{"id":11763,"date":"2026-05-20T09:31:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/?p=11763"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:38:37","slug":"two-self-storage-developments-advance-in-joliet-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/two-self-storage-developments-advance-in-joliet-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Self-Storage Developments Advance in Joliet, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11764 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Joliet-Storage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/>The Joliet City Council approved two self-storage developments in a narrow 5-4 vote, including a Menards-backed conversion of a former restaurant-and-entertainment property and a separate proposal for a site on Drauden Road that had previously been rejected. Supporters cited limited demand for alternative commercial uses, while opponents questioned the need for additional storage facilities in the market. The decisions highlight the continued reuse of underperforming retail and commercial properties for self-storage projects in suburban markets.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #f97033; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 14px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 4px; line-height: 1.2;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/the-herald-news\/2026\/05\/20\/more-self-storage-coming-to-joliet-at-old-bookie-magees-and-new-drauden-road-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Shaw Media<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joliet City Council approved two self-storage developments in a narrow 5-4 vote, including a Menards-backed conversion of a former restaurant-and-entertainment property and a separate proposal for a site on Drauden Road that had previously been rejected. Supporters cited limited demand for alternative commercial uses, while opponents questioned the need for additional storage facilities in the market. The decisions highlight the continued reuse of underperforming retail and commercial properties for self-storage projects in suburban markets. Read the Full Article Source: Shaw Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":11764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,56],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11763"}],"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=11763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11765,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11763\/revisions\/11765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}