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Posted: December 21, 2018
Jeremiah 29 LLC breaks ground on 80,000 s/f self storage facility - Aho Construction awarded the contract to construct the building
Eric O’Brien, O’Brien Commercial Properties LLC; James Stubblebine, Mark O’Brien and David Stubblebine of
Jeremiah 29 LLC; Sven Heisted, The Builders Architect; and Carl Wiley, Main Street Bank
Marlborough, MA Jeremiah 29 LLC has broken ground on its new 80,000 s/f climate-controlled self storage facility at 215 Simarano Dr. The building will be situated on a dedicated three-acre site off I-495.
The property will feature 525 climate-controlled units in a five-story conventional steel structure with two large elevators and four loading docks. Marlboro Self Storage is slated to open in the fall of 2019.
Aho Construction was awarded the contract to build the building. The business and real estate will be managed by O’Brien Commercial Properties LLC. The land and zoning freeze enable a phase 2 expansion of an additional 80,000 s/f of space, over 550 additional units.
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