The Inside Self-Storage Store, an e-commerce website providing research and education products for industry professionals, is now offering two new reports produced by the Self Storage Industry Group (SSIG) of commercial real estate firm Cushman & W…
Tenants Retrieve Contents From Quake-Damaged Napa Self Storage
Update 11/11/15 – Displaced tenants of Napa Self Storage have begun retrieving their belongings from earthquake-damaged Building 900, ending more than a year of waiting. Crews stabilized the structure with exterior bracing and inserted about a do…
Dainton Self Storage Raises Money for Children’s Hospice in England
Dainton Self Storage in Barnstaple, North Devon, England, added £3,000 last year to its fundraising efforts for Children’s Hospice South West. The money was raised through donations from tenants and vendors as well as sales of returned pack…
US Storage Centers Acquires Self-Storage Facility in Winter Park, FL
US Storage Centers Inc. (USSC), which operates more than 85 self-storage facilities in 13 states, has acquired a self-storage facility in Winter Park, Fla., the company’s eighth in the state. The property at 7000 Aloma Ave. encompasses 74,375 squ…
Are You Making These 6 Mistakes in Running Your Self-Storage Facility?
The basics of running a self-storage facility might sound easy. Dig a little deeper, however, and there are many bumps that can come up in the road. Self-storage industry experts share six common mistakes facility operators should avoid.
Valet Self-Storage Startup Spacebox Launches in Hong Kong
Spacebox Ltd., a Hong Kong-based startup business specializing in valet self-storage services, launched last November, offering pickup and delivery service throughout the region, except for outlying islands, according to the company website. Spacebox u…
ISS Slideshow Provides Strategies for Self-Storage Tenant Defaults and Collections
Inside Self-Storage (ISS) has released a new online slideshow that shares strategies for avoiding rent defaults and collecting rent from past-due tenants. “Go Get That Rent! A Self-Storage Manager’s Guide to Collecting Money and Avoiding Defaults…
Manhattan Mini Storage Offers Free Self-Storage to Displaced Survivors of East Village, NY, Explosion
Manhattan Mini Storage, which operates 17 self-storage facilities throughout New York City, is offering free, temporary storage for residents displaced by the March 26 explosion and fire that destroyed three buildings in the East Village neighborhood i…
SmartStop Self Storage Acquires Tempe, AZ, Facility for $4.4M
SmartStop Self Storage, which operates 164 facilities in 20 states and Canada, recently acquired Air Conditioned Self Storage in Tempe, Ariz., for $4.4 million. The two-story facility at 3803 S. Priest Drive comprises 32,400 net rentable square feet in…
Gallacher Development to Build New Self-Storage Facility in Indianapolis
Gallacher Development LLC has purchased a 3.1-acre land parcel in a suburb of Indianapolis on which it intends to build a new self-storage facility.