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Lesley Resnick
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Small Self Storage on 50x100 lot

Lesley Resnick
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Jacksonville, FL
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Has anyone built a Small Self Storage.  I have a piece of land and It is 50x100 and zoned commercial.  I am considering building a small self storage.  Probably in the range of 2500-3000 sq ft.  I am not sure of the size mix.  Seems like 10x20 is the most popular.  I may build a mix since my optimization is an L shape building.

Is block better than metal?  There are a number of metal pre-fab companies out there.  If I do block, I would use my concrete guy.

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Michael Wagner
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Michael Wagner
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  • Victor, NY
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I would encourage to explore how small facilities perform relatively to some larger ones.  Generally speaking you need to be at 12-15Kdquare feet to tap into the economies of scale that make storage so great.  Being this small, you will fall short.  All that said, I'd go metal kit!  And I'd encourage you to have 10 x 10 and 10 x 20 at a minimum!

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