Alpha Self Storage in Allen, Texas, is launching its first food and toy drive this holiday season. Spearheaded by facility manager Tressa Stewart, the effort will benefit local food bank Allen Community Outreach (ACO). Donations of non-perishable items…
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R. Christian Sonne Named Executive Vice President of CBRE Self Storage Valuation Group
CBRE Group Inc., a commercial real estate services and investment firm, has hired R. Christian Sonne as executive vice president in charge of its Self Storage Valuation Group in the United States. Sonne will oversee the company’s domestic self-st…
Body Found Behind Mini-Max Self-Storage Facility in Peoria, IL
The body of a 21-year-old man who apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head was found on Oct. 28 behind a self-storage facility in Peoria, Ill. A utility-company employee discovered the body near Mini-Max Storage Co. at 7500 N. Br…
Accused Drug Trafficker Linked to Heroin Seized From Woonsocket, RI, Self-Storage Facility
A Rhode Island man who pleaded guilty this week in federal court to possession and intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and 100 grams of heroin is linked to nearly 900 grams of heroin seized from a Woonsocket, R.I., self-storage facility…
Andover Properties/Storage King USA Acquires Lake Mariam Storage in Winter Haven, FL, for $2.6M
Andover Properties LLC, a private real estate investment company, acquired Lake Mariam Storage in Winter Haven, Fla., for $2.6 million, or $61.58 per net rentable square foot. The facility will be rebranded as Storage King USA.
Storagebase Self-Storage Opens in Frome, Somerset, England
Storagebase Self Storage is opening a five-story facility on Nov. 28 in Frome, Somerset, England. The 75,000-square-foot building will be the company’s first in the city and fourth in the United Kingdom. It will also serve as the Storagebase head…
Armadillo Self Storage Site Identified as One of Sheffield, England’s Most Haunted
An Armadillo Self Storage facility in Sheffield, England, has been selected one of the 10 most haunted sites in the city in a collaboration between local newspaper “The Star” and Steel City Ghost Tours, a local tour group. The property at 7…
Self-Storage Operator Great Value Storage Featured in Artwork Series by Adrianne Lobel
New York-based artist Adrianne Lobel, best known as a set designer for dance, opera and theater productions, is currently on exhibit at the Bowery Gallery in New York City with a 12-painting series called “Storage/Spaces,” which prominently…
State Supreme Court Rejects Homeowners Lawsuit Against Elkhorn, NE, Self-Storage Project
Update 7/21/17 – The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the Omaha City Council’s August 2015 decision to approve the rezoning and conditional-use permit required for Leise and Redbird LLC to build a self-storage facility near homes in two Elkhor…
Standby Self Storage Plan Rejected in Thames Ditton, Surrey, England
A project proposed by Standby Self Storage Ltd. was recently rejected in Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, after more than 100 people protested during an Oct. 19 city-planning meeting. The planning commission also received 104 letters in objection prior …