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Bears ripped off eight unit doors at a Haines, Alaska, self-storage facility in search of food earlier this week. The animals discovered canned salmon in one of the spaces, according to Luck Dunbar, who owns Ma's Mini Storage at 628 Small Tracts...

HowsMyStore.com (HMS) launched a new “smart” solution this week that helps self-storage operators monitor various systems and functions at their properties and gather facility data. Through an IoT (Internet of Things) platform, a central gateway...

The Punta Gorda, Fla., City Council recently approved annexations that will bring Nino’s Bakery & Restaurant and Punta Gorda Self Storage within the city limits. Both businesses filed annexation paperwork to benefit from municipal services like...

A self-storage facility in Escanaba, Mich., suffered damage after being struck by a tornado Monday evening. Part of one structure at Pine Ridge Storage, on the north side of 4182 U.S. Route 2, was destroyed by the cyclone that touched down at 5:28...

PTI Security Systems, a provider of access-control and other security solutions for the self-storage industry, hired Michael Treichler as customer-service manager. In this role, he’ll develop a service department committed to “timely support...

The Self Storage Association of Michigan (SSAM) has named a new president and officers for 2020-21. Peter Spickenagel, president and CEO of Citizen Storage Management (CSM), will serve as president. He has more than a decade of self-storage...

Storage Insurance Brokers (SIB), an independent insurance agency that provides various coverages for self-storage operations nationwide, has rebranded as the Self Storage Division (SSD) under parent company World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA)...

Toronto-based startup OpenUnit Inc., which offers a suite of software-style operational tools for self-storage operators via an e-commerce platform, has received $150,000 in pre-seed funding from Y Combinator, a U.S.-based startup incubator and...

Two men were injured last week when they fell 30 feet from a scaffold while building a new self-storage facility in Sudbury, Mass. The Aug. 27 accident at 554 Boston Post Road happened shortly before noon, according to fire officials...

Update 8/28/20 – StorageShopUSA received approval to build on two 2-acre, residential parcels about a quarter mile south of Wisconsin Highway 59 in Waukesha. One is vacant and the other contains a house. Despite discussions during public hearings...