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Building an Effective and Realistic Self-Storage Budget for 2016
It’s time to take all of the lessons you’ve learned in 2015 and turn them into a solid projection of how you think your self-storage business will perform in 2016. That’s right—budget season! Here are a few things you should add…
Building an Effective and Realistic Self-Storage Budget for 2016
It’s time to take all of the lessons you’ve learned in 2015 and turn them into a solid projection of how you think your self-storage business will perform in 2016. That’s right—budget season! Here are a few things you should add…
Information Services Company STR Inc. Launches Self-Storage Database
STR Inc., a global supplier of competitive benchmarking, information services and research for the hotel industry, has launched a self-storage database from which it will offer development and performance reporting. The company has begun collecting dat…
Self-Storage REITs Release Financial Results for Third-Quarter 2015
The four largest publicly traded, U.S.-based self-storage real estate investment trusts (REITs)—CubeSmart, Extra Space Storage Inc., Public Storage Inc. and Sovran Self Storage Inc.—have released financial statements for the quarter that en…
All Locked Up to Build New Boat/RV Self-Storage Facility in Castaic, CA
All Locked Up is developing a 2-acre boat and RV self-storage facility in Castaic, Calif. The property on Lake Hughes Road is near a freeway and Castaic Lake, a reservoir formed by Castaic Dam in the Sierra Pelona Mountains. Partners Gary Horton, CEO o…
Public Storage Affiliate to Build Self-Storage Facility and Distillery in Deerfield Beach, FL
Stor-All 2nd Ave. LLC, an affiliate of real estate investment trust Public Storage Inc., is looking to build a self-storage facility and a distillery in a separate building in Deerfield Beach, Fla. The Deerfield Beach Planning and Zoning Board was expe…
Mamaroneck, NY, Mayor Honors Owners of Mamaroneck Self Storage
Mamaroneck, N.Y., Mayor Norman Rosenblum and trustee Louis Santoro recently honored Chris and Sean Murphy, owners of Murphy Brothers Contracting and the newly opened Mamaroneck Self Storage in the village. The men were chosen as this year’s honore…
St. Louis Self-Storage Operator Wave Storage Leases Rooftop for Urban-Farming Project
Wave Storage, a self-storage operator serving the Loft District in downtown St. Louis, is earning nearly $10,000 per year by leasing its 9,000-square-foot rooftop space to Urban Harvest, a nonprofit community-garden program. Urban Harvest paid to have …
Kennards Self Storage Managing Director to Run for Vacated Seat in Australian Parliament
Sam Kennard, managing director of Kennards Self Storage of Australia, has announced his candidacy for the Australian parliament. Kennard will run as a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the North Sydney, New South Wales, seat being vacated by forme…