Yesterday Kmart/Sears/Macy’s announced another round of store closings.
http://abc13.com/shopping/sears-store-in-houston-to-close/2863066/ If you type in kmart & sears closings into google search you will see round after round of store closings. Maybe there is one near you. In the past 5 years Sears has gone from over 2000 stores down to 12oo stores.
Here is a map of the latest round closings. The article above will give the Towns.
While this is a sign that Amazon is killing the big box stores it is also a sign it time to consider conversions for self storage. I recent talked to one self storage developer and he only does conversions. He has done 4 and has each is doing very well. The big boxes are typically in areas of suitable, even high populations so it is a matter of confirming the available demand taking into consideration of the existing self storage.
Conversions typically save you time because they are much easier to get approvals and takes less time to build. Grocery stores are a great conversion as well and they don’t have to be oversized. Often a 30,000 square foot self storage will have a large parking lot you can convert into another 30,000 sf of self storage.
Here is a quick web demand study on one site I randomly choose. This is a great program everyone looking for self storage because what used to take a couple of days is provided in seconds. send me an email at Marc@storageauthority.com to learn more about conversions or this web demand study
If you look to the left you can see the existing self storage demand information. What is real interesting and what makes this site worth checking out is almost all the existing self storage is non climate control!
To More Success in 2018!
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Marc
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