General market research for Storage

[Anthony Dee]

I'm having order of operations problems and hoping I can get some advice. My business plan is to build a storage facility in Tucson, AZ in phases, beginning with RV/Boat storage and building out over time. I'm working on writing my business plan and also thinking ahead about funding options. I would like to do some early, and fairly basic market research on the Tucson area as a whole (seems like lenders will want to know this!). Eventually I will identify a particular piece of property and spend the money on a more exhaustive feasibility study for that specific location, but I feel like I need to have done some research on the Tucson area or SE AZ as a whole in order to see what I'm up against. Is this something people do? I asked a feasibility study specialist to recommend some resources but I can't seem to get her to respond. So, if anyone has a storage feasibility company they recommend I would be interested in that as well. Thanks everyone!

Anthony