U.K. self-storage operator Big Yellow Group PLC is seeking approval to build a six-story facility in Castlefield, an inner-city conservation area in Manchester, England. The Manchester City Council Planning and Highways Committee will review the propos…
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Cascade Self Storage Builds New Facility in Roseburg, OR
Cascade Self Storage is building a new facility in Roseburg, Ore., its third in the state. The first phase of the property at 1910 N.E. Diamond Lake Blvd. is slated to open this fall. Once the facility is fully complete next spring, the 3.8-acre site w…
3-Story Self-Storage Facility Proposed for Southwest Naperville, IL
The Naperville, Ill., Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously this week to recommend that the city council rezone a 1.3-acre vacant parcel for the development of a three-story self-storage project. 5995 Naperville Self Storage LLC seeks to bui…
Storage Deluxe to Build Self-Storage Facility in Bayonne, NJ
Storage Deluxe, a Manhattan, N.Y.-based self-storage owner and developer, is building a new facility in Bayonne, N.J. Expected to be complete in November, it will be managed by self-storage real estate investment trust CubeSmart and branded under its n…
Valet Self-Storage Startup Boombox Launches Initiative to Fight Homelessness in San Francisco Bay Area
Boombox Inc., a startup specializing in valet self-storage services in the San Francisco Bay Area, has launched a “Storing Hope” initiative designed to raise money for homeless shelters in the region. Customers who move their belongings fro…
Self-Storage Unit Rental Rates Surge in California
Rental rates for self-storage units in California have increased more than 26 percent since 2014, according to data released by SpareFoot, an online marketplace for self-storage consumers. The average monthly rate across the state for a unit this year …
Real Estate Developer Sleiman Enterprises Proposes Self-Storage Project for Jacksonville, FL
Sleiman Enterprises, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based real estate firm that specializes in the development and management of shopping centers in Florida and Southeast Georgia, has submitted a proposal to rezone 2.34 acres in Jacksonville with the intent of b…
Manhattan Mini Storage Founder Jerry Gottesman Dies at 87
Jerome “Jerry” Gottesman, the co-founder of New Jersey-based real estate development firm Edison Properties and New York-based self-storage operator Manhattan Mini Storage, died of natural causes on Sept. 10. He was 87.
Closed Veterinary Hospital Could Become Self-Storage and Pet Lodge in Coconut Creek, FL
A shuttered veterinary hospital in Coconut Creek, Fla., could soon be turned into a mixed-use development that would include a self-storage facility and a pet lodge. Leder Hillsboro Co. filed an application with the city for the 7.62-acre property it o…
CubeSmart Self-Storage Facility Planned for Downtown Baton Rouge, LA
Craig Smith, an attorney who owns property-development firm Brookwood-Riverside LLC, plans to tear down a former coffee shop in downtown Baton Rouge, La., and build a three-story self-storage facility in its place. The property will be managed by CubeS…