Canada

Strategic Storage Trust IV Inc. (SST IV), a public non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management LLC, has acquired a 2-acre vacant lot in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, on which it plans to build a self-storage...

Private-equity real estate investment firm NYX Capital Corp. has partnered with Bluebird Self Storage to develop properties in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The companies’ short-term plan is to build three to five storage facilities...

SmartStop Asset Management, a diversified real estate company that manages 135 self-storage facilities in Canada and the United States under the SmartStop Self Storage brand, has signed on to sponsor Canada-based junior ice-hockey team Mississauga...

David Allan, vice president of development for Canada-based Apple Self Storage, has been elected to the Canadian Self Storage Association (CSSA) Board of Directors. Allen was voted in June 7 during the CSSA general meeting. He’ll join six...

Update 7/19/18 – SmartCentres and SmartStop are ready to break ground at the Wicksteed site, the first of several self-storage projects to be developed by the joint venture (JV). Under the JV agreement, SmartCentres will construct the...