• October 01, 2024

MSM Exclusives

self storage resiliency

18 Sep, 2024

Distressed Rates Are Up – But Not For Self-Storage

Schadenfreude: It’s a German word combining “harm” and “joy” that describes the satisfaction some...

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self-storage ownership

1 Jul, 2024

The Epic Shift In Ownership: How It Happened & What It Means

Since its birth in the United States more than 60 years ago, the self-storage sector has evolved to...

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NSA Storage Pros

5 Jun, 2024

National Storage Affiliates Internalization: PRO Perspectives

National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), the Colorado-headquartered REIT that owns, operates, and...

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self storage consolidation

29 May, 2024

Chain Of Command: What Hospitality Consolidation Means For Self-Storage

There are an estimated 700,000 hotels in the world – that’s about 18 million guest rooms. For many...

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26 Jul, 2023

New Details About the Extra Space/Life Storage Merger

Following approval of shareholders from both companies, the finalization of the Extra Space and...

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Public Storage

26 Jul, 2023

New Details on the Public Storage Acquisition of Simply

It’s been a busy couple of weeks for self storage mergers and acquisitions. On Monday, Public...

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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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15 Sep, 2020

Strategy Shift: Structuring Transactions In The COVID Era

2020 has ushered in a dramatically different landscape for not only the self-storage industry but...

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19 Jan, 2019

The Descending Economy

Is Plunging Performance Problematic? At the moment, descent is not a problem. However, it is a...

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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...

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1 Sep, 2018

Pawns Of Price

Stalemates In The Sales Process According to one source, there may be $400 million in...

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1 Sep, 2017

Don’t Be Hasty!

The Best Pre-Sale Preparations Opting to sell your self-storage facility is not a decision to...

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1 Jan, 2017

Broker Basics

Industry Experience Adds Value If you are planning to sell your property, you may assume a...

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1 Sep, 2016

Buy Or Build?

Investment Insight For The Best Deals Back in the spring of this year, Sovran Self Storage, Inc.,...

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1 Sep, 2016

The Price Of Safety

Fire Code Sparks Costly Change In Charleston, S.C., a memorial, appropriately called the...

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1 May, 2016

The Alternate Route

Planning Your Exit Strategy By some reckoning, about 80 percent of the ownership of self-storage...

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1 Apr, 2016

Time To Sell?

Six Considerations For Sellers There is a growing perception that self-storage real estate values...

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1 Apr, 2016

Staying On Track

Five Steps For Transaction Management Successfully selling or buying your self-storage facility...

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1 Feb, 2016

Sell, Buy, Build, Or Hold?

Using Industry Insight As A Guiding Light By Steve Libert Will 2016 pick up where 2015 left off...

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