Denver Investment Firm Pursues $100 Million Self Storage Fund After acquiring over 3,000 self storage units in their first fund, VanWest now eyes an even larger portfolio. John Egan Posted on September 14th, 2020
Self Storage Startup Seeks to Assemble $1 Billion-Plus Portfolio The investors plan to acquire 100-200 facilities primarily located in tertiary markets. John Egan Posted on September 4th, 2020
CubeSmart’s Contactless Platform Accounts for a Quarter of Rentals As for the rest of 2020, Chris Marr (CEO) and Tim Martin (CFO) say they are “cautiously optimistic.” John Egan Posted on August 27th, 2020
Life Storage Witnesses Big Surge in Use of Contactless Rentals Who knew Life Storage would develop a contactless platform just 2 years ahead of a global pandemic? John Egan Posted on August 20th, 2020
Extra Space Eyes ‘Return to Normal’ as Coronavirus Hurts Revenue Despite bleak second-quarter numbers, the company expects a return to normal customer behavior. John Egan Posted on August 12th, 2020
RV Storage Surges as Americans Hit The Road A surge in RV purchases and rentals have created a window for storage operators to expand storage options. John Egan Posted on July 21st, 2020
Berkshire Hathaway Enters Storage Sector With Senior Hire Sparefoot Storage Beat interviews Cameron Vale who recently joins the newly formed Berkshire Hathaway Storage Group. John Egan Posted on June 25th, 2020
L.A. Halts Rent Collection For Pandemic-Affected Self Storage Tenants Should self storage tenants in Los Angeles who've been hurt by the pandemic, be allowed to delay payments? John Egan Posted on June 16th, 2020
Public Storage Eyes Land and Facility Purchases in 2020 CEO Joe Russell said Public Storage is keeping an eye this year on opportunities to purchase raw land. John Egan Posted on April 10th, 2020
Self Storage Industry Reacts to the Pandemic As an industry, self storage is taking two approaches to the coronavirus pandemic — compassion and caution. John Egan Posted on March 23rd, 2020
