City Approves Dallas Company’s Self-Storage Plans In Northwest San Pedro

The Los Angeles planning department has given approvals to plans for a 131,460-square-foot self-storage project at 2215 N. Gaffey St. in Northwest San Pedro, according to a letter of determination filed by the city last week. The applicant behind the project is LG Acquisitions, an entity listed alongside the Dallas address of real estate investment company Leon Capital Group.

Approvals given by the LA planning department this month include those for site plan review as well as a conditional use permit for the construction of a self-storage building for household goods within 500 feet of a residential use.

The project will rise on an 87,113-square-foot lot bounded by Gaffey Street to the east, a U.S. government-owned fuel yard – which also has served as an LAPD pistol range, according to application materials – to the north, single-family residential property to the west, and a Home Depot to the south. It currently holds a commercial nursery and landscaping business, and as a whole is owned by California General Partnership Gaudenti & Gaudenti, plans show.

The project entails a three-story building for the storage of household goods, along with an 880-square-foot office. Represented by land-use law firm Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac, the project team writes in planning filings that “the area is underserved and is well below the regional and national average of self-storage supply per capita.”

“The Project Site is located near the Port of Los Angeles in an area which has a mix of residential uses, including a number of multi-family units, that typically have a shortage of storage space, thus creating the demand for self-storage,” the team writes. “As such, the Project is a conveniently-located alternative for residents in the area and will provide needed storage facilities for the San Pedro area.”

Plans also call for 37 parking spaces and 40 bicycle spaces in an at-grade parking level.

Designed by architect Yassir Muhammed, the proposal received the support of the Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council, according to the determination filing.

Leon Capital Group’s national self-storage portfolio includes five projects in Los Angeles County, according to its website.