A newly built self-storage facility has opened in Copiague.
The three-story, 108,201-square-foot building is on 1.9 acres at 1550 Sunrise Highway. The site was formerly occupied by a 32,400-square-foot building occupied by Pets Warehouse.
The property had been acquired by Lake Success-based SNL Storage for $5.2 million in Jan. 2024, as first reported by LIBN. But the Copiague facility was ultimately developed by Atlanta-based Ardent Companies (Ardent) and Ironwood Development Partners. The facility, which is managed by Extra Space Storage and has 970 storage units along with 340 lockers, is Ardent’s first Long Island property.
“Our expansion into Long Island underscores the opportunity to partner with experienced local teams that share our commitment to quality and execution,” Ricardo De Rojas, managing director for Ardent, said in a company statement. “Ironwood’s market knowledge and aligned vision were instrumental in bringing this project to life.”
The Copiague project’s development team included Huntington Station-based Park East Construction as general contractor, Center Moriches-based Michael Sudano Architect, and Huntington-based R&M Engineering as civil engineer.
“Long Island continues to face persistent undersupply, and this project delivers a needed solution for residents, seasonal visitors and businesses,” Blair Sweeney, founder and president for Ironwood Development Partners, said in the statement. “This development is well-positioned for success given its location, highway access and strong market fundamentals.”
The Copiague facility is one of the final assets delivered as part of Ardent’s Self-Storage Development Fund II, which has completed nine of 11 development deals, according to the company.
“Ardent’s self-storage development strategy is focused on bringing durable, Class-A product to infill markets with significant demand and limited supply,” Thomas Olson, head of Self-Storage Strategy for Ardent, said in the statement. “Fund II’s performance is a testament to our team’s disciplined sourcing approach, meticulous underwriting and well-established local partnerships.”
Earlier this year, Ardent launched Self Storage Development Fund III, which seeks to raise $150 million to support the ground-up development of Class-A self-storage projects in high-demand, supply-constrained U.S. markets. The new fund’s pipeline includes 11 sites totaling about 1 million rentable square feet, the company said.
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Called Quogue Business Park, the $60 million project will bring two industrial buildings and a self-storage facility to a 19-acre site at 8 Midhampton Ave.
The development, a partnership of The Renatus Group from Port Chester, N.Y. and Manhattan-based Declaration Partners, consists of a 65,500-square-foot multi-tenant industrial building, a 60,000-square-foot multi-tenant industrial building, and a two-story, 82,200-square-foot self-storage facility.
The shallow bay industrial buildings are designed to accommodate users as small as 5,000 square feet and the ability to provide each tenant with an individual loading dock and drive-in door.
The buildings will occupy the western portion of the property, while 7.6 acres on the eastern portion of the site will be landscaped with native plantings to comply with Village of Quogue and Pine Barrens Commission standards.
Construction on the project began a few months ago and is expected to be completed Q3 2026. The project team includes Huntington-based R&M Engineering, Patchogue-based bld Architecture and Melville-based Frank G. Relf Architect.
“This development will provide a modern, differentiated offering in the Hamptons that meets the needs of local businesses and residents,” Aiese said in the statement. “The shallow bay industrial buildings will provide the access, parking and flexibility that increase efficiency and benefit small business operations. For residents and small businesses, the self-storage component will provide flexible storage solutions.”
A new 650-unit self-storage facility has opened in Roslyn Heights.
Operated by Extra Space Storage, the four-story, 98,000-square-foot building was constructed on a 1.32-acre site at 71 Jane St. Publicly traded Extra Space Storage is the second largest operator of self-storage facilities in the U.S.
The new self-storage project, reported to cost more than $12 million, was developed by Syosset-based Blumenfeld Development Group and The Hampshire Companies, headquartered in Morristown, N.J. The property had been home to a 30,000-square-foot building, first built in 1983, that had been occupied by several manufacturing firms and had been vacant for the last decade.
The developers of the self-storage facility completed an extensive environmental investigation and voluntarily enrolled the site in the New York State Brownfield Clean Up Program due to contamination identified with the property’s industrial history. Bespoke Construction served as the project’s general contractor.
“Now that we see this beautiful transformation of a site that was an unused, blighted eyesore, we are so happy to bring the community a first class, climate controlled, convenient and safe commercial property that addresses a much-needed solution to storage needs,” Brad Blumenfeld, vice president of Blumenfeld Development Group, said in a company statement. “The location allows for excellent access for the tri-state area population through its close proximity to major highways just off Roslyn Road near Roslyn High School.”
Developers of a new self-storage facility in Smithtown are planning to start construction on the project this fall.
Safeguard Self Storage is hoping to break ground in November for the construction of a three-story, 59,000-square-foot facility with 600 units on a 1.33-acre lot at 1036A West Jericho Turnpike.
This will be the company’s first location in Suffolk County. Safeguard currently has six self-storage facilities on Long Island, all located in Nassau County, including East Rockaway, Hewlett, Massapequa, Plainview, Valley Stream and West Hempstead.
The Safeguard project has received the necessary approvals from the Town of Smithtown, which included variances for signage, building and parking. The variances approved included no storage unit door visible from the street, alterations of required setbacks and land usage to permit construction 10 feet of slopes greater than 25 percent, and a reduction of required parking to just 13 spaces.
“We are very happy with the result and want to thank the town officials and the planning staff for working in a collaborative manner to bring this project to fruition,” attorney Keith Brown, of the Brown, Altman & DiLeo law firm, which secured the approvals, said in a written statement. “We took a vacant parcel in the middle of commercial district and converted it into a brand new state-of-the-art self-storage facility that will generate tax rateables for the community.”
Stanley Bonilla, senior vice president of development for Safeguard, praised Brown and his team for working with the town to pave the way for the new facility.
“Safeguard is very excited to bring our best-in-class self-storage product to the Smithtown community,” Bonilla said in the statement. “We look forward to breaking ground on this exciting new project.”
Founded in 1989 with its first self-storage facility in New Orleans, Atlanta-based Safeguard now has more than 80 locations in six states, offering more than 4.5 million square feet of storage space, according to the company.
The new Smithtown facility is expected to be completed in Jan. 2025.
