Happenings

Officials in Lexington, South Carolina, are taking steps to limit self-storage development in the town’s commercial districts. During a Jan. 18 council meeting, members expressed their support for a zoning proposal that would limit storage to...

Update 1/25/23 – Prior to voting on three zoning variations, members of the Atlanta BeltLine Design Review Committee (DRC) expressed concerns about the self-storage development proposed by Atlanta Botanical Garden (ABG) on behalf of its client...

Update 1/25/23 – Pivot Energy is set to install rooftop solar arrays at nine more Extra Space facilities. The panels will add 946.8 kilowatts of capacity to the self-storage operator’s solar portfolio of 150 projects across 12 states, reaching a...

MakoRabco, a nationwide supplier of buildings and construction-related services for the self-storage and boat/RV-storage industries, announced that Dick Bettencourt, regional sales manager for the Northeast, has retired after 23 years with the...

The Cherokee County, Georgia, Board of Commissioners unanimously approved changes this week to the regulations that govern self-storage development. A special-use permit will now be required for all projects regardless of zoning, according to the...

Clear Sky Capital Inc., a real estate firm and fund manager with interests in self-storage, has launched an investment vehicle to expand its platform through new development and value-add acquisitions in the West. The venture includes the...

Shurgard Self Storage Europe SARL, the European affiliate of U.S.-based real estate investment trust Public Storage Inc., will issue its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings for the period ending Dec. 31 at 7 a.m. CET on Feb. 20. The company will...