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MSM Exclusives

MSM Exclusives

19 Jan, 2019

Politics, The Economy, And Self-Storage

What’s In Store For 2019? The divided Congress resulting from the 2018 mid-term elections created uncertainty for the economy, along with social and...

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1 Jan, 2019

New Year, New Concerns

Rising Interest Rates And Rougher Financing Tides Another year, another year for which to be thankful. As 2018 ends, we can be thankful the...

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1 Jan, 2019

Facility Spotlight: Dominion Self-Storage At Verrado

Strategically located in the heart of the award-winning master planned community of Verrado in Buckeye, Ariz., is a unique self-storage facility...

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1 Jan, 2019

E-Sign Lease Agreements

Understanding the Legalities Starting with the passage of the E-Sign law in 2000 (formally the Electronic Signatures in Global and National...

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1 Jan, 2019

Open Platforms Are Good For Everyone

When self-storage operators first started using technology it was in the form of PC software that was by its very nature isolated and rarely...

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Chuck Gordon, Storable

1 Jan, 2019

Who's Who In Self-Storage: Chuck Gordon

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...

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1 Jan, 2019

Building Better Business Relationships

16 Common Networking Mistakes That Can Derail Your Career Networking is a skill that can help you develop and build long‐lasting business and social...

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Oakley Self Storage

2 Dec, 2018

2018 New Facility Winner: Oakley Self Storage, Oakley, California

Many self-storage developers have a hard time pushing the idea of self-storage through cities these days, but that wasn’t the case with Oakley Self...

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2 Dec, 2018

Construction Winner: Congress Storage, Austin, Texas

2018 Facility Of The Year When the developer of Congress Storage in Austin, Texas, sought an infill location for a new self-storage facility, the...

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2 Dec, 2018

Overall Winner: National Self Storage – Dove Mountain, Marana, Arizona

2018 Facility Of The Year Soaring above the rest of this year’s applicants is a high-tech and sophisticated self-storage facility that truly is a...

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1 Dec, 2018

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...

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1 Dec, 2018

Redevelopment: West Coast Beaverton Self Storage, Beaverton, Oregon

2018 Facility Of The Year When a company purchases a self-storage facility with redevelopment in mind, the process typically doesn’t take very...

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1 Dec, 2018

Specialty Storage Winner: Highlands Self Storage, Hardyston, New Jersey

2018 Facility Of The Year It’s long been a dream for Jonathan and Allison Brett to add wine storage to their facility, Highlands Self Storage. They...

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1 Dec, 2018

Conversion Winner: Morningstar, Charlotte, N.C.

2018 Facility Of The Year The evolution of architecture is responsible for some amazing additions to our nation’s cities and towns. When a building...

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1 Nov, 2018

The Industry Leader Looks Ahead

What Are Public Storage’s Future Plans? Public Storage has been in business for more than 45 years, and Ron Havner has been a key member of the...

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1 Nov, 2018

Knowing The Competition

Research And Evaluation To Stay At The Top Back when self-storage was a relatively new concept, depending on the market, owners and operators may...

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1 Nov, 2018

Drafting Developments

Trends In Self-Storage Design By Judy Colbert “When the last recession hit,” says Ken Carrell, principal of ARE Associates in Lake Forest, Calif.,...

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1 Nov, 2018

Farther Afield

Exploring Tertiary Markets Growth—it’s the universal trend of post-World War II America. When our central cities, and later our suburban areas,...

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1 Nov, 2018

Top 10 Customer Complaints

Handling Issues With Finesse No one likes getting customer complaints, but, let’s face it, even the cleanest, best facilities will receive some...

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1 Nov, 2018

2018 Top Operators

The Industry’s Star Players Similar to last year, new supply continued to surge into the self-storage industry in 2018, with no shortage of...

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1 Nov, 2018

What Took Us Down … And May Save Us Today

By Devin S. Huber, Principal, The BSC Group As a mortgage broker specializing in self-storage, my typical week includes speaking with dozens of...

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1 Nov, 2018

What's The Difference Between A "Clickwrap" And A "Browsewrap"?

In that so many self-storage companies are moving to online lease transactions, it is becoming increasingly important for those companies to have in...

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1 Nov, 2018

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...

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1 Oct, 2018

The "Creepy Tenant Dude" Syndrome

What’s A Self-Storage Manager To Do? As odd as these stories have become, the solution to the type of tenants that seem to spend an inordinate...

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1 Oct, 2018

Mixed-Use Storage

Mixing And Matching To Gain NOI By Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Mixed-use storage, or the practice of combining other businesses on a facility’s...

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1 Oct, 2018

Pink Slip Panic

10 Tips For De-Hiring Managers There are two things that are pretty certain in the job world: The first is that no one likes to be fired; the second...

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1 Oct, 2018

Checks For Success

Advice For Conducting Property Visits By Bobby L. Hickman Frequent, thorough property visits to self-storage facilities are a critical method for...

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1 Oct, 2018

What It’s Worth?

Determining The Real Value Of A Property Operating a self-storage business also means owning a property—a physical building where tenants rent...

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1 Oct, 2018

Social Recruiting

How to Use Social Networks to Attract Top Talent Hiring top talent has never been easy. With the current tightening of the labor market, though,...

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1 Oct, 2018

Boost Your Presence

Six Leading Marketing Strategies For Self-Storage Facilities By Sarah Baker Your marketing strategy is the key to guiding more potential tenants...

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