A sixth self-storage facility is headed to Rockville Centre, as experts say Long Island continues to see a high demand for storage space.

Florida-based Basis Industrial is building a 121,500-square-foot facility with 957 storage units at 117 N. Long Beach Rd., said Anthony Scavo, president and managing partner of the company, which is developing the project.

The facility will be branded and operated as a Public Storage, a California-based national chain. It is unlikely, however, to dampen demand or self-storage rents.

The metropolitan area is seeing some of the highest rents for self-storage units in the nation, Newsday has reported. Demand for Long Island's fewer than 200 self-storage facilities is high, in part because of its proximity to New York City, its high population den

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