In a 5-2 decision, Cibolo City Council approved a Conditional Use Permit, or CUP, for a 129,600-square-foot self-storage facility Feb. 11. Council members Jeff McGlothin and Randy Roberts were the two dissenting votes.
How we got here
Council had tabled the item Oct. 15 to give the applicant the opportunity to provide architectural renderings of the facility and clarify details regarding a detention pond, emergency access and property lighting, according to agenda documents.
About the project
The 3-story storage facility will be located at 21105 Old Wiederstein Road, Cibolo and will be a part of a larger mixed use development featuring restaurant, retail, professional and medical office space. The storage facility is slated to have 850-900 storage units, according to agenda documents.
What they're saying
The property is owned by Cibolo native David Marbach. In a letter of support to the city, Marbach said the storage facility will allow the remainder of his property to be developed into commercial that pay both property and sales taxes—which is something Cibolo residents are looking and asking for.
Jeff Eckols, president of Intergold Investments LLC told Community Impact that their goal was to build a quality development across the whole 14-acre property.
“We’re providing emergency access across our property to the 19 acres behind us to encourage more commercial development for Cibolo,” Eckols added.
Cibolo Fire Inspector Justin Garcia said the fire emergency access development would benefit the overall future development, according to agenda documents.
"It would be in everyone’s interest to move forward with the proposal,” Garcia said in an email to Matkin Hoover Engineering & Surveying—the civil engineer on the project.
Those opposed
During the public comment period, Susan Schaezler, director of Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary said she was concerned that trash getting flown onto the road from trucks and trailers—putting a bird species called the Painting Bunting at risk. The bird sanctuary is a prime nesting area for the Painting Bunting and metallic and plastic trash causes the baby birds to die if it gets into their nest, Schaezler said.
"This bird is at risk and he won't be with us much longer if we don't take care of him," Schaezler said.
Another resident, Shari McDaniel, said she did not understand why Cibolo needed another storage facility, when one was built on FM 1103 last year as well as several smaller, independent ones spread around the city.
"Most people here own or rent a home and have an added garage shed to store their stuff in. We have very few apartment complexes so I don't see the necessity for this," McDaniel said.
What the mayor is saying
Mayor Mark Allen said the last thing they want to do is do anything to endanger a native species in the area.
Looking ahead
Eckols said they hope to break ground in Q1 of 2026.
