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Your Sign = The Face of Your Business

Your self-storage signage should convey your brand in a way that creates consumer awareness and interest. Follow these tips to ensure your sign is ...read more

ISS Releases 2016 Top-Operators List

Inside Self-Storage (ISS) has released its 2016 Top-Operators List, ranking 100 of the self-storage industry's foremost players based on total ...read more

Assessing Your Business' Health

As long as the phone keeps ringing and units are rented, you may think your self-storage business is fine. However, a facility checkup is a crucial ...read more

Managers, Share Your Favorite Hobby

Gardening. Racing cars. Dancing and singing. Members share their favorite hobbies and interesting facts about their lives in this Self-Storage Talk ...read more

Inside Self-Storage 2016 Guidebook Series: 3 Books!

Big savings! The ISS 2016 Guidebook Series contains all three publications at a discount of more than 15 percent. Get detailed insight on building, ...read more

Apublix Commercial Highlights Features

This short commercial from Apublix Self Storage highlights amenities at its three facilities in Oklahoma City. The operator offers ...read more

Latest Headlines

Self-Storage Facility Faces Opposition in Princeton, NJ

A self-storage project proposed for Princeton, N.J., faced opposition from homeowners during a Sept. 13 Princeton Planning Board meeting. Vickie Martenson had requested a special-use permit to build a 21-unit self-storage facility on a vacant lot she owns on the northeast ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in News, Development
Customer-Centric Sales Techniques for Self-Storage Managers

Becoming successful in self-storage used to be about effectively marketing products and services, but today’s consumers are already well-educated about the industry. Here are some customer-centric sales techniques that can pay dividends for your business. ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in Articles, Management
ISS News Desk: .storage Web Domain Now Open for Self-Storage Industry Registration

Self Storage Company LLC, a subsidiary of publicly traded real estate investment trust Extra Space Storage Inc., is in the third of four registration phases offering the new Web-domain extension .storage to storage-related businesses and the general public. This News Desk ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in Videos, Marketing
Mixed-Use Self-Storage Project Considered for Charlotte, NC

Real estate developer The Berry Cos. LLC has submitted a rezoning application for a 0.8-acre parcel on Johnston Road in Charlotte, N.C. The company has planned a mixed-use project featuring up to 100,000 square feet of self-storage, a 1,000-square-foot office and at least ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in News, Development
New Alliance Ltd. Builds Eco-Friendly Self-Storage Facility in Burlington, Ontario, Canada

New Alliance Ltd., a construction and engineering firm, is nearing completion on an environmentally friendly self-storage facility in its home base of Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Branded as All Pro Storage, the facility will comprise 675 units and is being developed with ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in News, Construction, Development
Berlin Valet Self-Storage Startup ‘Box at Work’ Expands Service to Paris

Box at Work GmbH, a Berlin-based startup specializing in valet self-storage and moving-bin rentals, will expand service to Paris beginning on Oct. 15. The move comes after the company raised €5.5 million in investment money in June, which it said it would use primarily ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in News
New Jay Bonansinga Horror Novel Set in Self-Storage Facility

Author Jay Bonansinga, best known for penning the official “The Walking Dead” novel series, has written a psychological-horror book titled “Self Storage.” The story centers on John Fitzgerald, an artist and heroin addict who gets locked inside his ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in News
Woman Arrested, Charged in Antioch, TN, CubeSmart Robbery that Left Tenant Wounded

Update 9/19/16 – Police have arrested a woman they believe helped coordinate the May robbery of a CubeSmart self-storage facility in Antioch, in which a tenant was shot five times. Jessie Parker was charged over the weekend with especially aggravated robbery and later ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in News, Legal Issues
Police Discover Baggies of Synthetic Marijuana at Brooklyn, NY, CubeSmart, Arrest 2

Investigators arrested two men last week after uncovering tens of thousands of bags of synthetic marijuana inside a unit at a CubeSmart self-storage facility in Brooklyn, N.Y. Josean Torres, 35, and Jesus Martinez, 30, were stopped by police on Sept. 15 around 3 p.m. as ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in News
Portable-Storage Provider BOS Adds Staff

BOS Container USA, a manufacturer of quick-build storage containers, has expanded its staff with the addition of two new product development managers, Steve DelBene and Jim Purgatorio. DelBene will be responsible for the Northeast states from Maine to Virginia, while ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in News