If you’ve driven into the city from the south or headed out that way, you’ve probably noticed the five-story steel skeleton of a building rising there just south of the Thurbers Avenue curve on Route 95.
So what exactly is it?
According to a spokesman for A. Autiello Construction, it will be a self-storage operation with a slight twist from the typical storage facility: customers will be able to drive a U-Haul-type moving truck right into the building, close a garage door and unload their belongings securely and protected from the weather.
“If you’re unloading boxes, you won’t be doing it outside,” Anthony Auteillo said Tuesday.
The building will be equipped with three elevators to bring belongings up to and down from the upper floors. The 150,000 square-foot facility is expected to open between this October and December.
It doesn’t have a brand name attached to it yet, said Brian Conix, of Cogent Capital Group, which is partnering with Autiello on the project. The location — sandwiched between Route 95 and Aldrich Street on the west side of Eddy Street — was chosen for its visibility, Conix said.
“It lets people know we’re where they go every day,” he said. Plus, “we’re excited to become part of the neighborhood. We love South Providence. We believe in South Providence and the neighborhood.“
