Update 3/22/16 – CubeSmart received two silver Stevie Awards and a 2016 People’s Choice Stevie Award during a ceremony on March 4 in Las Vegas. The company was honored in the “Customer Service Department of the Year” and “Contac…
Competition or Inspiration: Are Valet-Storage Businesses Disrupting the Traditional Self-Storage Market or Providing Impetus for Change?
Valet-storage businesses began springing up with frequency in 2013 and continue to gain traction with consumers and investors. The big questions for self-storage operators are: How much competition do these valet operators truly present; and how much d…
Competition or Inspiration: Are Valet-Storage Businesses Disrupting the Traditional Self-Storage Market or Providing Impetus for Change?
Valet-storage businesses began springing up with frequency in 2013 and continue to gain traction with consumers and investors. The big questions for self-storage operators are: How much competition do these valet operators truly present; and how much d…
5 Ways to Stand Out as an Independent Self-Storage Operator
It’s difficult for independent self-storage operators to beat national and regional players in their market by trying to play the same game. Instead, guest blogger Nick Lackner offers up a handful of creative strategies he deployed at City Center…
Sharpe Self Storage in Hudson, NY, Donates Free Storage to Fire Victims
Sharpe Self Storage at 560 Joslen Blvd. in Hudson, N.Y., is providing free use of two storage units to hold donations for victims of a Feb. 28 fire. Firefighters from the Hudson Fire Department and nearby stations responded to a two-house fire at 336 a…
Red Dot Storage Acquires 5-Property Self-Storage Portfolio in Illinois
Colorado-based Red Dot Storage has purchased the five-property DeKalb County Self Storage portfolio in Illinois. The facilities in Cortland, DeKalb, Malta and Sycamore have a combined total of 250,000 rentable square feet of storage space in approximat…
Westy Self Storage in NJ Supports Local Book Sale for Women’s Scholarships
For the tenth year, Westy Self Storage of Chatham, N.J., is supporting Summit College Club’s book drive by providing storage and acting as a drop-off site. Donations of gently used softcover and hardcover books as well as DVDs can be dropped off …
Canadian Self-Storage Operator StorageVault Completes $51M Deal With Access/Cubeit
Update 10/12/15 – StorageVault Canada Inc. has completed the second of two tranches in the self-storage operator’s purchase of Cubeit Portable Storage Canada Inc. and seven storage facilities operated by Access Self Storage Inc. The tr…
Green Acres Nears Completion of Waterloo, IA, Self-Storage Development
Update 5/13/16 – Green Acres Storage is nearing completion on its three-story facility in Waterloo after officials initially rejected a rezoning application last year. The company and city ultimately settled for a different site at 345 Tower Park…