PLYMOUTH, MASS. — Basis Industrial has delivered an 806-unit self-storage facility in Plymouth, located in southern Massachusetts at the base of Cape Cod. The three-story facility spans 111,000 gross square feet of climate-controlled space and was completed in phases, with construction beginning in March 2022. Basis Industrial has engaged Public Storage to operate the facility.
SYOSSET, N.Y. — California-based boutique advisory firm Talonvest Capital has arranged a $13.8 million construction loan for a self-storage facility in the Long Island community of Syosset. The facility will consist of 1,025 climate-controlled units and 86 drive-up units for a total of 103,440 net rentable square feet. John Chase, Kim Bishop, Ivan Viramontes and Lauren Maehler of Talonvest arranged the loan, which carried a five-year term and four years of interest-only payments, through an undisclosed commercial bank. The borrower and developer is Barone Management. Delivery is slated for late 2024.
PHILADELPHIA — California-based SecureSpace Self Storage has opened a 120,260-square-foot facility at 2501 N. 15th St. in the Glenwood area of Philadelphia. The number of units was not disclosed. The facility will feature entirely climate-controlled space across multiple unit sizes and will add to SecureSpace’s two additional nearby developments and three operating stores in the greater Philadelphia area.
Self-storage has had an amazing run since just before the pandemic. Cap rates started near 6 percent, with buildings starting at $150 per square foot. Then came the flood of pandemic capital pushing prices — by mid-2022 prices jumped to a point no one had previously experienced. “In some of the bigger markets, we were seeing per-square-foot prices of $300 and above for the first time,” says Denise Nunez, executive managing director with NAI Horizon. Cap rates fell to as low as 4 percent. “The low cap rates had gotten to such a point where many brokers were not even pricing deals because they didn’t want to miss that extra that they could get on the sale.” But rising interest rates have had an impact on self-storage, as they have had on every other commercial real estate asset class, with prices reversing again. Investors are still unsure of what the Federal Reserve will be doing in the near term with monetary policy. Building costs are high — final delivery construction costs are still higher by 40 percent or more than pre-pandemic. That reality has resulted in investors alternating between cold feet and, with some signs that the Fed may plan …
MICHIGAN CITY, IND. — StorSafe is expanding its self-storage facility in Michigan City by 10,665 square feet with an additional 82 climate-controlled units. The project also includes a new onsite water management system to collect and clean stormwater coupled with a loading dock for semi-trucks and moving vans. After the expansion, the facility will include 384 climate-controlled units. The property is located at 2600 S. Franklin St. in Northwest Indiana. StorSafe, established in 2021, offers mobile technology, advanced management software, online tools, facility automation and state-of-the-art security equipment.
CHELSEA, MAINE — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a portfolio of three self-storage facilities totaling 296 units in Chelsea, located just south of Augusta. The properties total 45,690 net rentable square feet of space. Luke Dawley, Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an individual/personal trust, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Jim Koury of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
CUTCHOGUE, N.Y. — Boutique financial advisory firm Talonvest Capital has arranged $27.8 million bridge loan for GoodFriend Storage North Fork, a self-storage facility located in the Long Island community of Cutchogue. The borrower, GoodFriend Storage, will use the proceeds to partially fund an expansion project, retire existing debt and support the lease-up of the expansion. The facility currently features 690 climate-controlled units, 213 non-climate-controlled units and 87 warehouse/portable units for a total of 123,174 net rentable square feet. Britt Taylor, Jim Davies, Tom Sherlock, Ivan Viramontes and Lauren Maehler of Talonvest arranged the financing through an undisclosed direct lender.
FORNEY, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Bin 741 Storage, a 490-unit self-storage facility located in the eastern Dallas suburb of Forney. The facility was built in 2017 and spans 56,900 net rentable square feet. Danny Cunningham and Brandon Karr of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a locally based family partnership that originally built the property, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a Houston-based investment firm.
MENASHA, WIS. — An affiliate of Phoenix Investors has unveiled plans to convert its industrial property at 2225 American Drive in Menasha into a self-storage facility. Comprising 65,000 net rentable square feet, the property will feature up to 600 self-storage units. There will also be more than 100,000 square feet of RV and boat storage parking and several executive office suites. Formerly operated as a call center, the property is situated near I-41. The single-story building was constructed in 1981 and underwent significant renovations in 1999 and 2020. The self-storage units are slated to be available by early 2024. Store Here Self Storage will operate the facility, marking its third in Wisconsin.
BATON ROUGE, LA. — Go Store It has opened an 86,680-square-foot self-storage facility at 1683 O’Neal Lane in Baton Rouge. Comprising 550 units, the property features 24-hour video surveillance, electronic gate access, climate control and access to Interstate 12.