The Grand Coulee, Wash., City Council imposed an “emergency moratorium” on self-storage development on Nov. 30. The six-month ban applies to “any establishment, building, land, structure, or land use in which any commercial mini-stora…
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Self-Storage Developer Withdraws Proposal Due to Opposition in Wallingford, VT
AG Self Storage LLC has withdrawn its zoning-permit application for a proposed 18,650-square-foot facility in Wallingford, Vt., after facing heated opposition from residents. Applicant Michael Lazar submitted plans for a three-building, 125-unit facili…
Las Vegas Self-Storage Manager Jailed After Fatally Shooting Burglar
A resident self-storage manager has been charged in the Dec. 1 fatal shooting of an alleged burglar at Storage @ Summerlin in Las Vegas. Martin Maycock, 60, told police he fired the .40-caliber rounds as the thief drove a Ford cargo van toward him. How…
Florida Self-Storage Operators Prepare for Change in Rental Sales Tax
Self-storage operators in Florida are preparing for a change in sales tax to be applied to unit rentals starting next month. An amendment to the state’s real estate sales-tax law, passed in May, will drop the sales tax on commercial rent by .2 pe…
603 Storage, Jernigan Capital to Develop Self-Storage in Salem, NH
603 Storage, a Northwood, N.H.-based self-storage operator, and Jernigan Capital Inc., a merchant bank and advisory firm serving the same industry, intend to develop a 74,625-square-foot facility in Salem, N.H. The three-story, climate-controlled struc…
Westchester Self-Storage Opens New Facility in Tarrytown, NY
Westchester Self-Storage, which operates 17 facilities under various brand names in New York, has opened Tarrytown Self-Storage in Tarrytown, N.Y. The three-story facility at 63 Cortlandt St. features a pair of “Big Ben-like” clocks that ch…
Extra Space Storage Facility Opens in Charlottesville, VA
Hydraulic Road Storage LLC has opened a facility in Charlottesville, Va., that will be managed by self-storage real estate investment trust Extra Space Storage Inc. and branded under its name. The three-story property at 2307 Hydraulic Road is across f…
Amsdell Cos./Compass Acquires American Storage Center in Snellville, GA
Compass Self Storage, a member of the Amsdell family of companies, has acquired American Storage Center in Snellville, Ga. It’s the company’s eleventh location in the Greater Atlanta market, according to a press release. The site was purcha…
Big Yellow Acquires Slice of Segro Bracknell Park for UK Self-Storage Development
U.K. self-storage operator Big Yellow Group PLC has acquired a 2-acre parcel within the 13-acre Segro Park Bracknell development in Bracknell, England. The land was purchased from real estate investment trust Segro PLC, which is developing a 90,000-squ…
U-Haul Converts Abandoned Strip Mall to Self-Storage in Baraboo, WI
Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc., which operates more than 1,300 self-storage locations across North America, is converting an abandoned strip mall to self-storage in Baraboo, Wis. The facility at 625 Linn St. opened last month with a temporary …