Profit Centers

Stash Storage, a Charleston, S.C.-based startup business specializing in valet self-storage, has hired Rivers Pearce as chief operating officer. Pearce has expertise in scalable-systems technology for client-focused services, most recently serving...

Gecko RV & Boat Storage in Roseburg, Ore., has begun a $1.2 million expansion that will double its size. Workers have completed the leveling and laying of the underlying groundwork for the property at 350 N.E. Pomona St., according to the source...

Update 10/2/18 – Last week the village board approved Big Door’s request to build its condo self-storage project in Mundelein. The special-use permit was issued on Sept. 24 without debate, as the board had previously discussed the proposal earlier...

Update 9/17/18 – Commercial is expanding its self-storage facility in Gahanna, Ohio, near Columbus. Since opening in June with a single building, the company has added four storage structures. It intends to invest another $4.4 million in expansion...

Update 9/12/18 – Second Closet has closed another round of funding, this time raising $2.04 million to fuel expansion to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The valet self-storage operator has now raised more than $2.5 million in a little more...

Life Storage Inc., a self-storage real estate investment trust and property-management firm, has made Warehouse Anywhere LLC, its third-party logistics and warehousing-services subsidiary, available to corporate customers. The cloud-connected...

StorageVault Canada Inc. has acquired two self-storage facilities and a portable-storage business in Ontario. The properties were purchased in three separate transactions for an aggregate $5.65 million. StorageVault now owns 28 locations in the...