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Mixed-Use Development: The Next Frontier for Self-Storage

The mixed-use combination of retail businesses and self-storage is gaining favor in desirable commercial and retail corridors. Retail outlets acting as demand generators are attracting increased traffic to self-storage properties. Subsequently, self-storage operators are ...More
February 9, 2009 Marc A. Boorstein
Posted in Articles, Development, Real Estate
Evaluating Your Self-Storage Finances

The current economic climate has slowed real estate transactions and caused declines in self-storage property values. Consulting a real estate expert specializing in self-storage will either set a self-storage owner’s mind at ease or help develop a plan to mitigate the ...More
February 7, 2009 Michael L. McCune
Posted in Articles, Finance, Real Estate
The Good Manager: Being the Best Keeps Your Self-Storage Facility on Top

Whether it’s over the phone or in person, treating customers like royalty is essential in the self-storage industry’s competitive environment. ...More
February 3, 2009 Amy Campbell
Posted in Articles, Management
Richard D. Minker Co. Changes Name and Company President

The Richard D. Minker Co., a real estate brokerage firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, has changed its name to MINKERTrahant & Associates to reflect changes at the company. ...More
February 2, 2009
Posted in News, Real Estate
The State of Self-Storage: Industry Report 2009

While the self-storage industry has always been touted as recession-proof or, at the very least, recession-resistant, it was put to the test in 2008. New construction and self-storage real estate slowed, but occupancy levels for most facilities remained solid. ...More
February 1, 2009 Amy Campbell
Posted in Articles, Construction, Finance, Real Estate
Product Showcase: The Coleman SideSlider

ColemanSlideSlider offers a new door for self-storage facilities, veering away from roll-ups and introducing a side-sliding option. ...More
January 31, 2009 Drew Whitney
Posted in Articles
Inside Self-Storage World Expo Delivers Global Attendance

Self-storage professionals from around the globe gathered in Las Vegas this week for the Inside Self-Storage World Expo, the industry’s largest conference and tradeshow. Storage-facility owners, operators, managers, developers, investors and suppliers participated in four ...More
January 30, 2009
Posted in News, Legal Issues
Free Webinar on Self-Storage Marketing to Take Place on Feb. 24

A free webinar titled "Innovative Marketing Strategies for Tough Economic Times,” will be presented on Feb. 24 by Derek Naylor, president of Storage Marketing Solutions. ...More
January 30, 2009
Posted in News, Marketing
Results Announced for 1Q Self-Storage Confidence Index Survey

The results of the first-quarter 2009 Self-Storage Confidence Index survey have been announced. The quarterly survey records the next-quarter expectations of self-storage operators in the areas of sales, profit, hiring, expenditures and industry economic outlook. ...More
January 30, 2009
Posted in News
Product Showcase: SmartClient by QuikStor

QuikStor’s new site management software, SmartClient, offers speed and reliability of local data, plus remote management, customer self-service on the Web and automatic backups of centralized data. ...More
January 27, 2009 Dennis Levitt
Posted in Articles, Management, Technology

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