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Metro Storage LLC, which operates more than 130 self-storage properties in 14 states, has promoted Kevin Friedman to the newly created position of director of acquisitions. Friedman will focus on acquisition and development opportunities in...

Investment Real Estate LLC (IRE), a property-management and consulting firm serving the self-storage industry, has hired John Nicolson as senior financial analyst. Nicolson will provide the brokerage team with financial analyses and self-storage...

David Rogers, the co-founder and longtime CEO of self-storage real estate investment trust (REIT) and property-management firm Life Storage Inc., will step down on March 1, though he’ll remain on the board of directors. Rogers will be...

Self-storage veterans Rob Consalvo and Chris Harris have launched Store Space Self Storage, amassing a seven-property portfolio in Florida, Indiana and Texas in five months. The former iStorage executives expect to close on four Philadelphia...

David Rogers, CEO and co-founder of self-storage real estate investment trust and management firm Life Storage Inc., has volunteered to fund the construction of a 73-foot-long replica packet boat in tribute to the vessels that first ventured down...