Self-Perform General Contractor · Austin
Self-storage constructionin Austin.
Three facilities delivered across Travis and Williamson counties, all at the large end of the format — 80,000 to 100,000+ square feet.
Three facilities, all large-format
Boston Lane Storage on Boston Lane in southwest Austin at 100,000+ sq ft, Bee Cave Self Storage on West SH 71 at 100,000+ sq ft, and Lakeline Storage on Lakeline Boulevard in Cedar Park at 80,000+ sq ft.
All three sit at the top of the size range for the asset class, which is the segment where multi-story and climate control stop being optional and the mechanical and electrical scope starts driving the schedule.
Crews deploy to Austin from our Houston headquarters. That is a deliberate structure: a second office is overhead that ends up in your general conditions, and the I-10 corridor is a manageable deployment for a contractor that supervises its own trades.
What is actually different about building storage in Austin
Development review is the schedule. Austin permitting timelines are the single most common reason a Central Texas storage pro forma misses its opening date. The construction duration is rarely the problem; the entitlement and review runway ahead of it is. Any schedule that treats permitting as a fixed two-month block is a schedule that will move.
Watershed and impervious cover regulation is real. Austin regulates impervious cover by watershed, and storage is an impervious-cover-heavy use — buildings plus drive aisles across most of the site. On constrained sites this is what determines whether the deal pencils, and it is a site-selection question before it is a construction question.
Terrain drives site cost. Hill Country sites west of the city carry rock excavation and grade that flat suburban pads do not. Two sites at the same price per acre can be very different builds once the geotech comes back.
We self-perform electrical and demolition with crews on our own payroll, under Texas Electrical Contractor License #174912. On a storage build the electrical scope — gate controls, access systems, unit lighting, climate-control power — sits directly on the critical path to a certificate of occupancy, which is exactly where a subcontracted schedule tends to slip.
Questions we hear from storage developers
Do you have an Austin office?
No, and that is intentional. We supervise Austin projects from our Houston headquarters with our own people on site. A branch office is fixed overhead that lands in general conditions on every job; deploying supervision and self-perform crews does not.
How long does it take to permit a storage facility in Austin?
Longer than most owners plan for, and it varies by watershed, site, and review path. We build the entitlement runway into the schedule during preconstruction instead of quoting a construction duration that assumes permits arrive on time.
Can you handle multi-story climate-controlled facilities?
Yes — all three Austin-area facilities are large-format, and that segment is where climate control and multi-story become the norm. It also raises the electrical and mechanical scope, which is the part we self-perform on the electrical side.
What size facilities do you typically build?
The Austin work runs 80,000 to 100,000+ sq ft. Across the wider portfolio we have delivered from 30,000 sq ft up, so the format is not a constraint — the site usually is.
Storage construction in other Texas markets
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