Companies and Products

Westport Properties Inc. (WPI), which operates more than 130 self-storage facilities under the US Storage Centers brand, has merged with Vertex Investments, a privately held real estate investment company specializing in multi-family properties...

Store Space Self Storage, which owns or manages 50 facilities in 15 states, has released its fourth-quarter 2020 operating results, showing year-over-year growth. The company posted a 44 percent increase in rental volume compared to the same...

Extra Space Storage Inc., a publicly traded self-storage real estate investment trust (REIT) and third-party management firm, raised more than $22,000 for Utah Food Bank (UFB) in December through a one-week virtual drive. The 500-plus employees...

Marcus & Millichap (M&M), a commercial real estate investment services firm with offices in Canada and the United States, hired Kevin Bledsoe as first vice president of investments. Based in Philadelphia. Bledsoe is a 16-year veteran of the self...

Update 1/6/21 – Gov. Newsom has extended the price-gouging restrictions that were established in 2017 due to the wildfire crisis to Dec. 31. The executive order applies to six counties: Butte, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma and Ventura. Self...