Revitalizing an Aging Facility with Portable Storage Eager to expand its presence in an established market, Wentworth Property Company acquired a mom-and-pop self-storage facility in San Antonio, Texas, that was surprisingly well occupied despite being a class C facility. The team knew with a little renovation, expansion and unit remix,...

The Self-Storage Building and Facility Automation Experts at Janus International Achieves Ranking on Annual Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies This is the company’s seventh time achieving Inc. 5000 ranking within twelve years.  TEMPLE, GA, AUGUST 17, 2020 – Janus International Group (“Janus”), the leading global manufacturer and supplier...

Customer Spotlight: Storage Star Self-Storage Vacaville, California Storage Star- is a rapidly growing company that started 2 years ago and has quickly acquired 23 assets spread across 7 states, with no signs of slowing down! After seeing the returns their various sites can capture with portable units, they've utilized MASS in a...

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Smartphone usage is at an all-time high among U.S. consumers. According to Pew Research, an impressive 81% of consumers currently own a smartphone, up from just 35% in 2011. And as consumers’ love affair with their smartphones continues to grow, it creates new opportunities for the self-storage industry. But it’s...

Security is one of the many features that a self-storage operator has to take into consideration. In most cases, taking reasonable steps to ensure your facility is secure satisfies the obligations you have to keep your customers’ belongings secure. In this day and age, adopting security measures that go above...

  Baja Carports Baja Constructions’ in-house design engineers and project managers place emphasis on the proposed site’s layout first; “fact-checking” the property for its canopy feasibility. It’s important that we are given the exact address of the business property to begin best practices. Following our recommended best course of action...

In mid-December 2018, the Janus International, the leading global supplier of building and technology products and solutions to the self-storage industry, acquired the inventors of the first Bluetooth padlock, Nokē. With the acquisition, Janus solidifies the partnership with Nokē and brings the storage industry building expertise of Janus together with...

We are all comfortable doing things the way we have always done them.  However, this comfort with tradition can make us vulnerable to falling behind the competition.  We see this throughout history. We all remember the yellow pages, right?  Those that fail to adapt to market and societal changes due...

By PTI Security Systems Est. Reading Time:  3 Min The Smart Thermostat has already made its mark on our homes as a valuable tool for monitoring and maintaining proper ambiance and room temperature. Our homes are not the only places where our belongings live. Many of us use self-storage units...