Update 5/4/17 – The Sokol family has completed its conversion of the former Sokol’s Market grocery store and opened Queensbury Storage for business. The family did much of its own interior demolition and remodeling work in preparation for t…
StorageMart Acquires A Storage Inn Self-Storage Facility in Fort Myers, FL
StorageMart, a Columbia, Mo.-based self-storage operator with more than 172 facilities in Canada and the United States, has acquired A Storage Inn in Fort Myers, Fla. The property at 13990 McGregor Blvd. is the company’s ninth facility in the sta…
StorageMart Acquires A Storage Inn Self-Storage Facility in Fort Myers, FL
StorageMart, a Columbia, Mo.-based self-storage operator with more than 172 facilities in Canada and the United States, has acquired A Storage Inn in Fort Myers, Fla. The property at 13990 McGregor Blvd. is the company’s ninth facility in the sta…
Supplier Case Study: BOS Container USA Helps Washington Self-Storage Business Expand
Pak Rat Mini Storage Owner B.F. “Dutch” van Rijn was running out of self-storage units to rent at his facility in North Bonneville, Wash. To continue growing the business, he purchased an adjacent parcel of land and considered building additional units…
Supplier Case Study: BOS Container USA Helps Washington Self-Storage Business Expand
Pak Rat Mini Storage Owner B.F. “Dutch” van Rijn was running out of self-storage units to rent at his facility in North Bonneville, Wash. To continue growing the business, he purchased an adjacent parcel of land and considered building additional units…
Apex Self Storage Employees Participate in Race for Life Charity Run in Manchester, England
Employees of Apex Self Storage of Manchester, England, are participating July 17 in the Race for Life 5k, a charity event to raise money for cancer research. “Team Apex” consists of 12 runners who’ve been regularly training for the ra…
Apex Self Storage Employees Participate in Race for Life Charity Run in Manchester, England
Employees of Apex Self Storage of Manchester, England, participated in the July 17 Race for Life 5k, a charity event to raise money for cancer research. Team Apex surpassed its fundraising goal by collecting £1,100 in online contributio…
U-Haul Could Convert Former USPS Postal Shop to Self-Storage in Eckington, WA
Phoenix-based AMERCO Real Estate Co., the acquisition and development entity for The U-Haul Co., has purchased a former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) facility in Eckington, Wash., that could become a self-storage facility. The 2.5-acre property at 2135 Fi…
U-Haul Acquires, Renovates Odessa, TX, Self-Storage Facility
Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc. has purchased and renovated a self-storage facility in Odessa, Texas. The former A3 Storage at 6190 Cargo Road has been rebranded as U-Haul Moving & Storage of South East Odessa.
Lessons to Learn From a Recent Self-Storage Tenant Shooting: What’s Your Responsibility?
A recent shooting a CubeSmart facility offers some lessons on safety and security for all self-storage operators. Here are some steps you can take to keep your property safe.