• October 12, 2025

News and Announcements

News & Announcements

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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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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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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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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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argus smartstop

25 Sep, 2025

Argus Professional Storage Management to Combine with SmartStop REIT

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc., an internally managed real estate investment trust and a premier owner and operator of self-storage facilities in...

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Cameron Barsanti

24 Sep, 2025

Self-Storage CEO To Be Featured On TV Docu-Series "Legacy Makers"

Cameron Barsanti, CEO and founder of StorageLife, will be featured this season of the TV docu-series Legacy Makers. The episode follows Barsanti’s...

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storable safelease

24 Sep, 2025

Storable And SafeLease Announce Integration

Storable, the leader in integrated technology solutions for the self-storage industry, andSafeLease, a leading provider of self-storage insurance...

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bluebird self storage

24 Sep, 2025

Bluebird Self Storage Spreads Joy On National Bluebird Day

September 24th is National Bluebird of Happiness Day, a designated annual celebration honoring the bluebird as a long-standing symbol of happiness,...

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launch

24 Sep, 2025

Schroders Launches Self-Storage Investment Platform

Schroders Capital, the $111 billion private markets business of Schroders, has announced the launch of a new self-storage investment platform, “The...

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central states grand opening

24 Sep, 2025

Central States Opens New Manufacturing Plant

Central States opened its newest manufacturing facility last week, marking a major milestone in the company’s continued growth and commitment to...

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dublin

24 Sep, 2025

U Store It Selects OpenTech For Dublin Facility

OpenTech Alliance has announced that U Store It selected its technology solutions to power the company’s new flagship property in Dublin, which is...

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Atomic and Cubby

24 Sep, 2025

Atomic Storage Group Partners With Cubby

Atomic Storage Group, a national third-party self-storage management company with over 150 facilities under management, has officially begun...

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self-storage data

24 Sep, 2025

Cushman & Wakefield Releases Market Report

Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) has released its “U.S. Self-Storage Market Trends and Outlook Report” for the first half of 2025. It shows the sector...

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Radius+

24 Sep, 2025

Radius+ Introduces New 6.0 Version

Radius+ is inviting users to explore the redesigned interface, streamlined workflows, and new mapping tools in its 6.0 version.

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23 Sep, 2025

Parents Charged For Locking Children In Storage Unit

Two Milwaukee parents have been charged after police found their six children, including a 2-month-old, locked inside a storage unit.

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