Five-story, $9.3M self storage build gets Austin permit on US 290

The City of Austin issued a building permit on Oct. 9, 2026, for a five-story, 99,458 sq ft climate-controlled self storage building at 7032 E. US 290 Hwy Svrd WB in Northeast Austin, with a declared job valuation of $9.3 million. A matching state project registration names the owner the permit record leaves blank: Kim & Kim Properties, LLC.

Permit 2025-154068 BP lists general contractor Reliable Paving, Inc. and carries no owner field beyond the contractor. A Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation registration, TABS2025006951, for the same address, same 99,458 sq ft, same five-story scope and a $9.25 million estimated cost names the project “Safe Self Storage” and lists Kim & Kim Properties, LLC as owner.

Why it matters

Five stories of climate-controlled storage on a US 290 frontage road is a vertical format that needs a site-specific build budget, not a conversion of an existing box. For builders and brokers tracking what has cleared city review rather than what is only proposed, this is an issued permit with an owner on a state record, in City Council District 1 (Travis Central Appraisal District property ID 0227200807).

The numbers

The city permit carries a declared job valuation of $9.25 million, which rounds to $9.3 million; a permit valuation is the applicant’s stated job value, not a sale price or a loan. The TDLR registration, filed Dec. 5, 2024, lists the same $9.25 million estimated cost, 99,458 sq ft across five stories, and a construction window running from February 2025 to October 2026.

What’s next

The TDLR registration’s October 2026 end date predates most of the work an Oct. 9 building permit covers, so the filed schedule should be read as an early estimate, not a delivery date. The next verifiable milestones are city inspections under the permit and an updated TABS inspection status, followed by a certificate of occupancy before the facility can open for leasing.

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