Shipping container apartments trend hits West Nashville
There are an estimated 20 million surplus shipping containers lying unused around the world. Before long, about a dozen of them will be turned into micro
It will be the first multi-family development in the region made up of the heavy steel containers, which are used to move everything from laundry detergent to electronics by ship and train around the world, said developer Michael Kenner.
“We lock them together. Whatever you can do with Legos, you can do with these,” said Kenner, founder of MiKeN Development. Scott Haley and Jack Rainey, co-owners of HR Properties, are partnering with Kenner on the project.
Each 40-foot-long container will be turned into a 320-square-foot apartment. Kenner’s supplier, New York City-based SG Blocks, will slice doorways and windows into the steel walls. Once the interiors are completed with drywall, insulation and flooring, the apartments will be indistinguishable from ordinary construction, he said.
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