Africa

South Africa self-storage operator Stor-Age has completed its acquisition of eight facilities in the Pretoria area from Public Storage, a South African competitor that is unaffiliated with the U.S. real estate investment trust with the same name...

Stor-Age Self Storage, which operates more than 20 locations in South Africa, has acquired a facility in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, from Rent-A-Storage, a private company created by the Toich Property Development Group. Built in 2010, the 113...

XtraSpace Self Storage recently purchased a former Toys R Us building in Durban, South Africa, with the intent on converting it into self-storage. The location will be the companys second in Durban and 17th overall.

The self-storage portfolio held by South African commercial real estate developer Acucap Properties has grown to the point where company officials said it may be appropriate to list its self-storage assets separately from the rest of its portfolio...

Xtraspace SelfStorage recently opened a new facility in Bellville, a former city in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, now part of the greater Cape Town metropolitan area. The company's 15th facility is on Voortrekker Road and is the first...

Stor-Age, a self-storage operator with more than 20 facilities in South Africa, collected 100 square meters of donated items through its 2012 Create Happiness Drive, a collaborative event with Round Table Southern Africa, a non-political, non...

Stor-Age, a self-storage operator with more than 20 facilities in South Africa, recently held a kick-off promotion during the Cape Town Tens rugby tournament in which 1,200 people entered for a chance to win a Golf GTI automobile. Six participants...

Though consumers in many parts of South Africa are still learning the benefits of self-storage, demand was so high in KwaZulu-Natal that the owners of Giba Storage opened the business on the same property as a gravel quarry.

Self-storage operators all over the world are actively participating in fundraising drives and charitable events this holiday season, with many hosted onsite at facilities in the communities they serve.