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.
ADV Surprise Property Owner LLC of McKinney, Texas, has purchased RV Harbor, a boat/RV-storage operation in Surprise, Ariz., for $7.5 million from RV Harbor LLC. Built in 2003, the facility at 13516 W. Foxfire Drive comprises 201,476 square feet...
Bob and Linda Snyder, owners of Catawba Mini Storage in Port Clinton, Ohio, this week awarded 45 grants totaling $155,000 to local nonprofits using funds collected from their community thrift store, Portage Resale Center (PRC). The recipients...
Empire Storage LLC has received city approval to build a three-story self-storage facility in the West Side area of Stamford, Conn. The property at 11 Leon Place will comprise 67,220 square feet in about 470 units. Zoning on the odd-shaped, 1-acre...
Extra Space Storage Inc., a publicly traded self-storage real estate investment trust (REIT) and third-party management firm, has partnered with solar-power company Pivot Energy to add 2.7 megawatts of capacity at 23 of the REIT’s locations in...
Self-storage properties are constantly changing hands, and Inside Self-Storage is regularly notified of these market transactions. Many are covered in detail on the ISS website and available for viewing on the “Acquisitions and Buying” topics page...
Real estate development firm Central Southwest Texas Development LLC (CSTD) intends to build a five-story self-storage facility in the Westchase area of Houston. The property at 10411 Westheimer Road will comprise 132,350 square feet in 1,311...
Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc., which operates more than 1,500 self-storage facilities across North America, has acquired two neighboring Sunny’s Self Storage facilities in Newfield, N.Y. Together, the properties at 1273 and 1399 W. Danby...
Stor-Age Property REIT, which operates self-storage facilities in South Africa and the United Kingdom, grew its quarterly dividend 9.1 percent during the sixth-month period that ended on Sept. 30, to 51.3 cents per share. The growth was the third...
Update 11/27/18 – The Milford Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously on Nov. 20 to impose a six-month moratorium on self-storage development. The ban will begin on Dec. 17 and end on June 30. The city will use the time to examine how the...
A man who purchased the contents of a self-storage unit for $500 discovered a safe inside containing $7.5 million in cash, according to Dan and Laura Dotson, owners of American Auctioneers, the company that presided over the sale. The couple, who...
