s exterior must be colored white \u2012 not U-Haul\u2019s typical orange \u2012 and No. 2, to ensure indoor lights are compliant with dark sky requirements in addition to exterior lighting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Councilors approved the preliminary plan 4-1. Councilor Kip Koso opposed the project, citing staff member concerns in a report about the view of the site from the Grandview Interchange and from the SMART 160 Trail corridor.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got this massive building in a highly visible area, and I get the benefit to U-Haul for that,\u201d he said. \u201cI think you\u2019ve done great work in regard to modifying the building colors and we\u2019ll see what the signage does.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But it needs to be considered that U-Haul trucks and trailers sporting U-Haul\u2019s traditional orange and black branding will be parked in the building\u2019s parking lot, he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Josh Dirksen, representing U-Haul, said the building\u2019s shunting area designated for pickups and drop-offs is stationed away from the front of the building where public parking will be located.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He said the city required U-Haul to include considerable landscaping and trees in its plan that aren\u2019t necessarily accurately represented in site renderings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe original plan was to have an additional building in this parking lot \u2012 a U-Box warehouse. When we went back to the drawing board, we made the main building a little bit bigger, we removed the U-Box warehouse,\u201d he said. \u201cThe city had us add that landscaping island there to shield the shunting area from the road.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He said the site sits low to the road relative to Wilson Gulch Road directly to the north. The Starbucks sits atop a hill to the east and would sit above the proposed U-Haul building\u2019s top.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA majority of our landscaping is in the front of the building to shield from the highway and the road,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Durango City Council approved a preliminary plan for a new three-story U-Haul self-storage facility and store earlier this month near the Grandview Interchange in eastern Durango. The development is planned for 59 Copper Court below a Starbucks atop a hillside. The property is part of a South Fork Character District master plan and conceptual development plan, said Jayme Lopko, Community Development Department director, at the City Council meeting Jan. 6. The plan calls for a three-story, 108,174-square-foot building. In reviewing the plan, city staff considered access, traffic circulation and parking,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":10712,"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\/10710"}],"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=10710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10713,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10710\/revisions\/10713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}