Operations
Operations
Financing
Slash The Tax!
Managing Your Largest Expense For the majority of self-storage
facilities, property taxes are the first or second largest expense—despite the
fact...
Marketing
Markets On The Move: Arizona
With 36 sales through the end of November 2015, sales velocity in Arizona continues to be strong. In fact, the number of...
Legal Issues
Marijuana And Self-Storage:
Does Legalization Change Storage Policies? Whoever said that self-storage business
was boring? In the last year, more and more...
Operations
The Good, The Bad, And The Unpleasant:
Tips For Managing Online Reviews If the first question you asked when you read this article’s title
was,...
Operations
ViewPoint
Question: What
do you see as the most important strategy for controlling costs for 2016?
Helping Hands
The CMBS Tsunami
Will It Bring Opportunity Or Devastation To Facility Owners? Commercial real estate sits in the midst of a potential...
Operations
Streamlining Operations
Five Strategies To Efficiently Increase NOI Despite
the fact that self-storage facilities across the country have been able to...
Operations
Bottom-Line Boosters
Increasing Ancillary Income In 2016 When self-storage owners and operators think of
their businesses, they may view it as several...
Operations
Voluminous Value
Four Unconventional Storage Services By its nature, the self-storage industry encompasses a diverse collection of companies, each...
Operations
The Nuts And Bolts Of Security
Choosing The Right Locks For Your Storage Business Who sets the
security level for your self-storage facility: you or your...
Operations
ViewPoint
Question: What do you see as the biggest challenge for the self-storage industry in 2016?
Operations
Futurecast 2016
Is Self-Storage Still On Track To Grow? With a general absence of new self-storage development during the past...
Marketing
Raising Rents:
It’s A Strategy, Not an Option All self-storage operators, irrespective of size or the geographic region where they are...
Operations
Top Of Mind
Using Marketing To Generate Awareness Marketing in any business is both a necessity and a potential pitfall. While...
Financing
Americans With Disabilities Act:
Tax Incentives For Self-Storage Operators Self-storage operators are subject to all the ADA building access regulations applicable to structures....
Marketing
Markets On The Move: Austin, Texas
As the overall self-storage industry continues to fire on all cylinders, there are certain markets that continue to lead the charge. One...
Publisher's Picks
The New MSM Buyer’s Guide: Loaded With New Features And Benefits
The new Mini-Co Buyer’s Guide is online and ready for use. The site includes new features as...
Mastering Online Meetings: Industry Embraces A New Reality
The pandemic brought changes to the way most companies do business, and the self-storage industry is no...
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...
2020 Facility Of The Year Overall Facility Winner: Brickhouse Self Storage
When the owners of Brickhouse Self Storage began envisioning their dream, they didn’t have a cookie-cutter facility...
2020 Facility Of The Year New Facility Winner: SmarterSpace Storage Archer Road
As a new developer, Erik Henson, owner of SmarterSpace Storage Archer Road, took a wise approach and...
Blog
Bliss Edwards promoted to Executive Vice President as SmartStop Self Storage continues to expand its Canadian presence
LADERA RANCH, Calif., Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. ("SmartStop" or the "Company") today announced that Bliss Edwards will be...
Storage Exchange Launches Real Estate Brokerage Platform for Self-Storage
Storage Exchange has launched an interactive website for buyers, sellers and brokers of self-storage real estate. The platform leverages...
Marcus & Millichap Hires Self Storage VP in Philadelphia
With 16 years of experience in the self storage sector, Kevin Bledsoe has taken part in the sale of...
Self-Storage Supplier Janus to List on NYSE Via Merger With Juniper Industrial Holdings
Janus International, a global manufacturer and supplier of building components and security technology for the self-storage industry, will go...
Self-Storage Real Estate Firm Marcus & Millichap Acquires LMI Capital
Marcus & Millichap (M&M), a commercial real estate investment services firm with offices in Canada and the United States,...