Work has begun to expand the Murphy Brothers self storage facility at 426 Waverly Ave. in Mamaroneck with a second section that will join with the existing 40,000-square-foot building. The second building will be 43,000 square feet. Footings for the new building in the $6.5 million project are being poured and the start of the work follows a groundbreaking ceremony that was attended by local business leaders, officials, members of the Murphy Brothers team and other invited guests.
The Murphy Brothers’ first self storage building at the site opened in 2015 and was designed with 260 storage units by architect Kim Martelli of KTM Architect in Mamaroneck. It was built to be energy efficient as will be the new structure.
The new building will house new headquarters for Murphy Brothers Contracting in addition to offering self storage units for rent by the public.
Peter Ferraro Sr., CEO of the New York Self Storage Association was at the groundbreaking ceremony and commented, “Self storage helps people manage their lives and the people in the village (of Mamaroneck) should be ecstatic that they’ll have a place to bring their items.”
John Ravitz, executive vice president and COO of the Business Council of Westchester, said that the new facility will create jobs and bring in revenue but “more importantly it’s going to continue to allow the Murphy Brothers contracting to be a serious player in Westchester County and we’re very proud of that.”
Michel Murphy noted that it took seven years to obtain final approvals to go ahead with the new building.
Chris Murphy thanked the community for its support over the years and especially the support that “enabled us to kick this project off” and acknowledged the efforts of his brothers Michael and Sean.
Attorney Anthony Gioffre who with attorney Kristen Motel of the White Plains-based law firm Cuddy & Feder represented the project during the approval process noted, “This project was the culmination of many years of planning, investment and commitment to realize the Murphy Brothers’ vision. It was an honor to be a part of an amazing development team, and this groundbreaking was an important milestone to bring this project to life.”
According to Murphy Brothers, the project approval team included architect Martelli, Michael Stein of Hudson Engineering, Brian Dempsy of DTS Provident, and Bill Canavan of HydroEnvironmental Solutions. The construction loan team included Jeff Bonville and Will Dunkel, of Tompkins Community Bank, Ken Meccia, of Statewide Abstract and Richard Klein of Dorf Nelson Zauderer.
