Update 5/1/20 – Shurgard has released the final financial results for the first quarter, which includes some numbers not included in its initial report. All stores’ net operating income (NOI) increased 6.6 percent using CER. NOI margin for the...

Update 4/30/20 – Midcoast has hired J. Kris Knowles as an additional broker, focusing on self-storage properties in Georgia. Knowles spent 32 years offering expertise in institutional negotiations to hospitals, pharmacies, and corporate and...

Update 4/30/20 – In the wake of its former announcement regarding contact-free rentals for self-storage, CubeSmart has released a proprietary SmartRental platform that allows new customers to rent their units online, from start to finish. Users...

Storable, a supplier of varied products and services to the self-storage industry, has completed a series of integrations between its affiliate brands to help self-storage operators provide a better customer experience during the coronavirus...

Development and real estate firm InSite Property Group has hired Nathan McElmurry as senior vice president in charge of acquisitions for the company’s SecureSpace Self Storage brand. SecureSpace operates six facilities in California, Florida, New...

SkyView Advisors, a Tampa, Fla.-based investment-sales and advisory firm focused on the self-storage industry, has launched a “Special Assets Group” that will advise investors, lenders, servicers and debt funds in the disposition of troubled real...

PTI Security Systems, a provider of self-storage security technology including software, keypads, door alarms and smart locks, has updated its StorLogix Cloud access-control software, which allows facility operators to remotely control and monitor...

OpenTech Alliance Inc., a Phoenix-based provider of self-storage kiosks, call-center services and other technology, announced that its Insomniac CIA (Centralized Intelligent Access) cloud-based system now integrates with gate keypads from PTI...