Self Storage Development
Guides

A self storage budget is built per gross square foot and repaid per net rentable square foot. Here is what moves the construction cost, what sits outside it, and how to read a price against the return.

The choice between drive-up and multi-storey storage is made by the land, the market and the site, not by preference. Here is how each performs on cost, rentable area and operation in an Ontario climate.

A vacant big-box store or older warehouse can be the fastest route to opening a storage facility. Here is what to check before buying the building, and where conversion budgets go wrong.

Many Ontario zoning by-laws do not name self storage at all. Here is how to confirm a site permits it, what the approvals path looks like, and why development charges belong in the land decision.