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An 84-year-old man died after crashing his car last week into a self-storage facility in Holland, Michigan. Authorities believe Glenn Schrotenboer suffered a medical emergency around 8:15 a.m. on Nov. 19 that led to the accident at Holland Self...

Stor-it, which operates a self-storage facility in the Brown Hill suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, and is actively expanding, is adding an extensive solar farm to its property at 211 Melbourne Road. The project will comprise 4.8 kilometers...

Update 11/23/21 – OSHA has temporarily suspended implementation of the pandemic-related ETS rules that would have begun impacting self-storage companies with 100-plus employees on Dec. 5. The decision came after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of...

Real estate investment trust (REIT) CBL Properties sold its self-storage portfolio for $42 million. Developed with an unidentified joint-venture partner, the properties were connected to the company’s shopping-center interests in Beaumont, Texas ...

Nuveen Real Estate, an American asset manager and subsidiary of financial-planning firm TIAA Investments, has entered the European self-storage sector with the purchase of a majority interest in Green Storage in Greater Stockholm, Sweden. The...

Update 11/19/21 – Nicholace Durgarian received initial approval to move forward with the conversion of a former public-safety complex in North Providence, Rhode Island, to a mixed-use project. Despite objections from residents during the Nov. 10...

Overhead Door Corp. (ODC), a supplier of doors and other access solutions for commercial and residential applications including self-storage, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The milestone will be commemorated with a 100-day celebration for...

Simply Self Storage has acquired the 14-property Storage Choice portfolio in the Dallas and Houston metropolitan markets. The facilities comprise more than 1 million rentable square feet in 9,878 units. The purchase increases Simply’s footprint in...