Innerspace Storage Corp.
SURROUNDING BOATS, RVS, AUTOMOBILES AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WITH tons of rock sounds like one of the more successful ways to secure a self-storage facility. It certainly is one of the most unusual. Innerspace Storage Corp. operates a publicly bonded warehouse developed in ...More
October 1, 2002 Elaine M. Foxwell
Posted in Articles
Consistent Predictable Revenue
In a time when we have to really search for an investment with significant return, records management and storage consistently have extraordinary yield while building a revenue annuity base that never decreases. Impossible, you say? Let's take a peek at why and how this is ...More
October 1, 2002 Cary F. McGovern
Posted in Articles
Steelbuilding.com
What if purchasing a steel self-storage building was as easy as buying a CD off the Internet? No trading phone calls with a sales rep or waiting several days for a quote. What if you could even choose color schemes and unit configurations and make the down payment from the ...More
September 1, 2002 Amy Campbell
Posted in Articles
Negotiating Your Construction Contract
You have found, negotiated and purchased the piece of property. You have counted cars, researched demographics and developed a positive pro forma. You have convinced yourself, your family, your banker, the zoning board, the neighbors and the environmentalists. All of this, ...More
September 1, 2002 L. Bruce McCardle
Posted in Articles
Centershift Inc.
One doesn't need to look far to find some New Age pundit extolling the virtues of the Internet and e-commerce. The problem is it takes large sums of capital to secure the hardware infrastructure and technical staff necessary to develop and maintain leading-edge ...More
September 1, 2002 Bill Hoban
Posted in Articles,
Technology
Steel Prices Continue to Rise
Self-storage is just one of the many industries hit hard by the increase in steel prices. Inside Self-Storage asked metal-building experts why steel prices are on the rise and how it has affected their businesses. Our panel comprised of Dave Cook, president of Tech-Fast ...More
September 1, 2002 Amy Campbell
Posted in Articles
A Winning Team
There is something very motivating about a success story. A quick trip to any local Barnes & Noble (or an evening viewing of "Biography" on the A & E channel) will verify there is no shortage of stories documenting the lives of people from Warren Buffet and Bill ...More
September 1, 2002 Mike Parham and Jeff Eckols
Posted in Articles,
Development
Self-Storage in the U.K. and Europe: From Planning to Reality
Generally, someone wishing to open a self-storage facility engages the services of an architect, who will do the design work that creates a facility according to specified requirements (and incorporates as much of his artistic flair as he can get away with—he is an ...More
September 1, 2002 Graham Lomax
Posted in Articles,
Development
Attracting Commercial Tenants
If you had twice as many commerical tenants as you currently have, how much more happy and profitable would you be? My guess is a lot more. Commercial tenants are great to have for three main reasons: First, they pay on time. Second, they tend to stay a lot longer. Third, ...More
September 1, 2002 Fred Gleeck
Posted in Articles
Site Design and Unit Mix
Too often, the words "site design" and "unit mix" are used in a single phrase referring to one activity or used interchangeably as if they were the same thing. This is not so. Think of site design as "site planning" and unit mix as "unit-mix formulation." Both affect the ...More
September 1, 2002 Victor Lopez
Posted in Articles,
Development
