Look Who’s Talking
Look Who’s Talking
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 of storage...
Look Who’s Talking – Robert Kubicek, Principal, RKAA Architects, Inc.
Although the current development cycle has begun to slow down, there are still plenty of investors seeking to place money into the self-storage sector....
Look Who’s Talking – Douglas Kotelly, Chief Investment Officer of Prime Group Holdings, LLC
It’s already the second month of the new year, but hopefully your New Year’s resolutions—both professional and personal—have not fallen to the wayside. Although...
Look Who’s Talking – Chuck Gordon, CEO of SpareFoot, SiteLink, and storEDGE
Despite being at the tail end of a development cycle, the self-storage industry experienced a significant uptick of new supply in 2018. Similar to...
Look Who’s Talking – Chris Sonne, Executive Vice President, Newmark Valuation & Advisory Group
While we have all likely sighed in relief that 2020 is finally behind us, the new year begins with some of the familiar uncertainties...
Look Who’s Talking: Ann Parham, CEO and President of Joshua Management
In March, no one could have predicted that COVID-19 would be an ongoing issue and topic of discussion in November. Even though we are...
Lonnie Bickford, owner/operator of Appletree Storage and founder and president
Throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic, the self-storage facilities across the country that were deemed an essential business by their states made necessary changes to...
Ella Tayrien
Ella Tayrien, Vice President of Claims, MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC December is here, bringing with it the possibility of wintry precipitation. And that possibility may...
Donald Jones, owner/president, Donald Jones Consulting & Service, LLC
Within the self-storage industry, the notion that you only have one chance to make a first impression gets a substantial amount of consideration. From...
Douglas Kotelly, Chief Investment Officer of Prime Group Holdings, LLC
It’s already the second month of the new year, but hopefully your New Year’s resolutions—both professional and personal—have not fallen to the wayside. Although...
Chuck Gordon, CEO of SpareFoot, SiteLink, and storEDGE
Despite being at the tail end of
a development cycle, the self-storage industry experienced a significant uptick
of new supply in 2018. Similar to 2017, many...
Charles Plunkett, CEO, Capco Steel, Inc. & Capco General Contracting
After the holiday spirit takes hold at our Thanksgiving
dinner tables, December is brimming with energy. There are facilities and
offices to decorate, company parties to...
Dean Keller, Broker, Bancap Self Storage Group, Inc.
In its infancy, the self-storage
industry’s need for leadership and education was paramount to its success. For
that reason, some of the industry’s pioneers pulled together...
Pete Panos, President, Third-Party Management and Strategic Partnerships, Public Storage
Within
the self-storage industry, there are more than 20 companies of various
capacities that offer third-party management services. While some of those
businesses have local or regional...
Marcus Trufant, Self-Storage Owner/Investor and Retired NFL Cornerback for Seattle Seahawks
Similar to winning a football
match, making a successful self-storage investment requires knowledge of the
game, a well-thought-out strategy, personal dedication, a driven team, and...
Franklin Young, CEO, PTI Security Systems
From conception to completion, self-storage
owners spend several million dollars and years developing state-of-the-art
facilities before they can turn a profit. Nowadays, most are designed to
include...
Troy Bix, President of R3 Division, Janus International Group, LLC
Depending upon who you ask, the self-storage industry is approximately 50 years old. Whether the business concept began in the 1960s or the 1970s,...
Dave King – Vice President Self-Storage, Wentworth Property Company
Thanks to pent-up demand and more readily available construction financing, the self-storage industry experienced a significant uptick in ground-up development projects over the past...
Don Sedlacek, Vice President of Claims, MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC
Look Who's Talking What do Yahoo, Adult Friend Finder, eBay, Equifax, Heartland Payment Systems, and Target all have in common? They all secured a...
Joel Deis, vice president and regional manager, Marcus & Millichap – Seattle Office, and national director of Marcus & Millichap’s National Self Storage Group
Best known for its hip coffee shops, lively music scene, thriving tech industry, and abundance of apples, Washington may soon be renowned for its...
Kate Spencer, MAI, Managing Director/Practice Group Leader, Self-Storage Valuation & Advisory at Cushman & Wakefield
Over the past 20 years, self-storage facilities have been slowly evolving. The iconic, first-generation storage properties made up of rows of single-story buildings with...
Paul Schween, Author/Speaker/Trainer/Sales Professional
With the start of the new year, many self-storage owners and operators are implementing new or enhanced technologies at their facilities to streamline operations...
James Appleton, MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, Director of Sales, Special Risk
When it comes to customers’ stored belongings, industry
professionals jest that tenants store junk but lose heirlooms. In other words,
the items they place in storage...
Erica Shatzer, editor of Mini-Storage Messenger, Self-Storage Now!, and Self-Storage Canada
Ten years ago, knowing next to nothing about the self-storage industry, I joined MiniCo Publishing as a circulation coordinator. With a bachelor’s degree in...
Cory Sylvester, principal of Union Realtime, LLC
Since the last recession, the self-storage industry has experienced exceptional growth. Years of limited development, swelling populations, and continued job growth within major metropolitan...
Troy Downing, CEO, AC Self Storage Solutions, Big Sky, Mont.
Through humble beginnings, there is a propensity for greatness. That’s the path Troy Downing, CEO of AC Self Storage Solutions, with national locations from...
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