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Armadillo Self Storage Holds Rugby Match to Raise Funds for Cancer Patient

Armadillo Self Storage in Hull, England, held a rugby-league match last month to raise funds for Jasmine Jones, a local girl diagnosed with cancer. Organized by Life For a Kid, the game raised £1,500 for Jones' ongoing medical and transport costs, £50 of which was donated ...More

April 3, 2013

Posted in News

OpenTech Licenses Call-Center Technology to Self-Storage Operators

OpenTech Alliance Inc., a Phoenix-based provider of self-serve kiosks, call-center services and other technology solutions for the self-storage industry, is now licensing its LiveAgent! call-center software application and LivePhone! VOIP call-center phone service to ...More

April 3, 2013

Posted in News, Management, Technology

U.K. Auto-Service Station to Add 40 Self-Storage Units in York, England

Inner Space Stations, a business network of gas and automobile-service stations in the United Kingdom, has invested £40,000 ($60,500) to add 40 self-storage units to Hull Road BP Service Station, the company’s flagship location in York, England. ...More

April 3, 2013

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The Jenkins Organization Buys Self-Storage Facility in Mansfield, Texas

The Jenkins Organization Inc., a self-storage operator, developer and management company, has purchased Texas Best Self Storage in Mansfield, Texas. The 39,000-square-foot facility will be expanded to 79,000 square feet this spring. It will be renamed Mansfield Self ...More

April 3, 2013

Posted in News, Construction, Development, Real Estate

Sovran Self Storage Announces First Quarter 2013 Dividend, Reinvestment Plan

Amherst, N.Y.-based real estate investment trust Sovran Self Storage Inc., which operates the Uncle Bob’s Self Storage brand, will pay its shareholders a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share of common stock for the first quarter of 2013 that ended March 31. The dividend ...More

April 3, 2013

Posted in News, Finance

Self-Storage Building Manufacturer ABC Hires North Georgia District Manager

American Buildings Co. (ABC), which designs, manufactures and delivers metal buildings and roofing systems for self-storage and other industries, has hired Chip Wilson as its new North Georgia District Manager. ...More

April 3, 2013

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Self-Storage Operator Stor-All Systems Hires ‘Area Coach’ for South Florida Facilities

Stor-All Systems Inc., which operates self-storage facilities under the Stor-All Storage name, has hired industry veteran Janet Howard as its area coach in Florida for Dade County and South Broward County. Howard will supervise 18 facility managers and oversee the daily ...More

April 2, 2013

Posted in News, Management

Canadian Self-Storage Operator Speaks Out Against Illegally Operating Businesses

Mike Whaling, owner of Airport Mini-Storage in Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada, is tired of other local small-business owners who do not pay their fair share in property taxes, licensing fees or zoning fees. While Whaling said he pays nearly $30,000 a year in property taxes, he ...More

April 2, 2013

Posted in News, Legal Issues

OpenTech Releases In-Store Bilingual Office Assistant for Self-Storage Operations

OpenTech Alliance Inc., a Phoenix-based provider of self-serve kiosks, call-center services and other technology solutions for the self-storage industry, has released its newest self-service solution: the INSOMNIAC 50 in-store bilingual office assistant. ...More

April 2, 2013

Posted in News, Management, Technology

Self-Storage Pioneer, Philanthropist Don Temple Dies at 85

Don Temple, a self-storage industry pioneer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who is credited with opening the first self-storage facility in Los Angeles County in 1968, died on March 15 of heart failure. Temple had been hospitalized since Jan. 30 after suffering a heart ...More

April 1, 2013

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