SpareFoot, an online marketplace for self-storage consumers, has added a search function to help users find storage facilities that offer moving-truck rentals or free use of a truck at move-in. The new website feature is different than discounts alread…
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Clark Storage Facility Moves Closer to Reality in Council Bluffs, IA
Clark Storage LLC received initial zoning approval on Tuesday to build a self-storage facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa. With a unanimous vote, the planning commission agreed to rezone 8-plus acres for the 500-unit project that would be located near the…
SmartStop Self Storage Announces Winners of $10K Video-Commercial Contest
SmartStop Asset Management LLC, a diversified real estate company that manages 108 self-storage facilities in Canada and the United States under the SmartStop Self Storage brand, announced the winners of its video-commercial contest.
Warrenton, OR, Task Force to Examine Self-Storage Zoning Restrictions
Officials in Warrenton, Ore., will assemble a task force charged with making recommendations on how the city should proceed with self-storage development. The group will be comprised of city and planning commissioners who’ll present their finding…
New Hampshire Self Storage Association Hosts Holiday Party
The New Hampshire Self Storage Association (NHSSA) is hosting an annual holiday party, Dec. 5, at the Concord Country Club in Concord, N.H. The event at 22 Country Club Lane begins at 5:30 p.m. with cocktails and appetizers, followed by dinner at 6 p.m…
Storage First of Douglasville, GA, Receives ‘Best Self-Storage’ Award
Storage First, a self-storage operator in Douglasville, Ga., was voted as the region’s “2017 Best Self-Storage Facility” by readers of the “Douglas County Sentinel.” The annual poll allows residents to select their favorit…
Storage Seeker National Self-Storage Rent Index Declines in October
Self-storage rental rates declined an average of .7 percent across the United States in October, according to the monthly Self Storage Rent Index maintained by Storage Seeker, an online self-storage directory and price aggregator. The decline marked th…
Nuvo Development Builds 5-Story Self-Storage Facility in Jacksonville, FL
Nuvo Development LLC is building a five-story self-storage building in the Brooklyn neighborhood in Jacksonville, Fla. The company paid $1 million for the .73-acre parcel at the northwest corner of Myrtle Avenue and Elder Street on which to construct a…
Bell Self Storage Group Gets Approval for Proposed Development in Scottsdale, AZ
Update 11/13/17 – Bell Self Storage Group received approval from the Scottsdale Planning Commission to build its two-story project in Scottsdale, Ariz. The 4-3 vote on Nov. 8 came after the developers agreed to a reduce the facility’s heigh…
Residents, Councilmember Oppose Self-Storage Project in Albuquerque, NM
A self-storage facility that’s already under construction in Albuquerque, N.M., is now facing opposition from several residents and a city councilmember. The four-story building at 4100 Central S.E. in the Nob Hill neighborhood is on the former s…