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The self-storage industry continues to blossom around the globe as demand for the service drives growth. Maturing and new markets face a number of challenges including barriers to entry, consumer ignorance, lack of land or funding, and others. However, operators worldwide are finding a foothold and celebrate many successful business ventures.

Leveraging the Power of Your People: Employees Talk Up the Culture at National Mini Storage

Jan 06, 2021

In its approach to marketing, New Zealand self-storage operator National Mini Storage has carved out a niche through its wide and creative use of humor and content. It’s a company with big personality. In this video, we discover the charm is far...

Sweden-Based EQT Acquires Majority Stake in Self-Storage Supplier Storable

Dec 21, 2020

Sweden-based investment firm EQT AB has acquired a majority stake in Storable, an Austin-Texas-based supplier of varied products and services to the self-storage industry. Expected to close by June 30, the deal will enable Storable to leverage EQT...

Australia REIT Abacus Property Group to Raise $402M for Self-Storage, Office Acquisitions

Dec 15, 2020

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...

Bluebird Self Storage of Canada Launches Third-Party Management Firm

Dec 03, 2020

Bluebird Self Storage, which operates facilities in six Canadian provinces, has formed a third-party property-management firm, Bluebird Storage Management ULC. The company already oversees 13 properties across Alberta, Ontario and Québec, with...

Shurgard Self Storage Receives 4-Star GRESB Rating for Sustainability Performance

Nov 20, 2020

Shurgard Self Storage Europe SARL, the European affiliate of U.S.-based real estate investment trust Public Storage Inc., has received a four-star rating from GRESB B.V. (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark), a data-services firm that...

Prosperity in a Pandemic Environment: Self-Storage Industry Growth in Brazil

Nov 17, 2020

In Brazil, self-storage contributes to positive trends in community well-being, supply-chain management, ecological sustainability and more. Learn how the industry is contributing to a better urban lifestyle and prospering, even during the...

Australia REIT Abacus Property Group Acquires the Remainder of Storage King for $50M

Nov 03, 2020

Abacus Property Group, the Australia-based, publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that purchased a 25 percent Interest in Storage King in August 2018, has agreed to acquire the remaining 75 percent for $50 million. The deal is...

Real Estate Developer Klövern Acquires Half of Swedish Self-Storage Operator Servistore

Nov 03, 2020

Klövern, a Sweden-based real estate developer that operates seven Big Pink Self Storage facilities, has acquired a 50 percent share of fellow self-storage operator Servistore for SEK 18.5 million. Servistore owns nine facilities in the country...

Moorfield Group Partners With Stor-Age/Storage King to Amass UK Self-Storage Portfolio

Oct 22, 2020

London-based real estate fund manager Moorfield Group has formed a £100 million joint venture with Stor-Age Property REIT, a real estate investment trust that operates self-storage in South Africa and the United Kingdom, to expand Stor-Age’s...

Irish Self-Storage Operator Nesta Expands Dublin Facilities

Oct 19, 2020

Update 10/19/20 – Nesta has acquired the former headquarters of car-parts distributor Team PR Reilly, which it intends to convert into its fifth self-storage location in the Dublin market. The €6 million project in Kilbarrack will comprise more...

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