This video from A Low Cost Self Storage in Baytown, Texas, uses photographs and animation to illustrate how the operator’s value proposition differs from competitors. A narrator discusses the facility’s service mix, property amenities,…
Valet Self-Storage Startup Boombox Launches Initiative to Fight Homelessness in San Francisco Bay Area
Boombox Inc., a startup specializing in valet self-storage services in the San Francisco Bay Area, has launched a “Storing Hope” initiative designed to raise money for homeless shelters in the region. Customers who move their belongings fro…
Self-Storage Unit Rental Rates Surge in California
Rental rates for self-storage units in California have increased more than 26 percent since 2014, according to data released by SpareFoot, an online marketplace for self-storage consumers. The average monthly rate across the state for a unit this year …
Man Carjacked at Gunpoint at Durango, CO, Self-Storage Facility
A man in Durango, Colo., was the victim of a carjacking at gunpoint on Monday evening while visiting a self-storage facility. The victim told police he was organizing his unit at Bodo Park Mini Storage at 171 Sawyer Drive when he was approached by five…
Plan Amendment Could Allow Self-Storage, Convenience Store in Warren, KY
The city-county planning commission of Warren, Ky., last week recommended approving a zoning amendment that would allow the construction of a self-storage facility and convenience store in Alvaton, an unincorporated community in Warren. Property owners…
Check It All, Check It Often: Maintenance Advice for Self-Storage Managers
Keeping a facility in top shape is an important part of a self-storage operator’s job. Here’s insight on property maintenance from a facility manager in Bluffton, S.C.
Real Estate Developer Sleiman Enterprises Proposes Self-Storage Project for Jacksonville, FL
Sleiman Enterprises, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based real estate firm that specializes in the development and management of shopping centers in Florida and Southeast Georgia, has submitted a proposal to rezone 2.34 acres in Jacksonville with the intent of b…
Manhattan Mini Storage Founder Jerry Gottesman Dies at 87
Jerome “Jerry” Gottesman, the co-founder of New Jersey-based real estate development firm Edison Properties and New York-based self-storage operator Manhattan Mini Storage, died of natural causes on Sept. 10. He was 87.
Closed Veterinary Hospital Could Become Self-Storage and Pet Lodge in Coconut Creek, FL
A shuttered veterinary hospital in Coconut Creek, Fla., could soon be turned into a mixed-use development that would include a self-storage facility and a pet lodge. Leder Hillsboro Co. filed an application with the city for the 7.62-acre property it o…
CubeSmart Self-Storage Facility Planned for Downtown Baton Rouge, LA
Craig Smith, an attorney who owns property-development firm Brookwood-Riverside LLC, plans to tear down a former coffee shop in downtown Baton Rouge, La., and build a three-story self-storage facility in its place. The property will be managed by CubeS…