Last year Charles Ray Wilson (left), the founder and principal of Self Storage Data Services Inc., partnered with the Self Storage Industry Group of Cushman & Wakefield to bring his exclusive industry research to the hands of self-storage operators and investors and other professionals who have need of comprehensive industry trend reporting. A recognized expert in the field of self-storage performance data, Wilson contributes his unique expertise and resources to C&W, allowing this valuation firm to integrate its sophisticated reporting abilities with the most robust database in the storage business.

Here Ray and Chris Sonne (right), senior managing director of C&W's Self Storage Industry Group, talk to attendees about the state of the industry, providing an overview of current market conditions and trends for the U.S. self-storage market. They shared info about rental activity, including move-ins, move-outs, concessions and more. They also dispelled myths about self-storage performance based on operating statistics collected from more than 7,000 facilities.

Later in the show, Ray and Chris did a presentation regarding their recent partnership with Inside Self-Storage, which makes their valuable research reports available for sale through the new ISS Store.