Happenings

Westport Properties Inc. (WPI), which operates more than 130 self-storage facilities under the US Storage Centers brand, has merged with Vertex Investments, a privately held real estate investment company specializing in multi-family properties...

Store Space Self Storage, which owns or manages 50 facilities in 15 states, has released its fourth-quarter 2020 operating results, showing year-over-year growth. The company posted a 44 percent increase in rental volume compared to the same...

The global self-storage development pipeline continues to be extremely dynamic. Inside Self-Storage regularly covers new projects being planned and approved as well as zoning and other municipal issues. Following is activity taking place in...

Willis Earl Hartin, 33, was arrested last week on suspicion of cutting locks and breaking into 32 units at Budget Mini Storage in Orangeburg, S.C. Hartin faces 32 counts of violent second-degree burglary, which each carrying a maximum...

Self-storage properties are constantly changing hands, and Inside Self-Storage is regularly notified of these market transactions. Here’s an overview of activity happening in January 2021...

Nashville, Tenn.-based singer-songwriter Lilly Hiatt chose a self-storage unit as the set for the newly released music video of her latest song, “P-Town.” The track is from the March 2020 album “Walking Proof,” her second on the New West Records...

Update 1/8/21 – Following engagement with company shareholders, including funds advised by Elliott Investment Management L.P., Public Storage has appointed Michelle “Meka” Millstone-Shroff and Rebecca Owen to its board, and named Neithercut as the...