Self-storage managers often face tough choices in their dealings with customers between following corporate policy and offering compassion. While you can positively impact people’s lives with empathy, what sometimes seems like the more sympatheti…
Self-Storage Management Firms Announce 3Q 2016 Financial Results
Self-storage management companies Absolute Storage Management (ASM) and Sentry Self Storage Management have released their third-quarter operating results. Both firms showed improvements in same-store revenue over last year.
U-Haul Parent Company AMERCO Releases Second-Quarter Financial Results for 2017 Fiscal Year
AMERCO, the parent company of U-Haul International Inc., reported financial results for the quarter that ended Sept. 30, the second quarter of its 2017 fiscal year. Self-storage revenue increased $10.1 million during the quarter, compared with the seco…
Self-Storage Investment Firm HFF Hires Director for Tampa, FL, Office
HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP), a provider of commercial real estate and capital-markets services to self-storage and other commercial sectors, has hired Tom Doyle as a director in its Tampa, Fla., office. Doyle will focus on self-storage sales tran…
Simply Self Storage Hires VP of Operations
Simply Self Storage (SSS), which owns or manages 21 self-storage facilities in the United States and Puerto Rico, has hired Scott Sebring as its new vice president of operations. Prior to joining the company, Sebring worked for self-storage real estate…
Safestore Self Storage Opens New Facilities in Altrincham and Chiswick, England
U.K. self-storage operator Safestore Holdings PLC has opened new facilities in Altrincham and Chiswick, England. Both properties were converted from other uses to self-storage, according to a company press release.
Hogleaze Storage Opens Self-Storage Facility in Chickerell, England
Hogleaze Storage Ltd. has opened a self-storage facility in Granby Industrial Estate, an industrial park in Chickerell, England. The company converted a leased building to 30,000 square feet of storage space. The facility offers units ranging from 25 t…
Canadian Self-Storage Investor Wilmington Capital Management Releases 3Q 2016 Financial Results
Wilmington Capital Management Inc., a Canadian investment and asset-management company whose real estate investments include self-storage facilities, reported a net loss for the quarter ended Sept. 30 of $400,000 compared to a net gain of $100,000 for …
Disaster Preparedness for Self-Storage: Building a Solid Strategy Before Catastrophe Strikes
Creating a disaster-preparedness plan will not only save you time and money, it could be the key to keeping your self-storage business afloat. Follow this advice to build a solid strategy before something bad happens.
ISS Launches Colliers International Report: Latin America Self-Storage Survey 2016
Inside Self-Storage (ISS) has launched a survey report published by Colliers International Group Inc. with findings from the real estate services firm’s first survey of Latin American self-storage operators. “Latin America Self-Storage Surv…