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Public Storage Announces Rent Hike

Public Storage Inc., a self-storage real estate investment trust (REIT), will increase rental rates this year up to 8.5 percent. John Reyes, the ...read more

5 Tips for Succession Planning

All family businesses should have a solid succession plan in place, one that helps the senior generation leave with ease while welcoming the ...read more

A Little Summertime Storage Reading

Do you remember celebrating summertime as a kid, spending days lazing around doing the things you loved? For me it was lounging by the pool with my ...read more

Auctioning a Unit Without a Lease

See what Self-Storage Talk members have to say about advising a manager who can’t locate the rental agreement for a tenant in default but wants to ...read more

Planning Your Self-Storage Exit Strategy

This webinar will teach you some approaches to planning your business exit strategy, including when to divest yourself from the asset, determining ...read more

Latest Headlines

Extra Space Buys 2 Hawaii Self-Storage Facilities for $30M

Self-storage real estate investment trust Extra Space Storage Inc. has completed the purchase of two Hawaii self-storage facilities. The properties were purchased for almost $30 million in an all-cash sale from Orange County, Calif.-based Jupiter Holdings LLC. ...More
6 days ago
Posted in News, Real Estate
US-Moving.com Expands Online Quote System to Include Self-Storage Estimates

US-Moving.com, a website offering free moving quotes, guides and information, has expanded its online quote system to include estimates for office movers and self-storage moving-service companies. Listed companies are prescreened to ensure they are licensed, insured and ...More
1 week ago
Posted in News
Nevada Governor Signs New Self-Storage Lien Law for Second Time Since 2011

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval recently signed an amended version of the state’s self-storage lien law (Assembly Bill 182) that enables self-storage facility operators to notify tenants about impending lien procedures via e-mail, assess late fees and deny access to tenants in ...More
1 week ago
Posted in News, Legal Issues, Management
Converting Web Visitors to Paying Self-Storage Customers

Getting potential customers to visit your self-storage website is impressive, but your true goal is to convert those visitors to paying customers. This installment of "The Bulletin Board," an informative video series by PinDot Media, discusses the importance of measuring ...More
1 week ago
Posted in Videos, Management, Marketing
Xtraspace Opens New Self-Storage Facility in Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

Xtraspace SelfStorage recently opened a new facility in Bellville, a former city in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, now part of the greater Cape Town metropolitan area. The company's 15th facility is on Voortrekker Road and is the first multi-functional storage ...More
1 week ago
Posted in News, Real Estate
Making Extra Self-Storage Revenue Through the Addition of Portable Containers

As the portable-storage market has gained traction, it makes sense for operators of traditional self-storage facilities to consider augmenting their business with a portable component. ...More
1 week ago
Posted in Articles
Inside Self-Storage Store Releases Webinars on Maximizing Income, Planning Exit Strategy

The Inside Self-Storage Store, an e-commerce website providing on-demand insight and education products for self-storage professionals, has released two new webinars, one focusing on maximizing facility income and the other presenting options for planning a business exit ...More
2 weeks ago
Posted in News, Finance, Management, Real Estate
Delays in Freeway Project Anger Self-Storage Manager, Customers in Stockton, CA

A freeway bridge-widening project on Interstate 5 above Swain Road in Stockton, Calif., is five months behind schedule and has rankled local residents and businesses, including Mister Space Self Storage. Facility manager James Webb estimates the road construction has cost ...More
2 weeks ago
Posted in News, Management
Self-Storage Retrofit Opens in Key West, FL

A vacant warehouse in Key West, Fla., that formerly housed a beer distributorship has been converted into a self-storage facility featuring 501 units. Choice Storage Center, which opened in late March, was repurposed from the Silver Eagle beer-distribution center on N. ...More
2 weeks ago
Posted in News, Construction, Development
Milt’s Mini Storage Develops New Self-Storage Facility in Omaha, NE

Self-storage operator Milt’s Mini Storage is developing its 11th facility in the Omaha, Neb., market. Construction will begin in late July. ...More
2 weeks ago
Posted in News, Construction, Development