MSM Exclusives

Erica Shatzer

chris betteridge

7 Aug, 2023

Who's Who In Self Storage: Chris Betteridge, Deans & Homer

Within the retail industry, protection plans are not new. It’s likely that a sales associate or...

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anne ballard self storage

3 Aug, 2023

Women In Self-Storage: Anne Ballard, Universal Storage Group

Anne Ballard is a lady who’s worn many hats in her lifetime, both figuratively and literally. Soon...

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3 Jul, 2023

Look Who's Talking–Mike Jobb, Canam Self Storage Development

Eighteen years ago, Mike Jobb, owner of Ontario-based Canam Self Storage, was getting his first...

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Mason Levy

1 Jun, 2023

Look Who’s Talking – Mason Levy, CEO of swivl

On Nov. 30, 2022, OpenAI launched a prototype of ChatGPT, a large language model (LLM) that...

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18 Apr, 2023

Look Who’s Talking – Lauri Longstrom-Henderson, Director of Sales and Marketing for MSM

Lauri Longstrom-Henderson was quite happy being semi-retired after many years in the self-storage...

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29 Mar, 2023

Tech Layoffs May Benefit The Industry

Silicon Valley has been attracting a lot of press since the beginning of 2023, but the copious...

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9 Feb, 2023

Public Storage Targets Life Storage

On Feb. 5, 2023, Public Storage made it known that the publicly traded real estate investment...

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9 Jan, 2023

Public Perception: Three Ways To Polish The Industry’s Image

In October of 2022, Netflix released a new TV series just in time for Halloween. Guillermo del...

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Rachel Parham

8 Oct, 2021

Look Who’s Talking: Rachel Parham, President of Noah’s Ark Development

Heading into the fourth quarter, it’s safe to say that 2021 has been a fairly profitable year for...

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5 Oct, 2021

A Family Business With Top-Notch Service Cannon Storage Systems, Inc.

Lawton, Okla.-based Canon Storage Systems, Inc., is a second-generation family-owned business with...

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1 Apr, 2021

A Decade Of Growth: The Ascent Of Storage Asset Management

On May 20, 2020, Storage Asset Management (SAM), the largest privately owned third-party...

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24 Mar, 2021

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,...

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24 Mar, 2021

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...

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24 Mar, 2021

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...

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24 Mar, 2021

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...

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24 Mar, 2021

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...

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24 Mar, 2021

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...

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24 Mar, 2021

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...

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24 Mar, 2021

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...

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24 Mar, 2021

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...

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12 Feb, 2021

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...

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12 Feb, 2021

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...

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12 Feb, 2021

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

Over the past several years, state self-storage associations across the country, along with the...

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12 Feb, 2021

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...

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12 Feb, 2021

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...

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12 Feb, 2021

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...

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17 Jul, 2020

The Sky’s The Limit - Architectural Trends In Self-Storage

The days when storage facilities consisted of rows of single-story metal buildings sprawled out...

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12 Jun, 2020

2020 Managers Of The Year | Mini-Storage Messenger

Each year, we like to recognize the self-storage industry’s finest property managers through its...

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lonnie bickford

1 Jun, 2020

Look Who's Talking: Lonnie Bickford,  Appletree Storage

Throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic, the self-storage facilities across the country that were...

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douglas kotelly

1 Feb, 2019

Look Who's Talking: Douglas Kotelly, CIO of Prime Group Holdings, LLC

It’s already the second month of the new year, but hopefully your New Year’s resolutions—both...

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