News

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...

Storage Asset Management (SAM), a property-management and consulting firm for the self-storage industry, was named among the top 100 “Best Places to Work in PA” for 2020 and closed out the year by making more than $15,000 in charitable donations...

A man was arrested last week in connection with several break-ins at a Lamar, Mo., self-storage facility after a police officer discovered him inside one of the units. Lamar Police Department Cpl. Toby Luce was patrolling Lamar Mini-Storage on Jan...

Police arrested a 13-year-old girl on Friday in connection with a Sept. 17 fire that destroyed a self-storage building in Groesbeck, Texas. Crews responded to 200 E. Jacinto St. at 5:35 p.m., according to the source...

Extra Space Storage Inc., a publicly traded self-storage real estate investment trust (REIT) and third-party management firm, raised more than $22,000 for Utah Food Bank (UFB) in December through a one-week virtual drive. The 500-plus employees...

Marcus & Millichap (M&M), a commercial real estate investment services firm with offices in Canada and the United States, hired Kevin Bledsoe as first vice president of investments. Based in Philadelphia. Bledsoe is a 16-year veteran of the self...

Update 1/6/21 – Gov. Newsom has extended the price-gouging restrictions that were established in 2017 due to the wildfire crisis to Dec. 31. The executive order applies to six counties: Butte, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma and Ventura. Self...