Profit Centers

Patterson Plus Self Storage, one of two Santa Barbara, Calif., facilities owned and managed by real estate development firm The Carey Group Inc. (TCG), has installed a smart, electronic locker system from Parcel Pending Inc. The self-serve system...

United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), a global package-delivery and supply-chain management firm, has launched Storage on Demand (SOD), a valet self-storage service for the metropolitan Atlanta market. The company uses an online platform that allows...

JD.com Inc., a China-based online retailer, has launched a valet self-storage service in Beijing. Jingxiaocang, operated by company affiliate JD Logistics, will allow customers to manage their storage experience, including item pickup and delivery...

Valet-storage operator Clutter has acquired a four-property self-storage portfolio from The Storage Fox for $152 million. Together, the properties in Brooklyn, Long Island City, White Plains and Yonkers, N.Y., comprise 500,000 square feet. The...

BlueBox Storage, a Salem, Ore.-based mobile-storage operator, plans to expand service to the Eugene and Portland, Ore., markets. Growing local demand prompted the decision to grow the company’s footprint in the state, according to a press release...

Doorage, which provides valet-style self-storage services in Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison, Wis., has created a network of warehouses that’ll allow it to offer pick-up and delivery services nationwide, even for customers who don’t wish to store...

MyPorter, a startup business specializing in valet self-storage in Atlanta, has closed an investment round of $2.2 million. The company will use the funds to “drive accelerated market-share gains” locally and pursue Southeast expansion during the...