Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc., which operates more than 1,300 self-storage locations across North America, is seeking to convert a six-story structure in Toledo, Ohio, to self-storage. The company has a pending purchasing agreement to buy the…
Westport Properties/US Storage Centers Opens North Miami Beach, FL, Self-Storage Facility
Westport Properties Inc. (WPI), which operates 122 self-storage facilities under the US Storage Centers brand, has opened a new facility in North Miami Beach, Fla. It’s the company’s sixth location in the Miami area, according to a press re…
Westport Properties/US Storage Centers Opens North Miami Beach, FL, Self-Storage Facility
Westport Properties Inc. (WPI), which operates 122 self-storage facilities under the US Storage Centers brand, has opened a new facility in North Miami Beach, Fla. It’s the company’s sixth location in the Miami area, according to a press re…
Getting Positive Online Reviews From Your Self-Storage Customers
In this “Time for Action” segment from 3 Mile Domination, Jim Ross discusses the importance of getting positive online reviews from customers and provides advice on how to get more of them. Using a sample facility’s online listing, he…
Poulsbo, WA, Sets 6-Month Moratorium on Self-Storage Development
The Poulsbo, Wash., City Council last week approved a six-month moratorium on self-storage development in the commercial zoning district along State Highway 305. The Aug. 16 unanimous vote was spurred by applications for two new properties, an expansio…
RMS Properties Gets Initial Zoning Approval to Convert Bridgeton, MO, Walmart to Self-Storage
RMS Properties II LLC received zoning approval from the Bridgeton, Mo., Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday to convert a former Walmart retail store to self-storage. The rezoning of the property at 10835 Saint Charles Rock Road must now be approve…
Mountain Shadows Storage Opens in Greeley, CO
Four business partners have opened a new self-storage facility in Greeley, Colo. Mountain Shadows Storage at 8320 W. 20th St. is owned by Dale Boehner, Nick Francis, Rob Stanley and Terry Wiedeman, who are all first-time storage owners. A grand-opening…
Illuminating Your Self-Storage Property: Security Lighting, Inside and Out
Quality lighting can keep criminals at bay and provide assurance to your customers and employees. Here’s advice on exterior and interior lighting for self-storage properties.
Moove In Self Storage Buys 2-Facility Spare Room Portfolio in Lancaster, PA
Moove In Self Storage, which operates 19 facilities in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, has acquired the two-property Spare Room Self Storage portfolio in Lancaster, Pa., for $5.2 million. The sites were purchased from Phil Wolgemuth and his wife…
Self-Storage Operator and Management Firm Pogoda Cos. Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Pogoda Cos., a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based self-storage operator that also provides third-party management services to fellow facility owners, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Founded by Maurice Pogoda and his wife, Lori, in 1987, the company tha…