Market Conditions

StorageMart, which operates more than 200 self-storage properties across Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, has predicted a downturn for the Kansas City, Mo., self-storage market during the next one to three years. Though the area...

Commercial real estate firm Marcus & Millichap has released a 2019 U.S. investment forecast for the self-storage industry. The 51-page PDF report offers analytical insight on a national, regional and local level. Produced by the firm’s National...

Self-storage supply in Northwest Arkansas has grown 19 percent during the last four years, growing by more than 1 million square feet, according to a report from news website “Talk Business & Politics.” The growth has been concentrated in Benton...

Update 11/21/18 – Yardi has released a new “National Self Storage Report” examining the impact of self-storage supply nationwide. The six-page report compiles data from more than 2,000 properties in the supply pipeline and 339 “abandoned”...

Demographic and economic factors across Asia are making self-storage more popular with local consumers and investors. Living space has shrunk across the continent as urban populations have densified, increasing the need for storage space. At the...

New Orleans is experiencing a flurry of self-storage development, with at least 16 projects underway comprising more than 1 million square feet of new storage. The construction activity is in line with what many other large cities with unmet...

Self-storage rental rates across the United States are showing signs of leveling or declining, particularly in markets that have experienced surges in facility development. Though pockets of growth have emerged in some markets this summer, they’re...

The Federation of European Self Storage Associations (FEDESSA) and investment-management firm JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle) have released research findings from a 2018 survey of the European self-storage market. The organizations polled more than 700...