• October 16, 2025

News and Announcements

News & Announcements

California SB709 Legal

16 Oct, 2025

SB709 Has Been Signed Into Law; SSA Webinar Scheduled

The California Self Storage Association’s (CSSA) and Self Storage Association’s (SSA) push to reform SB709 from a price control bill to one of...

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Big Yellow

16 Oct, 2025

Blackstone Considers Submitting Bid To Acquire Big Yellow Group

As Blackstone nears a deal valued at approximately £1bn to sell its logistics assets to real estate investor Tritax Big Box, it has revealed that it...

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u-haul

16 Oct, 2025

U-Haul Assists Arizona Storm Victims

Phoenix-based U-Haul International has begun offering free self-storage to Arizonans who are working to put their lives back together after...

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adminify AI

16 Oct, 2025

Self Storage Manager And Adminify AI Partner On Seamless Bookings

Self Storage Manager, Inc. (SSM) has formed a strategic partnership with Adminify AI, a pioneer in AI-driven customer communication for franchises...

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HIG Capital

16 Oct, 2025

H.I.G. Capital Establishes Self-Storage Platform in Italy

Following the completion of its first five acquisitions in Italy, H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm with $70 billion of...

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BETCO Self Storage Roofing

14 Oct, 2025

BETCO, A Janus International Company, Launches Metal Decking Products

BETCO, Inc., a leading innovator in engineering, design, manufacturing, and construction of self-storage buildings, today announced a comprehensive...

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storage fire

12 Oct, 2025

Maryland Man Sets Storage Unit On Fire With Woman Inside

A Hagerstown, Maryland man is behind bars after investigators say he intentionally set a fire inside a storage unit Thursday morning, leaving one...

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prime group

11 Oct, 2025

Prime Group Eyes $505M Refi Loan for Self-Storage Portfolio

Prime Group Holdings is about to snag a hefty $505 million commercial mortgage loan tied to a 32-property self-storage portfolio and two mixed-use...

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storage asset management

11 Oct, 2025

SAM and Managed Stores Raise $10K for Decker’s Blueprint

Storage Asset Management (SAM), the nation’s third-largest third-party self-storage management company, has announced that together with its managed...

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IRE self storage award

11 Oct, 2025

Investment Real Estate Management Named A Best Place To work

Investment Real Estate Management LLC (IRE) has been named one of the winners in the mid-size company category of the 2025 Best Places to Work in...

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mini mall storage

10 Oct, 2025

Mini Mall Storage Expands with Metro Self Storage Acquisition

Canada's Mini Mall Storage Properties Trust, part of Avenue Living Asset Management, has acquired an 11-property portfolio from the U.S.-based Metro...

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spider call

10 Oct, 2025

SpiderDoor Introduces AI Virtual Assistant SpiderCall

SpiderDoor has released its new AI/virtual call assistant, SpiderCall. SpiderCall answers calls at self-storage facilities 24/7. The “AI Agent” also...

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storage news

10 Oct, 2025

Locked & Loaded Releases New Loaded Paper

Locked & Loaded has released its latest Loaded Paper, “Scan, Rent, Go: How QR Codes Are Quietly Revolutionizing Self-Storage.” This new publication...

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harrison street morningstar

10 Oct, 2025

Harrison Street & Morningstar Acquire 21-Property Storage Portfolio

Harrison Street Asset Management, a leading global investment management firm with over $100 billion in assets under management, has announced the...

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self-storage vietnam

9 Oct, 2025

Vietnam’s MyStorage Raises Millions from Private Equity Fund

MyStorage, Vietnam’s pioneering tech-enabled self-storage company, has secured a multi-million-dollar investment from Emerging Markets Investment...

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drive up unit

8 Oct, 2025

Drive-Up Units (Garage Parks) Grow In Popularity in germany

While Germany’s institutional investors are still picking through the market for steady, yield-bearing assets in a financing environment that remains...

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storage king fire

7 Oct, 2025

Tallahassee Storage King Suffers Fire Damage

Storage King USA caught fire Saturday evening and damaged “several units,” according to a press release from the Tallahassee Fire Department.

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security self storage

7 Oct, 2025

Security Self Storage Launches Smart Storage Units for 24/7 Safety

Security Self Storage recently announced the introduction of Smart Storage Units, powered by StorageDefender technology. These new units are designed...

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4 Oct, 2025

Storage Blotter: Roundup of Incidents Week Of 10/03/25

West Mahanoy Township, PA (Oct. 3)Police are investigating a theft at the STP Storage Facility on Starter Drive. Authorities have recovered...

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FEDESSA SElf Storage

4 Oct, 2025

FEDESSA releases 2025 european Self-storage industry report

A new report from the Federation of European Self Storage Associations (FEDESSA) and global real estate advisor CBRE indicates that the self storage...

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CSSA Court

3 Oct, 2025

CSSA Releases Legislative Alert Regarding SB709 Pricing Bill

MSM has extensively covered SB709, the California price control bill, with exclusives from the players involved in the fight against it. The CSSA has...

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self storage association voting

1 Oct, 2025

Slate Vs. Selections: Navigating the SSA Board of Directors Ballot

The race is on. Voting is underway for the Self Storage Association (SSA) National Board of Directors, with 13 candidates vying for one of three...

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propRise

1 Oct, 2025

Colliers EVP Praises PropRise for Removing Underwriting Bottlenecks

PropRise, a leading analytics and data provider, has announced the launch of Primer, an AI service that eliminates the tedious manual data entry...

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tenant nodafi

30 Sep, 2025

Tenant Announces Integration with nodaFi For Facility Operations

Tenant Inc., provider of the self-storage industry’s leading all-in-one technology platform, today announced a new integration with nodaFi, a...

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customer reviews

29 Sep, 2025

The Storage Agency & StorageReach Partner On Customer Reviews

The Storage Agency (TSA), a leading self-storage marketing firm, has announced a strategic partnership with StorageReach, an automated review...

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spartan self storage

26 Sep, 2025

Spartan Makes Largest Purchase In Its Transaction History

Spartan Investment Group, a Colorado-based privately held real estate investment firm specializing in the self-storage industry, has acquired seven...

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