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JLL's $2 Billion Acquisition of HFF Said to Accelerate Growth

Since 1998, HFF has closed more than $800 billion in 27,000 transactions, achieving revenue in 2018 of $650 million.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 22nd, 2019

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TEDx and Self Storage: A Legacy Worth Preserving

For business owners who want to pass on their business legacy to their children, it’s not just about P&L statements.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 22nd, 2019

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Iron Mountain and MakeSpace Announce Partnership into 24 North American Markets

MakeSpace’s growth immediately accelerated as Iron Mountain provides facilities and logistics resources.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 21st, 2019

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Self Storage "Units", Fun Investments, Goat Rentals

Only 37% of Americans under 35 own stocks, even though many of them did before the 2008 market crash.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 21st, 2019

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Talonvest Negotiates $23.7 Million Construction Loan

While Portland's metro area is still absorbing new supply, its population has been growing over 30,000 people a year.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 20th, 2019

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New CEO for The Storage Group

Since joining the company, Lucas has spearheaded major strategy and technical shifts across the company’s portfolio.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 19th, 2019

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SmartStop Asset Management Raises $77.5 Million YTD

SSAM investment programs raised 282% more during January and February 2019 than during same two-month period in 2018.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 18th, 2019

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Self Storage Investors Start Looking at Smaller Markets to Capture Higher Yields

Even as worry about over-building spreads, self storage properties in primary markets go for cap rates as low as 5%.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 18th, 2019

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"Student Storage Made Easy, at Least 40% Cheaper Than the Competition"

What's missing from Sully's article though was the comparison of pricing between traditional self storage and Doorage.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 12th, 2019

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TPG Real Estate Partners Closes Fund with more than $3.7 Billion

LifeStorage was the first investment in the industry by TPG. Two years later, Sovran acquired LifeStorage for $1.3B.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 12th, 2019

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Australia's Oversupply Weighs on Self Storage Sector

While Perth has been the worst-performing market, the malaise is clearly evident in Sydney and Melbourne.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 10th, 2019

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New York City Startup Simplify, Guarantees 3-Hour Delivery

For an additional fee, clients can access their items from Simplify's warehouse, difference from traditional valet.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 8th, 2019

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Fully-Automated Operator, Red Dot Storage Appoints New CEO

Red Dot utilizes electronic kiosks in their rental centers to fully automate the entire customer journey.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 7th, 2019

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Marcus & Millichap Optimistic for Self Storage in 2019

Private businesses are a major source of self storage demand, and more companies are likely to make use of it in 2019.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 5th, 2019

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Westport Properties Wins Rare Development Site in LA

Westport plans to build a three-story, 152,000 square foot facility on a rare 2.2 acre industrial site in LA

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 4th, 2019

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Rent, Controlled

The idea I'd like to presence here is mandate. Oregon will be the first state to impose limits on raising rents.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on March 3rd, 2019

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Detroit’s Car Recession: A Look at the Past and Present

How the 2008 car recession impacted self storage and what that could mean for 2019.

Theresa Gallas
Posted on March 1st, 2019

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National Storage Affiliates Completes $1.7 Billion in 2018

NSA added Southern Self Storage, its 9th participating regional operator with first properties contributed in Q1 2019.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on February 27th, 2019

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Changing of the Guard: Life Storage Completes 2018 on a High Note

The company expects to continue to capitalize on favorable market conditions in 2019.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on February 27th, 2019

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Extra Space Offers Bridge Loans to Complement Its Third-Party Management Platform

Extra Space’s bridge lending program already has made a couple of loans, and a few more loans are in the works.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on February 25th, 2019

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The $200 Million Question: Does Valet Storage Have a Place in Our Industry?

Clutter’s homepage goes head-to-head with industry-leader, Public Storage.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on February 22nd, 2019

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Amazon Dumps The Big Apple on Valentines Day

The aftermath has resulted in a multitude of reactions. Both political sides have weighed in.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on February 20th, 2019

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Bluebird Storage Expands with 10 Premium Facilities in GTA

The “Class A” self storage facilities are a mix of ground-up builds and conversions of existing buildings.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on February 14th, 2019

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Pogoda Companies Launches Aggressive Acquisition Campaign

Since the start of 2019, the company has already closed on one property and has multiple deals under contract.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on February 14th, 2019

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Sonne Joins NKF Storage Advisory

Newmark Knight Frank added Chris Sonne and Jonathan Lang to its Valuation & Advisory Self-storage practice.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on February 13th, 2019

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Dark Times Ahead for Kansas City Self Storage Market

With all the development activity the market is at risk of over-supply.

James de Gorter
Posted on February 12th, 2019

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Hampshire Companies and Harrison Street to Develop Institutional Quality Facilities

Harrison Street has invested $2 billion across 223 self storage properties since 2005.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on February 11th, 2019

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Industry-Leading Investment Sales Broker Mele Joins Cushman Wakefield

The team has closed nearly 350 self storage transactions totaling more than $3.5 billion.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on February 7th, 2019

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Consolidation Continues as STR Exits Self Storage

After four years, STR calls it quits. Acknowledges self storage is not the same as Hotels.

James de Gorter
Posted on February 7th, 2019

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Secondary Self Storage Investment Will Stay Hot in 2019

Las Vegas will continue to see ample capital chasing deals in 2019, while Phoenix could start to cool off.

Anastasia Malagisi
Posted on February 6th, 2019

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Anastasia Malagisi Joins Union Realtime to Spearhead 2019 Rebranding

Anastasia is poised to help us ramp up our content strategy to the benefit of the wider self storage community.

James de Gorter
Posted on January 22nd, 2019

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Union Realtime Strengthens Leadership Team with the Addition of Theresa Gallas

Theresa is well respected and brings a client-focused approach that exemplifies our value.

James de Gorter
Posted on January 3rd, 2019

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Union Realtime Launches Store-Level Occupancy Network

The network allows users to view and analyze the occupancy data set only if they are also sharing.

James de Gorter
Posted on September 25th, 2018

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Union Realtime Announces the Compass Report

Reviewing The Compass Report is now an essential step in our underwriting process.

James de Gorter
Posted on August 21st, 2018

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Insights from the Intern: Deliveries in Top Markets

Our intern, Zach Warner, is on-site at a brand new CubeSmart Self Storage facility discussing new deliveries.

Zach Warner
Posted on July 26th, 2018

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Insights from the Intern: Deliveries by Market

Our intern is on-site at a brand new CubeSmart Self Storage facility discussing the new opening trends by market.

Zach Warner
Posted on July 26th, 2018

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Union Realtime Announces Partnership with The William Warren Group

Union Realtime is at the forefront of driving the industry forward, and we are thrilled to partner with them.

James de Gorter
Posted on July 23rd, 2018

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Insights from the Intern: Same-Store Revenues

Our intern, Zach Warner, is on-site at Jefferies HQ discussing same-store revenues.

Zach Warner
Posted on July 19th, 2018

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Insights from the Intern: Peak Deliveries

Our intern, Zach Warner, is on-site at Jefferies HQ discussing peak deliveries.

Zach Warner
Posted on July 19th, 2018

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Insights from the Intern: Cap Rates

Our intern, Zach Warner, is on-site at Jefferies HQ discussing cap rate trends in the self storage industry.

Zach Warner
Posted on July 19th, 2018

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