Berlin Turnpike storage facility approved

A developer has gained approval to build a self-storage facility at 2176 and 2180 Berlin Turnpike on the Newington-Wethersfield line.

Applicants Robert Pryor, director of engineering for Solli Engineering LLC and White Plains-based BDC Holdings Inc., are planning a three-story, 99,360-square-foot self-storage facility with 5,000 square feet of outdoor storage.

The facility will have nearly 630 interior self-storage units, office space, an employee break room, a retail area, and more than 20 units with outside entrances.

The property is 11 acres total, with 7.6 of them in Wethersfield, and located just south of the Route 175/Berlin Turnpike interchange.

The project has been granted approvals from both Wethersfield and Newington.

Developers will buy the property from owners Priscilla and Barbara Turgeon, and Laura Ricci. A blighted single-family home on the Newington portion of the property will be demolished.