{"id":5111,"date":"2023-12-04T14:48:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/?p=5111"},"modified":"2023-12-04T14:48:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:48:06","slug":"safstor-transforms-michaels-restaurant-into-self-storage-in-morrisville-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/safstor-transforms-michaels-restaurant-into-self-storage-in-morrisville-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"SAFStor transforms Michael\u2019s Restaurant into Self-Storage in Morrisville, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5112\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5112\" src=\"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SAFStor_Dev.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"329\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael\u2019s Restaurant and Lounge. (Credit: Google Maps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Michael\u2019s Restaurant and Lounge, a staple in Falls Township for over 50 years, will be demolished to make way for a self-storage facility.<\/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;\">During the Falls Township Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, the board approved plans by SAFStor Old Lincoln LLC to transform the site at 935 Old Lincoln Highway into a three-story, 109,650-square-foot mini-warehouse and self-storage building.<\/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 restaurant, operational since 1968, and an adjacent residential structure will be razed for the new development, which includes 28 parking spaces.<\/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 board approved preliminary and final land development to Safstor Old Lincoln LLC for the three-acre site.<\/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;\">Julie Von Spreckelsen, attorney for Safstor, outlined the plans at the meeting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/levittownnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mrp452.png?resize=349%2C580&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"831\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The area, zoned for highway commercial use, permits retail, offices, restaurants, and similar establishments.<\/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 township\u2019s Zoning Hearing Board had previously granted a variance on June 13.<\/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 property also features a 1,932-square-foot home fronting Old Lincoln Highway.<\/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;\">Originally constructed in the 1950s as the Cypress Inn, the building later became Michael\u2019s Restaurant and Lounge, known for its tableside cooking and signature Caesar salad.<\/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;\">SVN Ahia Commercial Real Estate had listed the property at $2.95 million, according to a marketing document.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/levittownnow.com\/2023\/11\/30\/falls-twp-approves-demolition-of-michaels-restaurant-for-self-storage-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael\u2019s Restaurant and Lounge, a staple in Falls Township for over 50 years, will be demolished to make way for a self-storage facility. During the Falls Township Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, the board approved plans by SAFStor Old Lincoln LLC to transform the site at 935 Old Lincoln Highway into a three-story, 109,650-square-foot mini-warehouse and self-storage building. The restaurant, operational since 1968, and an adjacent residential structure will be razed for the new development, which includes 28 parking spaces. The board approved preliminary and final land development to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5111"}],"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=5111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5113,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5111\/revisions\/5113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}