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Commission recommends U-Haul special permit to redevelop former Kmart into storage, add mini-storage and RV covered spaces

2221426 · January 14, 2025
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Summary

Planning staff recommended and the commission voted to recommend approval of Amerco/U-Haul's special permit to convert the former Kmart into interior storage, build new mini-storage units and covered RV spaces at the University Avenue site, subject to site-plan and technical-review conditions.

The Waterloo Planning & Zoning Commission on Jan. 14 recommended approval of a special permit for Amerco Real Estate Company (U-Haul) to redevelop the former Kmart site into a U-Haul moving and storage facility with additional mini-storage construction and covered RV spaces at the University Avenue property.

Staff said the project repurposes a roughly 106,000-square-foot big-box building into interior storage and proposes 16,450 square feet of additional…

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