If you’re looking to build, expand, buy or sell a self-storage facility in 2020, the ISS World Expo in Las Vegas, July 21-24, is a must-attend event. The industry’s biggest conference and tradeshow of the year will provide the education, exhibits...
Update 12/20/19 – Connolly Bros. has completed construction on the Revere Beach Parkway self-storage project. The final design includes two freight elevators, dedicated sales/administration offices and covered customer-parking areas. The structure...
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Many of today’s self-storage businesses offer a variety of add-on products and services; but simply providing them isn’t enough. To be successful, you must craft these niches to have style as well as substance. Here’s how to design ancillary space...
Update 12/19/19 – The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday exercised its option to extend its moratorium on self-storage development by 90 days. The move will keep the ban active until April...
The Inside Self-Storage (ISS) Store, an e-commerce website providing research and education products for industry professionals, has released its 2020 Guidebook Series covering all aspects of the storage business. The new series includes the buyer...
A self-storage owner or developer can encounter many challenges during a building conversion. The author shares four pitfalls to avoid when transforming an existing structure to storage and things he’d do differently on his own projects if he...
Update 12/10/19 – The Coon Rapids City Council voted 5-2 on Nov. 19 to repeal its moratorium on self-storage development. Councilmembers Wade Demmer and Jennifer Geisler voted against lifting the ban, according to the source...
Update 12/9/19 – The Lenexa City Council last month unanimously approved the final plan for the StorTropolis self-storage project after the developer adjusted the design to accommodate some neighborhood concerns. Changes include lowering the...
The Bainbridge Island, Wash., City Council unexpectedly enacted a six-month moratorium on self-storage development applications on Nov. 26. The ban will allow officials to consider regulations for self-storage and make long-term decisions...
