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Monthly Archives: March 2015

Kennards Self Storage Buys Office Complex in Hawthorn, Australia, for $12M

Kennards Self Storage of Australia has purchased an office complex in Hawthorn, Victoria, for $12 million. The company intends to redevelop the existing buildings at 453 Auburn Road, which comprise 14,672 square meters of leasable space and basement pa…

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Fort Knox Self Storage of Australia Beta Tests iSign System for Leases

Australia-based Fort Knox Self Storage is testing a new technology tool that will assist in streamlining the rental process for customers conducting their business at the management office. Called iSign, the custom software was conceived and built prim…

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Construction to Begin This Spring on Vintage Self Storage in Houston

Construction will begin this spring on Vintage Self Storage in Houston’s Vintage Park, a multi-use complex featuring shops, a spa, casual and fine dining, and more. The facility is being developed by Robert Wheless, a real estate development cons…

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Canadian Commercial Ventures Buys Shatz Self Storage in Williston, ND, for $4.6M

Real estate and joint-venture firm Canadian Commercial Ventures Inc. (CCV) has purchased Schatz Self Storage in Williston, N.D., for $4.6 million. The property at 6415 1st Ave. W. has been rebranded as Williston Mini Storage. It encompasses 54,000 squa…

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ISS News Desk: Self-Storage Facility and Microbrewery Planned for Fort Collins, CO

Real estate developer Stan Scott is in the early stages of a mixed-use development in Fort Collins, Colo., that will feature a self-storage facility and a microbrewery. Learn more Scott’s plans for Fort Collins Self-Storage in this ISS News Desk….

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Self-Storage REITs Declare First-Quarter 2015 Dividends

Three of the four publicly traded U.S.-based self-storage real estate investment trusts (REITs)—CubeSmart, Extra Space Storage Inc. and Public Storage Inc.—have declared dividends for the first quarter of 2015.

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Green Acres Nears Completion of Waterloo, IA, Self-Storage Development

Update 5/13/16 – Green Acres Storage is nearing completion on its three-story facility in Waterloo after officials initially rejected a rezoning application last year. The company and city ultimately settled for a different site at 345 Tower Park…

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Relocatable Storage Units: Changing Today’s Self-Storage Landscape

This whitepaper by Janus International examines the company’s Movable Additional Storage Structures (MASS), outlining the features and benefits of the units, showing case-study examples of the units in action, addressing building guidelines and helping…

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Heard Storage to Convert Former Church to Self-Storage in Simpsonville, SC

Heard Storage Inc., which operates self-storage facilities throughout South Carolina, plans to convert a former church to a storage facility in Simpsonville, S.C. The 82,380-square foot vacant building at 2307 Highway 14 previously belonged to the Abun…

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A-1 Self Storage Celebrates Facility Opening in Alhambra, CA

A-1 Self Storage, which operates 48 facilities in California, will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 10 to celebrate the grand opening of its newest property in Alhambra, Calif. The event at 2300 Poplar Blvd. will be at 11 a.m. and include member…

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