{"id":12900,"date":"2026-11-04T14:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T14:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/?p=12900"},"modified":"2026-11-04T14:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T14:43:18","slug":"lawrence-panel-recommends-permit-for-storage-facility-in-former-borders-site-in-lawrence-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/lawrence-panel-recommends-permit-for-storage-facility-in-former-borders-site-in-lawrence-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence Panel Recommends Permit for Storage Facility in Former Borders Site in Lawrence, Kansas"},"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-12901 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/lawrence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"142\" \/>The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission has unanimously recommended approval of a special use permit to convert the former Borders bookstore at 700 New Hampshire St. in Lawrence, Kansas, into a climate-controlled self-storage facility. The building has sat largely vacant since 2011. Permit conditions require preserving the historic wall and cap operating hours at 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Downtown Lawrence Inc. and some neighbors submitted written opposition.<\/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 Lawrence City Commission retains final approval authority.<\/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:\/\/lawrencekstimes.com\/2026\/10\/28\/700-nh-storage-plans-advance\/\" 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 Lawrence Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission has unanimously recommended approval of a special use permit to convert the former Borders bookstore at 700 New Hampshire St. in Lawrence, Kansas, into a climate-controlled self-storage facility. The building has sat largely vacant since 2011. Permit conditions require preserving the historic wall and cap operating hours at 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Downtown Lawrence Inc. and some neighbors submitted written opposition. The Lawrence City Commission retains final approval authority. Read the Full Article Source: The Lawrence Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12901,"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\/12900"}],"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=12900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12902,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12900\/revisions\/12902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}