Australasia

Lance Greaney, director of Oamaru Self Storage in Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand, got involved in a foot chase on Wednesday when a police fugitive ran out of an RV that was parked on the property, in which he’d been hiding illegally. Greaney...

Steel Storage Australia Pty. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Janus International that provides self-storage design and construction services to the Australia market, has acquired local competitor G&M Stor-More Pty. Ltd. The purchase will allow...

Abacus Property Group, an Australia-based, publicly traded, diversified real estate investment trust (REIT) with interests in self-storage, intends to raise $402 million through institutional and entitlement offers. The company will use the funds...

Abacus Property Group, an Australia-based, publicly traded, diversified real estate investment trust (REIT) with interests in office, residential, retail and self-storage properties, has incrementally acquired a 7 percent stake in rival self...

Update 3/19/20 – Public Storage has withdrawn it’s bid to acquire NSR due to market conditions affected by the coronavirus pandemic. NSR officials characterized the bid withdrawal as a pullback “at this time.” It’s unclear if Public Storage may...