• December 05, 2024

Who's Who In Self-Storage

Scott Stubbs, Extra Space Storage

20 Nov, 2024

Who’s Who In Self-Storage: P. Scott Stubbs, CFO of Extra Space Storage

This August, Extra Space Storage celebrated its 20th year on the New York Stock Exchange. This is a...

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Peter Smyth White Label Storage

19 Sep, 2024

Who's Who In Self-Storage: Peter Smyth, White Label Storage

White Label Storage is a third-party self-storage management company founded by Peter Smyth and...

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James McLean

14 Aug, 2024

Who’s Who In Self Storage: James McLean,  Radius+

For nearly a year now, the “hot talk of the town” has been the new pricing strategy employed by the...

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David Dodge Paramount Metal Systems

15 Jul, 2024

Who's Who In Self-Storage: David Dodge, Paramount Metal Systems

Is self-storage still a local business? While many developers have long adhered to the real estate...

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Christian Sonne

5 Jun, 2024

Who's Who In Self-Storage: R. Christian Sonne, Newmark

As an avid boater, and a former self-storage facility owner, R. Christian Sonne, CRE, MAI, FRICS,...

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ramey jackson, janus

23 Apr, 2024

Who's Who in Self-Storage: Ramey jackson, CEO of Janus International

Ramey Jackson is the CEO of Janus International Group, a leading global manufacturer and supplier...

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Drew Hoeven, Westport Properties

26 Mar, 2024

Who's Who In self Storage: Drew Hoeven, Westport Properties

Last January, the prime interest rate was 7.5 percent—more than double the abnormally low rate of...

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John Traver XPS

18 Feb, 2024

Who's Who in Self-Storage: John Traver, CEO of XPS Solutions

Since it’s flu season, let’s contemplate this hypothetical situation: A full-time property manager...

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Ryan Lorenzini

1 Dec, 2023

Who's Who in Self-storage: Ryan Lorenzini, Director of the Claremont Companies

Put yourself in your customers’ shoes. Take the same journey that your customers must navigate to...

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Joe Margolis Extra Space

27 Nov, 2023

Who's Who in Self Storage: Joe Margolis, CEO of Extra space

With the approval of both companies’ shareholders, Extra Space Storage and Life Storage completed...

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Nathan Davenport

27 Oct, 2023

Who's Who in Self Storage: Nathan Davenport, PTI Security Systems

Are you a “digital native?” Even if you aren’t one, there’s a good chance that approximately...

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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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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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7 Mar, 2023

Look Who’s Talking – Travis M. Morrow, CEO of Storelocal® Media Corporation

In this digital age, when we have an overabundance of free information at our fingertips, why do...

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20 Dec, 2022

Look Who’s Talking – Nicole Posten-Thompson, RA, owner/architect, On Point Architecture 

What do you get when you give a young girl a tub of Legos and a blank drawing pad? A future...

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8 Nov, 2022

Look Who’s Talking – Terry Campbell, CEO, Copper Storage Solutions

It’s no secret that 2021 was a difficult year for employers. Besides ever-increasing wage...

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5 Jul, 2022

Look Who’s Talking – Bruce Jordan, AIA, president, Jordan Architects Inc.

Do you remember when self-storage facilities were basic? In the industry’s infancy, they consisted...

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5 Jul, 2022

Look Who’s Talking – Tron Jordheim, founder of the Self Storage Hawaii unConference

There’s an old proverb that “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” Nevertheless, according...

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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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28 May, 2021

Look Who’s Talking – Tron Jordheim, Managing Partner of Self Storage Strategies and the Host fo the Self Storage Hawai’i unConference

Thirteen years ago, during the tail-end of the Great Recession, the self-storage industry was...

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4 May, 2021

Look Who’s Talking – Ramey Jackson, CEO, Janus International Group

There’s no denying that technology is here to stay. It has become a permanent part of our daily...

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24 Mar, 2021

The Last Word Heath Mulkey, Owner, Storage Structures

Thankful My “last word” should most definitely be thankful. I have so very much for which to be...

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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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Marc Smith Personal Mini Storage

24 Mar, 2021

Who's Who In Self-Storage: Marc Smith, Personal Mini Storage

We are more than halfway through this unpredictable year, and plenty of reports indicate that the...

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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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19 Mar, 2021

Look Who’s Talking: Steve Hajewski, Marketing Manager, Trachte Building Systems

Despite several years of substantial ground-up development, demand for self-storage remains strong...

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5 Mar, 2021

Look Who's Talking: Rod Bolls, Founder of Boxwell

While there are indicators that the current development cycle is finally losing momentum, the...

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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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4 Feb, 2021

Look Who’s Talking – Chris Sonne, Executive Vice President, Newmark Valuation & Advisory Group

While we have all likely sighed in relief that 2020 is finally behind us, the new year begins with...

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6 Jan, 2021

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...

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jeffrey s. dallenbach

18 Nov, 2020

Look Who’s Talking: Jeffrey S. Dallenbach, ARCHCON / DALLENBACH-COLE Architecture

Although there is still plenty of capital and investors for new self-storage development, as well...

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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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1 Dec, 2019

Ella Tayrien, Insurance Expert, on Preparing for Bad Weather Conditions

December is here, bringing with it the possibility of wintry precipitation. And that possibility...

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1 Mar, 2019

Donald Jones, owner/president, Donald Jones Consulting & Service, LLC

Within the self-storage industry, the notion that you only have one chance to make a first...

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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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1 Oct, 2018

Pete Panos, President, Third-Party Management and Strategic Partnerships, Public Storage

Within the self-storage industry, there are more than 20 companies of various capacities that...

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1 Sep, 2018

Marcus Trufant, Self-Storage Owner/Investor and Retired NFL Cornerback for Seattle Seahawks

Similar to winning a football match, making a successful self-storage investment requires...

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1 Aug, 2018

Franklin Young, CEO, PTI Security Systems

From conception to completion, self-storage owners spend several million dollars and years...

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1 Jun, 2018

Troy Bix, President of R3 Division, Janus International Group, LLC

Depending upon who you ask, the self-storage industry is approximately 50 years old. Whether the...

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1 May, 2018

Dave King - Vice President Self-Storage, Wentworth Property Company

Thanks to pent-up demand and more readily available construction financing, the self-storage...

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1 Mar, 2018

Joel Deis, vice president and regional manager, Marcus & Millichap – Seattle Office, and national director of Marcus & Millichap’s National Self Storage Group

Best known for its hip coffee shops, lively music scene, thriving tech industry, and abundance of...

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1 Feb, 2018

Kate Spencer, MAI, Managing Director/Practice Group Leader, Self-Storage Valuation & Advisory at Cushman & Wakefield

Over the past 20 years, self-storage facilities have been slowly evolving. The iconic,...

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1 Jan, 2018

Paul Schween, Author/Speaker/Trainer/Sales Professional

With the start of the new year, many self-storage owners and operators are implementing new or...

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1 Dec, 2017

James Appleton, MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, Director of Sales, Special Risk

When it comes to customers’ stored belongings, industry professionals jest that tenants store junk...

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1 Nov, 2017

Erica Shatzer, editor of Mini-Storage Messenger, Self-Storage Now!, and Self-Storage Canada

Ten years ago, knowing next to nothing about the self-storage industry, I joined MiniCo Publishing...

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1 Oct, 2017

Cory Sylvester, principal of Union Realtime, LLC

Since the last recession, the self-storage industry has experienced exceptional growth. Years of...

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1 Sep, 2017

Troy Downing, CEO, AC Self Storage Solutions, Big Sky, Mont.

Through humble beginnings, there is a propensity for greatness. That’s the path Troy Downing, CEO...

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1 Jun, 2017

Carlos Vizcarra, president of AMERCO Real Estate Company (U-Haul International), Phoenix, AZ

There’s no denying that self-storage is a customer-centric business. Storage owners and operators...

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Jim Ross Self Storage

1 May, 2017

Who's Who In Self-Storage: Jim Ross, 3 Mile Domination

Although the telephone is one of the original self-storage management tools, it’s far from...

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1 Mar, 2017

Lance Watkins, CEO of storelocal

Over the past several years, consolidation has become somewhat of a buzzword among self-storage...

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1 Feb, 2017

Jeff Helgeson, principal at 180 Self-Storage

Thanks to high occupancy rates, increasing residential development, and the improvement in the...

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1 Jan, 2017

Paul Yoachum, chief marketing officer at .Storage

There’s no denying that printed, hard-copy phone books and telephone directories have nearly...

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1 Dec, 2016

Heath Mulkey, Owner of Storage Structures, Inc

Since 1987, MiniCo Publishing has been honoring the industry’s most outstanding self-storage...

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1 Nov, 2016

Erin King, Executive Director of the California Self Storage Association

Erin King, Executive Director of the California Self Storage Association As you already know,...

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1 Oct, 2016

Drew Hoeven

Drew Hoeven, president of real estate and chairman of Westport Properties, Inc./US Storage Centers

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1 Sep, 2016

Rod Watts

Rod Watts, Owner/Founder of High Country Erectors Over the past few years, new self-storage...

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1 Aug, 2016

Jim Chiswell

Over the past few years, there has been a clear and consistent push for self-storage owners and...

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1 Jun, 2016

Tim Dietz, President and CEO of the Self Storage Association

It’s an unfortunate reality: With increased awareness comes increased exposure to possible...

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1 May, 2016

Thatcher Milholland

Thatcher Milholland, Vice President of Business Development Ten-X Since its inception, the...

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1 Apr, 2016

Nate Paul

Nate PaulPresident & CEO of World Class Capital Group, LLC In nature, spring is the end of...

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1 Mar, 2016

Gary Sugarman

Chief Operating Officer The William Warren Group, Inc. As consumer demand for self-storage...

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arlen nordhagen

1 Feb, 2016

Who's Who In Self-Storage: Arlen Nordhagen, NSA

Over the past few years, the self-storage industry has gained unprecedented momentum, capturing...

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1 Jan, 2016

Bill Flaherty

President & CEO of Rosewood Property Company Although relatively new to the self-storage...

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