Joe DownsCEO & Co-Founder, Belrose Storage Group. Founder, Storage Moguls.

Why Supply Can't Catch Up

24 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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Joe Downs explains why boat and RV storage facilities can't keep up with demand. Building one takes 18 to 36 months and requires land on the outskirts, zoning approval, entitlements, and significant capital. These structural barriers mean supply stays perpetually behind.

The supply side is the other half of the story. Building a boat and RV facility is slow and hard. You need land, usually in the outskirts where zoning allows outdoor storage. And by hard, I don't mean hard to do. I mean hard to be able to do because you need entitlements, you need capital. You're looking at 18 to 36 months from decision to opening day. And that's why supply can't respond quickly even when demand is obvious. The gap doesn't close because the structural forces on both sides are pulling in the same direction.