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Monthly Archives: August 2015

What Does EMV Mean for Self-Storage Operators? Payment Technology and the New Credit Card Security Standard

With changes in EMV credit card liability fast approaching, many self-storage operators are wondering how they might be affected. In this article, a payment-technology expert clears up the confusion surrounding the new chip-based cards.

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Avoiding Self-Storage Stagnation: Using Facility Renovation to Progress to Success

When you own a self-storage facility, there are countless factors that can bring the business to a point of stagnancy or decline. Many are surmountable through simple renovation. This article provides advice for choosing upgrades and completing the wor…

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Avoiding Self-Storage Stagnation: Using Facility Renovation to Progress to Success

When you own a self-storage facility, there are countless factors that can bring the business to a point of stagnancy or decline. Many are surmountable through simple renovation. This article provides advice for choosing upgrades and completing the wor…

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StorageTreasures Named Exclusive Online-Auction Company for Self-Storage REIT Extra Space

StorageTreasures.com, an online-auction website that serves self-storage businesses and auction buyers, has signed an exclusive agreement with real estate investment trust Extra Space Storage Inc. “to conduct all future auctions online using Stor…

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UK Self-Storage Operator Access Self Storage Announces 2015 Business Award Finalists

London-based Access Self Storage has announced the six finalists of its annual business-awards program, designed to recognize the achievements of the more than 6,000 business customers who rent space from any of the company’s more than 50 U.K. lo…

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Bellam Self Storage & Boxes of San Rafael, CA, Helps Launch Baseball-Park Cleanup Campaign

Bellam Self Storage & Boxes in San Rafael, Calif., has partnered with the San Rafael Pacifics minor-league baseball team to promote a “No Litter in Baseball” campaign designed to curb litter at Albert Park, where the team plays. As part…

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Woman Arrested After 23 Cats Found in Merritt Island, FL, Self-Storage Unit

A woman was arrested this week after Brevard County Deputies discovered nearly two dozen cats in a self-storage unit at a CubeSmart facility in Merritt Island, Fla. Amy Lynn Dvorak, 43, was charged on Thursday with multiple counts of animal cruelty and…

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Woman Arrested After 23 Cats Found in Merritt Island, FL, Self-Storage Unit

A woman was arrested this week after Brevard County Deputies discovered nearly two dozen cats in a self-storage unit at a CubeSmart facility in Merritt Island, Fla. Amy Lynn Dvorak, 43, was charged on Thursday with multiple counts of animal cruelty and…

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UK-Based Simply Self Storage Gets Approval to Convert Former Factory in Aberdeen

U.K.-based Simply Self Storage has received approval from city officials to convert the former AC Yule Group factory in Aberdeen, Scotland, to a 70,000-square-foot storage facility. The company currently operates a 75,000-square-foot facility on Mugiem…

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UK-Based Simply Self Storage Gets Approval to Convert Former Factory in Aberdeen

U.K.-based Simply Self Storage has received approval from city officials to convert the former AC Yule Group factory in Aberdeen, Scotland, to a 70,000-square-foot storage facility. The company currently operates a 75,000-square-foot facility on Mugiem…

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