Risk Management

From criminal activity to onsite injuries to natural disasters, self-storage operators must predict and and mitigate all manner of business threats. Important aspects to managing risk include understanding legal issues, practicing theft prevention, investing in insurance coverage, and keeping pace with laws that affect the industry.

Leveraging Your Self-Storage Security Features to Create a Competitive Edge

Apr 22, 2020

As a self-storage operator, you should never take for granted your site’s security features. Instead, make the most of them! Learn to develop a “story” for tenants and leverage your level of protection as a competitive advantage.

U-Haul Introduces Self-Storage ‘Scan & Go’ Technology in Response to COVID-19

Apr 21, 2020

Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc., which operates more than 1,500 self-storage facilities across North America, is introducing contact-free shopping technology across its Canada and U.S. properties in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19)...

New Laws that Protect Employees and Affect Self-Storage Operation During COVID-19

Apr 21, 2020

New laws are being enacted to protect employees during the coronavirus crisis. It’s critical for self-storage owners to understand how their operation might be affected.

How the Self Storage Industry Can Benefit from the 2020 CARES Act

Apr 20, 2020

The federal government passed the $2.2 trillion CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act last month to help individuals and businesses cope with the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read how self-storage operations may...

Staying Strong During COVID-19: Self-Storage Operators Share Their Strategies and Advice

Apr 18, 2020

The self-storage industry is a strong community, and its professionals have shared information and advice through many historical crises, such as 9/11 and the Great Recession. Now, we’re facing the coronavirus pandemic. Read strategies and words...

Scottsbluff, NE, Self-Storage Owner Discovers Bodies of Son, Son’s Friend in Facility Unit

Apr 16, 2020

Update 4/16/20 – Investigators have ruled the deaths of Baily and Gealy as accidental. Toxicology reports show the pair died of unintentional carbon-monoxide poisoning, according to a source...

ISS News Desk: Self-Storage Operators Leverage New Strategies and Resources for Managing the Coronavirus Crisis

Apr 15, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted countless industries across the globe, including self-storage. With stay-in-place orders and social-distancing practices established as the new normal, facility operators everywhere have had to adjust their...

The Impact of COVID-19 on Self-Storage Development and Construction: Builders Offer Insight and Advice

Apr 15, 2020

All facets of the self-storage industry have been touched by the coronavirus pandemic, including construction and development. Suppliers discuss what to expect if you plan to build a project in the coming months and how they’re helping their...

Self-Storage Talk Featured Thread: Worries About Staff Pay During COVID-19 Closures

Apr 14, 2020

About 16.8 million American workers have filed for unemployment benefits in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Many jobs have been lost, furloughed or reduced due to business closures. Even though self-storage has been deemed an...

Improving Self-Storage Operating Procedures in a Coronavirus Lockdown

Apr 13, 2020

Self-storage facilities in areas where there’s a coronavirus-related “lockdown” are facing a whole new business reality. If this applies to your operation, you need to alter your normal procedures to keep the business thriving. Read how.

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