Keep abreast of current events in the self-storage industry including property acquisitions and sales, product launches, personnel changes, legal updates, new developments, charitable works, and much more.
A woman died in a car explosion at Route 22 Self-Storage in McVeytown, Pa., on Jan. 23. Investigators identified the victim as 58-year-old Lisa Ann Casto of Hagerstown, Md. Her death was ruled a suicide, according to the source...
Bluebird Self Storage, which operates four facilities in New Hampshire, is partnering with local WOKQ FM radio station on a Valentine’s Day holiday-inspired contest. The storage operator will provide a $500 American Express gift card to the person...
Update 2/6/19 – NorthPoint Development has opened its third location in the Pittsburgh area and 10th property overall. The Beyond Self Storage property at 512 Castle Shannon Blvd. in Mt Lebanon, Pa., began operating on Jan. 17. The climate...
Update 2/6/19 – U-Haul has closed on its acquisitions of former Kmart properties in Springfield and Queensbury. Both self-storage conversion projects are expected to begin shortly...
Update 2/5/18 – Adevco Corp., the previously unidentified developer that wants to construct a three-story self-storage facility at 4444 North Shallowford Road in Dunwoody, doesn’t want to comply with officials’ recommendation to add two stories...
Lok’nStore Group PLC, which operates 26 self-storage facilities in the United Kingdom, has sold its document-storage business, Saracen Datastore Ltd., to competitor Iron Mountain UK PLC for £7.6 million. Lok’nStore intends to use the funds from...
Valet self-storage operator Clutter is poised to receive up to $250 million in an upcoming round of investment led by SoftBank Corp., a Japan-based holding company that has infused capital into other U.S. technology companies including DoorDash...
Storage Commander Software LLC, formerly known as Empower Software Technologies Inc., a provider of management software for the self-storage industry, has been acquired by Fullsteam, a holding company that purchases software and payments...
An alleged thief led police on a multi-county chase on Saturday evening after an officer caught him loading merchandise into a truck from a unit at 10 Federal Self Storage in Belmont, N.C. Gaston County Police Officer Jon Leatherwood was...
Public Storage Inc., a publicly traded self-storage real estate investment trust (REIT) and third-party management firm, is facing a $100 million class-action lawsuit from past tenants claiming they were forced to buy tenant insurance from the...
