Everyone desires feedback about their work performance, including self-storage managers. Here’s insight on how to build an effective staff-evaluation process.
ISS News Desk: Unusual Self-Storage Accidents Illustrate Onsite Dangers
Self-storage facilities are usually quiet properties with limited activity, but accidents can occur that are dangerous and costly. This News Desk takes a look at three recent, unusual incidents at facilities in different countries that resulted in inju…
New Self-Storage Facility Slated for Development in Edwards, CO
Real estate developers Brad Hagedorn of ArcWest Properties and Bruce Hagedorn of Winds West Inc. intend to build a 65,000-square-foot self-storage facility in Edwards, Colo. The partners recently received project approval from Eagle County officials an…
Affiliate Self-Storage REITs of SmartStop Asset Management Expand Canada Holdings
Update 3/10/16 – SmartStop Asset Management has acquired two more self-storage facilities in the Toronto metropolitan area. The assets, purchased by SST II for $28.9 million, comprise 133,900 rentable square feet in about 1,280 units, according t…
Apex Self Storage of Warrington, England, Supports Teddy-Bear Charity Drive
Apex Self Storage in Warrington, England, is offering a local scout troop free use of a storage unit to store teddy bears for a charitable cause. The 33rd Warrington West Scout Group is raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support in honor of their forme…
Former Home & Garden Building to Become Self-Storage in Greenville, SC
Columbia, S.C.-based 2422 Laurens LLC is converting the former Palmetto Home & Garden building in Greenville, S.C., to self-storage. The furniture and interior décor store closed in December. The facility will be managed by CubeSmart, a publ…
Self-Storage Construction Spending Breaks $1 Billion in 2015
Self-storage construction spending surged last year by 73.3 percent across the United States, breaking the billion-dollar mark for the first time since 2008. Can the industry expect continued growth this year?
Woman Trapped in Self-Storage Elevator for 14 Hours in Auckland, New Zealand
A woman was trapped overnight inside an elevator last weekend at a Guardian Secure Self Storage facility in Auckland, New Zealand. Although the unidentified woman, whose sister rents a unit at the facility, pressed the emergency alarm inside the elevat…
Woman Who Was Trapped in Self-Storage Elevator for 14 Hours in Auckland, New Zealand, Considers Legal Action
Update 11/9/16 – Caroline Campbell, 56, the woman who was trapped inside an elevator at a Guardian Secure Self Storage facility in Auckland, New Zealand, last February, is accusing the storage operator and lift-maintenance engineer of negligence….
Self-Storage Conference LanAmExpo 2016 to Be Held in Panama City, Panama
Update 6/16/16 – Show organizers for the upcoming LanAmExpo in Panama have released the event’s final agenda and speaker list. Additions include a presentation of results from the first survey of Latin American self-storage operators, a 90-…