Self-Storage Data & Mapping Solutions (SSDMS), a cloud-based self-storage tracking service, is now available by subscription. Launched by data-driven marketing company Pac-Comm, the offering gives subscribers access to a database that tracks self-s…
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Urbis Releases Index Tracking Self-Storage Demand and Facility Performance in Australia, New Zealand
Urbis Pty. Ltd., an Australia-based public-policy evaluation and consulting firm, has published its latest Urbis Storage Index (USI), which tracks self-storage demand, rental rates, occupancy and revenue along the East Coast of Australia and in Aucklan…
Leon Capital Self-Storage Site in Portland, OR, Hit With Graffiti, Vagrants
Update 1/8/18 – Leon Capital has begun demolishing the former nursery on its 1.41-acre lot on Powell Boulevard in anticipation of receiving final approvals from the Portland Bureau of Development Services (BDS) for its three-story self-storage fa…
Snow Valley Mini Storage Opens in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada
Snow Valley Mini Storage has opened in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. The property at 1521 10th Ave. is owned by partners Marsha Churchill and Kurtis Ellis. The couple, who have two children, were seeking a business they could operate together when …
Safestore Holdings of the UK to Acquire Stork/Alligator Self Storage for £56M
U.K. self-storage operator Safestore Holdings PLC has agreed to acquire Stork Self Storage Holdings Ltd., which operates the Alligator Self Storage brand in England, for £56 million. The cash deal includes 12 properties comprising 563,000 rentabl…
Wise Business Plans Expands Custom Research, Writing Services to Self-Storage
Wise Business Plans (WBP), a provider of custom business plans designed to help companies meet earnings projections and acquire financing, has expanded its research and writing services to cover self-storage.
West Caldwell, NJ, Lifts 60-Year Ban on Self-Storage With Limited Land-Use Ordinance
After nearly 60 years of being “outlawed” locally, self-storage development will be allowed to commence under strict guidelines in West Caldwell, N.J. The town council passed a land-use ordinance during a public hearing this week that will …
StorageMart Opens New Self-Storage Facility in Waukee, Iowa
StorageMart, which operates more than 190 self-storage properties across Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, has opened a new facility in Waukee, Iowa, just down the street from the Waukee Family YMCA. It’s the operator’s 18th…
Self-Storage Call-Center Provider XPS Solutions Partners With StoreLocal Coop
XPS Solutions, a provider of outsourced technology solutions for the self-storage industry, has partnered with StoreLocal, a cooperative created by independent self-storage operators to offer member benefits with economies of scale, to provide coop mem…
Jernigan Capital Closes Self-Storage Development Investment in Miami
Update 9/28/17 – Self Storage Associates (SSA) has been attempting to build a storage facility on the S.W. 8th Street property since at least October 2015. The company submitted a development proposal nearly two years ago in connection with real …