Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Dietz said self-storage provided residents and businesses small, secure spaces, flexible month-to-month leases and cheaper prices than traditional warehouses. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyBut more self-storage has meant less of other things. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyNew York City’s 240 self-storage buildings include about 60 that have opened in the last decade, according to industry estimates. PhotoCity planners have proposed a special permit for self-storage sites in designated industrial areas that would establish a review process that would take about two years on average. He added that New York’s proposal was not tough enough and would still allow industrial sites to be claimed by self-storage developers.

Source: New York Times April 13, 2017 09:00 UTC