Monthly Archives: July 2015

Consolidation has become a common theme within the self-storage industry over the past decade, but rarely have the largest operators eyed each other as potential quarry. In what could be the largest acquisition in U.S. self-storage history, publicly tr…

There are three key components to successful self-storage revenue management: renting units for what they’re worth on each and every sale, managing prospects and their needs, and raising rental rates. This article looks at all three, providing de…

Lawai Cannery Self Storage & Warehousing in Kalaheo, Hawaii, hosted a garage sale on July 12 to benefit the Kauai Special Olympics (KSO), the local chapter of Special Olympics, a nonprofit that provides year-round sports training and athletic compe…

A female prospective customer and the self-storage facility manager at A B Mini Storage in Wichita, Kan., got into a non-violent altercation this past weekend after the customer found herself accidentally locked inside the property. Charity Harris told…

The Inside Self-Storage (ISS) Store, an e-commerce website providing research and education products for industry professionals, is now offering all 45 of the education sessions recorded during this year’s ISS World Expo in Las Vegas as on-demand…

This printed digest features select articles from the digital Guidebook Series. Featuring critical information and tips on self-storage investing, building, financing, real estate, ownership, management, marketing, security, technology and more.

One of the most difficult problems to address and foresee in the workplace is employee theft, and self-storage owners aren’t immune. Learn how to detect staff theft and what to do if it happens at your storage facility.

Bloomingdale Self Storage and Budget Self Storage in Brandon, Fla., are acting as drop-off sites for Lifecycles Tech E-Waste Recycling, a Tampa, Fla.-based Tampa, Fla.-based recycler and disposer of electronic waste (e-waste). The Bloomingdale facility…

Bloomingdale Self Storage and Budget Self Storage in Brandon, Fla., are acting as drop-off sites for Lifecycles Tech E-Waste Recycling, a Tampa, Fla.-based Tampa, Fla.-based recycler and disposer of electronic waste (e-waste). The Bloomingdale facility…

Real estate developer James Petrocelli received unanimous approval from city officials this week to convert a vacant building into a 30,500-square-foot self-storage facility in Brightwaters, N.Y. The former car-repair and rental facility at 59 Orinoco …