Companies and Products

The five largest publicly traded, U.S.-based self-storage real estate investment trusts (REITs)—CubeSmart, Extra Space Storage Inc., Life Storage Inc., National Storage Affiliates Trust and Public Storage Inc.—have announced when and how they will...

The Storage Group (TSG), a marketing and technology company serving the self-storage industry, has partnered with third-party management and consulting firm Harbor Storage Group LLC to advise storage operators on best practices for optimizing...

Personal Mini Storage, which operates 45 self-storage locations in 18 Florida cities, has re-opened its property at 800 N. Spring Garden Ave. in Deland, Fla., which was hit by a Tornado last summer. The leasing office and two storage buildings...

Dan Hagberg and Nick Huber, who founded the Storage Squad valet-storage business in 2011 to serve college students, sold the company in January to concentrate on growing their traditional self-storage operation, Bolt Storage. Storage Squad was...

MiniCo Insurance Agency LLC, a provider of coverages for self-storage and other industries, has joined forces with affiliate company NIF Group Inc., to add four new programs to its portfolio of specialty insurance products. They are ArtisanPAK...

World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA), a full-service insurance brokerage, has partnered with HowsMyStore (HMS) to offer an insurance discount to customers who implement the HMS self-storage facility-monitoring solution. HMS helps storage operators...

Spartan Investment Group LLC (SIG), a real estate investment company that specializes in self-storage, has launched Spartan Construction Management to focus on facility expansions and ground-up development. Aaron Saunders has been hired as...

Lisa Sherwood, facility manager at Amy’s Attic Self Storage in Copperas Cove, Texas, was named “Ambassador of the Year” by the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau as part of its 2020 awards program. The accolades were announced...