{"id":5791,"date":"2024-03-18T11:34:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T11:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/?p=5791"},"modified":"2024-03-27T08:07:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T08:07:12","slug":"development-with-338-storage-units-pitched-for-dexter-industrial-park-dexter-mi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/development-with-338-storage-units-pitched-for-dexter-industrial-park-dexter-mi\/","title":{"rendered":"Development With 338 Storage Units Pitched For Dexter Industrial Park \u2013 Dexter, MI"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A map included in the Dexter Planning commission’s March 4, 2024 packet shows the proposed location of Superior Spaces, a potential development in the city’s industrial park calling for 338 self-storage units and three industrial buildings providing space for small and medium-sized businesses. [Captured from Dexter Planning Commission packet]<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s going to be a beautiful development when it\u2019s complete. It has designated use, while still remaining a mixed-use development. It brings cohesion to the industrial park and business park by offering both uses,\u201d – Ryan Joss, Owner and Operator of Superior Storage Group, LLC<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dexter could be on its way to getting its first self-storage facility within city limits.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s thanks to a development proposal from a Livonia-based firm calling for the construction of 338 storage units and three multi-tenant buildings offering flexible industrial space for small and midsized businesses in the Dexter Business and Research Park.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The plans and a zoning approval for the project, called Superior Spaces, have undergone months of review by the city\u2019s planning commission, finally advancing after a vote on March 4. They\u2019re soon set for consideration by Dexter\u2019s elected leaders.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a beautiful development when it\u2019s complete,\u201d said Ryan Joss, owner and operator of Superior Storage Group, LLC, the company behind the proposal, during a presentation to the planning commission before the vote.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Superior Storage Group has taken planning officials\u2019 feedback to heart, he said, and modified the layout of the project, proposed for a nearly 7-acre property on Bishop Circle West, inside the city business park.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt has designated use, while still remaining a mixed-use development. It brings cohesion to the industrial park and business park by offering both uses,\u201d Joss said, referencing the self-storage and flex space.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Superior anticipates the storage units would be low-traffic, offering space for household goods and storage for small business but not allowing large items like boats or RVs, according to a presentation Joss delivered to the planning commission in October.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The industrial buildings, with a total of nine units, could offer office and warehouse space to local businesses, Joss added.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The project would be developed in two phases, he said, with the goal of completely building out the vacant site in a three-year timeframe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Dexter Planning Commission\u2019s discussion of the project centered on measures included in the plans to buffer the self-storage units from the outside. Some of its members disagreed on elements of the layout and screening included with the Superior Spaces proposal, like a proposed three-foot berm along the self-storage area.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Planning Commissioner Kyle Marsh described the latest iteration of the plans, with some of the storage buildings placed along Bishop Circle as a \u201cbait and switch\u201d from previous versions of the project, where they were more sheltered behind the flex industrial buildings, he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got companies in here that are trying to be globally competitive. They\u2019ve got people flying in from Japan and everywhere else, and we\u2019re going to have just these storage sheds right there as you drive into our industrial park,\u201d Marsh said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Others on the commission said they found the layout sufficient, and they didn\u2019t support requiring developers to swivel the units away from the road.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn my mind it doesn\u2019t matter if you flip it one way or the other, it\u2019s not going to be something spectacular to drive into. So as long as there\u2019s some sort of other way we can make that look appealing as you drive in, I don\u2019t think it has anything to do with the buildings in this project,\u201d said City Council Member Wa-Louisa Hubbard, who also sits on the planning commission.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Commissioner James Carty questioned if the berm in front of the storage units was even necessary, as other properties in the park didn\u2019t have that kind of screening, and he couldn\u2019t justify the requirement using the city code.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He was initially the only one on the commission opposed to allowing self-storage in the park in the first place, he said, but if the project is going to proceed officials should accept the fact that it won\u2019t have some \u201chip urban design.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all going to still know there\u2019s self-storage back there. I think it\u2019s a pretty good looking self-storage as far as it goes,\u201d Carty said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The commission voted 5-1 recommend approval of the preliminary plans for Superior Spaces and a special land use that would allow the project. Marsh was the only no vote, with Carty, Hubbard and Commissioners Tom Covert, Karen Roberts and Thomas Phillips supporting the proposal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Developers will still have to address comments included in city planning and engineering consultants\u2019 review of the project, and it will next go before Dexter City Council for consideration.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

That could happen as soon as during the council\u2019s March 25 meeting, according to city documents.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I think it\u2019s going to be a beautiful development when it\u2019s complete. It has designated use, while still remaining a mixed-use development. It brings cohesion to the industrial park and business park by offering both uses,\u201d – Ryan Joss, Owner and Operator of Superior Storage Group, LLC Dexter could be on its way to getting its first self-storage facility within city limits. That\u2019s thanks to a development proposal from a Livonia-based firm calling for the construction of 338 storage units and three multi-tenant buildings offering flexible industrial space for small…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5792,"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\/5791"}],"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=5791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5793,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791\/revisions\/5793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}