Spartan Investment Group, based in Golden, CO began an expansion (below) that will add about 31,700 square feet of climate-controlled storage and 12,940 square feet of non-climate-controlled storage at its FreeUp Storage facility in Huntsville, TX. That facility currently has 320 units covering 44,460 gross square feet. Completion is scheduled for late 2022.
Planned
In Delaware, the Milton Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-1 in favor of a special permitted use for Peak Management LLC to operate a storage facility, called YourSpace Self Storage, on Route 16 between Mulberry and Union streets. A site-plan review is next. The project calls for two buildings and more than 100,000 square feet on 3 acres: a three-story main building and a one-story, 5,500-square-foot structure. Source: Cape Gazette
Acorn Mini Storage is expanding its existing self-storage facility in Port Orange, FL. The company’s other Florida locations include Boca Raton, Palm Bay, Lakeland, Kissimmee, Miami and Cape Coral. Source: Digital Journal
The North Smithfield Planning Board unanimously approved the master plan for the proposed expansion of Storage Rentals of America’s facilities on Eddie Dowling Highway in Rhode Island. The company seeks to add a three-story building adjacent to its current structure. Next up is an appearance before the zoning department for special-use permits. The project also needs approval from the Water Protection Overlay District, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation. Source: NRI Now
Sam Tarantini, managing director of Branchport Capital, seeks approval to place up to four stories of self-storage units and an assisted living center, and to replace the Quality Inn in West Chester, PA. Formal plans have not yet been submitted for this. Source: Vista Today
The husband-and-wife team of Bill and Judy Morris, owners of Morr-Is-Stored in Saratoga County, NY, is about to expand the business for the second time in a year. They built their first self-storage units 22 years ago and now have 1,800 at two sites off Old Gick Road. They built an additional 104,000 square feet of self-storage, and boat and RV storage, in 2021. They have built about half the approved storage space and will resume construction in the spring. They also own about 40 acres off Perry Road in Wilton, which could be used for storage or warehousing. Moor Is Stored also operates 1,000 heated and air-conditioned units at 36 Old Gick Road. Source: Albany Business Review
Completed
Palmetto Self Storage opened at 31 Cranes Park Road in Laurens, SC with 132 units plus boat and camper storage. The Butler family, longtime owners and operators of Gwinn’s Siding and Window Co., opened the new business, which is across the street from Gwinn’s. Source: Laurens County Advertiser
