A joint venture between Reliant Self Storage and Ziff Properties Inc. intends to acquire the Mountain Creek Village Shopping Center in Chattanooga, Tenn., and convert it to self-storage. The facility will comprise 81,728 square feet in 718 units. Plans…
Reliant Self Storage, Ziff Properties to Convert Chattanooga, TN, Shopping Center
Update 6/13/16 – The joint venture between Reliant Self Storage and Ziff Properties is moving forward with its purchase of the Mountain Creek Village Shopping Center for more than $1.5 million. The conversion project is estimated at nearly $6 mil…
Self-Storage Business Fights to Stay Open During Rail Construction in Honolulu
Jim York, owner of Dillingham Blvd. Self Storage in Honolulu, is among a group of entrepreneurs whose businesses could be negatively impacted by a rail project planned by the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART). Although construction alo…
Self-Storage Business Fights to Stay Open During Rail Construction in Honolulu
Jim York, owner of Dillingham Blvd. Self Storage in Honolulu, is among a group of entrepreneurs whose businesses could be negatively impacted by a rail project planned by the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART). Although construction alo…
Fort Knox Self Storage in Melbourne, Australia, Participates in ‘Sleep at the G’ Fundraiser for Homeless
Fort Knox Self Storage in Melbourne, Australia, recently supported a city-wide fundraiser to benefit homeless youths. In addition to donating 1,200 cardboard boxes for the May 26 “Sleep at the G” homeless simulation, 12 of the facility&rsqu…
Fort Knox Self Storage in Melbourne, Australia, Participates in ‘Sleep at the G’ Fundraiser for Homeless
Fort Knox Self Storage in Melbourne, Australia, recently supported a city-wide fundraiser to benefit homeless youths. In addition to donating 1,200 cardboard boxes for the May 26 “Sleep at the G” homeless simulation, 12 of the facility&rsqu…
Metro Storage Opens New Facility in Brooklyn, NY
Metro Storage LLC has opened its new facility in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. The ground-up development at 2727 Knapp St. is the operator’s fourth in the state. The four-story building comprises more than 80,000 rentable squa…
Woman Allegedly Raped, Held Captive in Spokane, WA, Self-Storage Unit
A woman was allegedly drugged, held hostage and repeatedly raped inside a Spokane, Wash, self-storage unit at a facility near Spokane Community College. The victim told authorities she was homeless and met a man on May 22 in the Hillyard neighborhood, …
Mixed-Use Self-Storage Facility and Food Court Proposed to Replace Costa Mesa, CA, Strip Mall
A joint venture between Cardinal Development Co. and Sanderson J. Ray Development has proposed to build a mixed-use complex in Costa Mesa, Calif., that would include self-storage and a freestanding food court. The two-story facility would replace the A…
Revised Plan for Mixed-Use Self-Storage Facility Approved by Costa Mesa, CA, Council
Update 7/20/17 – The mixed-use self-storage project approved for Cardinal Development and Sanderson could be in jeopardy now that Costa Mesa’s voter-approved growth initiative, Measure Y, has gone into effect. Sanderson filed a lawsuit on J…