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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

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3 Keys for a Successful Self-Storage Content-Marketing Campaign

Online marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) used to be all about banner ads, paid-link building, e-mail campaigns and pay-per-click. While those things are still used, to be truly relevant to today’s consumer, self-storage operators must add strategic content ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in Articles, Management, Marketing
Vertical Consultants Advises Operators to Get Their Fair Share of Cell-Tower Revenue

Cell-tower companies generate billions in dollars of revenue every year by adding their towers to various properties, including self-storage facilities. Operators may not always get fair value for the lease of their land. ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in Videos
City Council Rejects Proposed Self-Storage Facility in Chippewa Falls, WI

A proposed self-storage facility in Chippewa Falls, Wis., was rejected this week by the city council. The developers asked for an empty block along Dutchman Drive to be rezoned from multi-family units to commercial property, but the council denied the special-use permit ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in News, Development
Self-Storage Marketplace SpareFoot Conducts Survey on American Moving Trends

One in six American adults (16 percent) has moved within the past 12 months, with 57 percent relocating to homes within a 25-mile radius, according to a survey commissioned by SpareFoot, an online marketplace that streamlines the rental process for self-storage customers. ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in News
What People Store at Central Oregon Storage of Bend

See what people are storing in Bend, Ore., in this short but lively commercial by Central Oregon Storage, which has three locations in the city. From Pickleball equipment to Asian tables, these facilities see it all. And it helps when potential customers can envision the ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in Videos, Marketing
U.K. Self-Storage Operator Big Yellow Releases Fiscal Year-End Financial Results

U.K. self-storage operator Big Yellow Group PLC released financial results for its fiscal year and the fourth quarter ended March 31. Revenue for the year was £69.7 million ($105 million), which was up 6 percent over the previous fiscal year. Adjusted profit before tax was ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in News, Finance
Safety Hazards and Bodily Injuries Self-Storage Operators Share Personal Experiences

As one of their many tasks, self-storage operators must guard against accidents that can occur on the property to tenants, visitors and staff. Threats like faulty access gates and malfunctioning unit doors not only pose a threat to people's physical safety, they can become ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in Articles, Management
Kutztown, PA, Gets Its First Self-Storage Facility

Kutztown Self Storage celebrated its grand opening May 10, becoming the first self-storage facility to open in the borough of Kutztown, Pa. ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in News, Construction, Development
Georgia Governor Signs New Self-Storage Lien Law

Earlier this month Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed into law Senate Bill 61, an amended self-storage lien-law bill that updates the state’s lien-auction procedures. ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in News, Legal Issues, Management
Big Yellow Self Storage Employees in Swindon, England, Pedal to Fight Cystic Fibrosis

Employees of a Big Yellow Self Storage facility in Swindon, England, recently took on the challenge of cycling the distance from London to Paris to raise funds to fight Cystic Fibrosis—all on exercise bikes. ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in News