{"id":12811,"date":"2026-10-16T12:28:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/?p=12811"},"modified":"2026-10-21T12:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:35:23","slug":"smithfield-storage-project-adds-outdoor-vehicle-parking-in-plan-revision-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/smithfield-storage-project-adds-outdoor-vehicle-parking-in-plan-revision-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithfield Storage Project Adds Outdoor Vehicle Parking in Plan Revision in Virginia"},"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-12812 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/smithfield.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"136\" \/>Smithfield, Virginia\u2019s Planning Commission has unanimously recommended approval of a mid-construction plan revision for a Battery Park Road self-storage project, replacing two planned non-climate-controlled buildings with 41 outdoor parking spaces for RVs, boats, and trailers. Developer Breeden Construction cited a market study pointing to weaker demand for non-climate-controlled units and stronger demand for vehicle storage.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The revision requires a special use permit and Town Council approval before it can proceed.<\/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.smithfieldtimes.com\/news\/town-planners-endorse-rv-boat-parking-at-self-storage-site-c0ba0229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the Full Article<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/span>: The Smithfield Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smithfield, Virginia\u2019s Planning Commission has unanimously recommended approval of a mid-construction plan revision for a Battery Park Road self-storage project, replacing two planned non-climate-controlled buildings with 41 outdoor parking spaces for RVs, boats, and trailers. Developer Breeden Construction cited a market study pointing to weaker demand for non-climate-controlled units and stronger demand for vehicle storage. The revision requires a special use permit and Town Council approval before it can proceed. Read the Full Article Source: The Smithfield Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12812,"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\/12811"}],"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=12811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12813,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12811\/revisions\/12813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}