Happenings

Update 5/5/23 – Luke Oil Co. received a variance it needed to build its self-storage facility next to a gas station and convenience store it owns in Burns Harbor, Indiana. The 5-0 vote followed a public hearing. The building will be designed to...

The five largest publicly traded, U.S.-based self-storage real estate investment trusts (REITs)—CubeSmart, Extra Space Storage Inc., Life Storage Inc., National Storage Affiliates Trust and Public Storage Inc.—have released financial statements...

City Line Capital, a real estate investment firm that acquires and manages self-storage properties nationwide, has hired Ben Carr as chief investment officer (CIO). He’ll be responsible for developing and executing the company’s national...

Marcus & Millichap (M&M), a commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in self-storage, promoted Marla Čolić from self-storage investment advisor to first vice president of investments for the St. Louis office. She’s also director of the...

Storage Asset Management (SAM), a self-storage management and consulting company, has launched its own internal call center to improve customer satisfaction and increase sales. The new Customer Care Center has been in development since the...

Storable, a supplier of various products and services for the self-storage industry, has opened a global capability center (GCC) in Hyderabad, India, to support staff and customers. Storable India will leverage local engineering talent for product...

Cloud-based management-software platform Storage360, a proprietary product originally created for Store Space Self Storage, will soon be available to all industry operators, with a full-scale release planned for the third quarter. The technology...

StorSafe Self Storage, which operates more than 20 facilities in five states, hosted its second annual “garage” sale and motorcycle show at its Pilsen, Illinois, facility on April 29. Open to the community from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the event at 2201...

Update 4/28/23 – BDC Holdings and Robert Pryor, director of engineering for Solli Engineering LLC, received approval to build their proposed three-story self-storage facility on the border of Newington and Wethersfield, Connecticut. In addition to...

Update 4/28/23 – The Kokomo City Council voted 7-2 on Monday to proceed with tighter building restrictions on self-storage facilities and gas stations, including permitted zoning districts and design standards. Existing businesses will be...