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Look Who’s Talking – Tron Jordheim, Managing Partner of Self Storage Strategies and the Host fo the Self Storage Hawai’i unConference

Thirteen years ago, during the tail-end of the Great Recession, the self-storage industry was doing its best to weather the economic storm...

May 28, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Ramey Jackson, CEO, Janus International Group

There’s no denying that technology is here to stay. It has become a permanent part of our daily lives, and every day...

May 4, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Caesar Wright, president, Mako Steel

By Erica Shatzer When COVID-19 first became a concern in the United States, many Americans canceled or postponed their...

March 24, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Ann Parham, CEO and President of Joshua Management

By Erica Shatzer In March, no one could have predicted that COVID-19 would be an ongoing issue and topic...

March 24, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Keith Johnson, vice president of business development, CT Darnell Construction

By Erica Shatzer At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, self-storage construction came to an abrupt halt in numerous...

March 24, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Michael Baillargeon, senior vice president of operations at Store Space

By Erica Shatzer September is here. Autumn is upon us, but unlike the leaves on the trees, concerns about...

March 24, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Marc M. Smith, president, Personal Mini Storage

By Erica Shatzer We are more than halfway through this unpredictable year, and plenty of reports indicate that the...

March 24, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Lonnie Bickford, owner/operator of Appletree Storage and founder and president of StorageAuctions.com

By Erica Shatzer Throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic, the self-storage facilities across the country that were deemed an essential...

March 24, 2021 0

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May LWT – Anne Mari DeCoster, COO, Storelocal

By Erica Shatzer Though spring is the season for growth and rebirth in nature, as well as a time...

March 24, 2021 0

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April LWT – Rodney Bolls, Founder of Boxwell

By Erica Shatzer While there are indicators that the current development cycle is finally losing momentum, the effects of...

March 24, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Kathleen Ruddy, CEO, St. Baldrick’s Foundation

By Erica Shatzer Within the time it took you to reach this page in this magazine, at least one...

March 24, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – M. Anne Ballard, president of training, marketing, and developmental services, Universal Storage Group

By Erica Shatzer The year is 2020, and self-storage facilities built during the development cycle before the Great Recession...

March 24, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Wayne Woolsey, president, Kiwi II Construction, Inc.

By Erica Shatzer The new year has arrived, but many self-storage professionals are waiting with bated breath to see...

March 24, 2021 0

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The Last Word Heath Mulkey, Owner, Storage Structures

Thankful My “last word” should most definitely be thankful. I have so very much for which to be thankful....

March 24, 2021 0

Issues

Look Who’s Talking: Steve Hajewski, Marketing Manager, Trachte Building Systems

Despite several years of substantial ground-up development, demand for self-storage remains strong in many markets across the United States thanks to shifts...

March 19, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking: Rod Bolls, Founder of Boxwell

While there are indicators that the current development cycle is finally losing momentum, the effects of new supply can be far reaching...

March 5, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Bill Alter, managing director – Self-Storage Group, Rein & Grossoehme Commercial Real Estate

With this issue of the Mini-Storage Messenger featuring our annual Top Operators List, there’s no better time to discuss how ownership within...

February 12, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Jeffrey S. Dallenbach, AIA, founder and managing partner, ARCHCON architecture and DALLENBACH-COLE ARCHITECTURE

Although there is still plenty of capital and investors for new self-storage development, as well as demand for additional supply across the...

February 12, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Jen Pettigrew, Senior VP, Meetings & Vendor Relations, Self Storage Association

With a new, larger location, the MGM Grand, this year’s Self Storage Association (SSA) Fall Conference and Trade Show is expected to...

February 12, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Peter Allen, CTO, Lockerfox

Over the past several years, state self-storage associations across the country, along with the national Self Storage Association, have been tirelessly lobbying...

February 12, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Steven Ciemcioch, President of Warehouse Anywhere, a Life Storage company

Technology and the internet have nearly made waiting a thing of the past. Instead of using “snail mail” for correspondence, one can...

February 12, 2021 0

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Look Who’s Talking – Michael A. Mele, Vice Chairman, Cushman & Wakefield

Over the past two years, the self-storage industry has experienced exponential growth through new supply across the country. Beyond rentable square footage...

February 12, 2021 0

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