Category Archives: Self Storage

In this powerful training session, you’ll discover better ways to educate customers about storage, set yourself apart from competition, generate more leads, become the market price leader, and rent more units.

People who dive into dumpsters can cause all kinds of trouble for a self-storage operation. Here’s how to ensure your facility isn’t a target for these trash/treasure seekers.

Mini Price Storage, which operates more than 20 self-storage properties in Virginia, was ordered by a judge this week to pay former employee Sean Mohammed $150,730 in back pay as well as attorneys’ fees and court costs for alleged “improper…

Compass Self Storage LLC, a member of the Amsdell family of companies, has acquired a self-storage property in McDonough, Ga., its eighth facility in Greater Atlanta. The property was purchased by separate affiliates of Amsdell Group LLC and Compass Se…

Compass Self Storage LLC, a member of the Amsdell family of companies, has acquired a self-storage property in McDonough, Ga., its eighth facility in Greater Atlanta. The property was purchased by separate affiliates of Amsdell Group LLC and Compass Se…

Boxful, a Hong Kong-based startup business specializing in valet self-storage services, has closed on $6.6 million in Series A funding. Investors in the round include Arocrest Capital Management, Great Eagle Holdings Ltd., Lonsdale Capital Pte. Ltd. an…

California-based self-storage operator LifeStorage LP has secured $300 million in financing, which it will use to fund future expansion. The acquisition-facility and term loan is through a consortium of lenders led by BMO Capital Markets Corp. and Citi…

A periodic audit of your self-storage facility is imperative to keeping your operation on track. As an owner, you need to regularly audit the financials, people and processes that dominate your business. Here’s a primer to get you started.

Inside Self-Storage has just launched its fifth annual “Best of Business” reader-choice poll in which industry professionals vote for their favorite suppliers in dozens of product and service categories. Each year, the final list includes r…

Real estate developer Jim Ellis, owner of GMJ2 Industries LLC, received a land gift from the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on which to build a $1.1 million self-storage facility. In a 5-2 vote, Waterloo City Council members agreed to the deal as part of its …