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Sold! StorageMart expands with Midwest facility acquisitions

Sold! StorageMart expands with Midwest facility acquisitions

StorageMart added two new self-storage properties to its portfolio, including one in its hometown of Columbia, MO. The facility is located at 1500 Creekwood Parkway. It covers 42,200 NRSF, holds 312 units and has car parking. The other facility is located in...

The Roll Up: DXD completes Opportunity Zone project in Daytona Beach

The Roll Up: DXD completes Opportunity Zone project in Daytona Beach

DXD Capital completed a 731-unit self-storage facility located in a Qualified Opportunity Zone in Daytona Beach, FL. The project has two single-store buildings with a total of 731 units totaling 63,650 NRSF at 2078 Old Kings Road. It will have 45 parking spaces for...

U.S. Self-Storage Industry Statistics

U.S. Self-Storage Industry Statistics

Updated 4/16/2024 This page contains statistics about the U.S. self-storage industry compiled by The SpareFoot Storage Beat. Statistics on this page will be updated as we receive new data. If you have data that you would like to share or have a question about data on...

Q&A: FreeUp Storage bolsters leadership team with key appointments

Q&A: FreeUp Storage bolsters leadership team with key appointments

Spartan Investment Group, a Colorado-based real estate investment firm focusing on the self-storage sector, recently hired Melissa Robbins as vice president of marketing and Derrick Harris as vice president of operations for its national banner, FreeUp Storage....

Sold! Houston-area self-storage facility changes hands

Sold! Houston-area self-storage facility changes hands

Houston-based Lakewood Realty Investments LLC purchased Spartan Storage, a facility in Montgomery, Texas. The property features 64 units and a total of 19,998 square feet. The facility is located 43 miles from downtown Houston. Lakewood was represented by Versal,...

The Roll Up: JV brings new CubeSmart to Danbury, CT

The Roll Up: JV brings new CubeSmart to Danbury, CT

Diamond Point Development LLC partnered with Castle Hill Investors LLC to open CubeSmart Self Storage at 95 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, CT. The site has 105,000 square feet (including 75,100 rentable square feet and 737 units), located across the street from Caraluzzi’s...

The Roll Up: LSC completes seven-story storage project on Long Island

The Roll Up: LSC completes seven-story storage project on Long Island

LSC Development LLC completed a seven-story, 112,188-NRSF self-storage facility at 46 Greenwich St. in Hempstead, NY on Long Island. The ground-up construction offers 1,382 fully climate-controlled units and two loading bays. It also has large drive-up contractor...

Sold! U-Haul moves in on Pueblo, CO storage market

Sold! U-Haul moves in on Pueblo, CO storage market

U-Haul purchased two former Freedom Self Storage properties in Pueblo, CO, with one at 469 E. Spalding Ave. in Pueblo West and 827 Village Circle in Pueblo. The former now is called U-Haul Moving & Storage of Pueblo West and the latter is U-Haul Moving and Storage...

The Roll Up: Superior Spaces seeks approval for facility in Dexter, MI

The Roll Up: Superior Spaces seeks approval for facility in Dexter, MI

Dexter, MI may be getting its first self-storage facility inside city limits, comprised of 338 storage units plus three multi-tenant buildings. The city’s planning commission voted in favor of the project – called Superior Spaces - on March 4. Ryan Joss is owner and...

Sold! Storage King USA buys Texas RV storage facility

Sold! Storage King USA buys Texas RV storage facility

Andover Properties purchased Storage King USA on Dec. 5. The latter is located at 13397 Camino Real in Niederwald, TX. It has 68,400 square feet of drive-up storage and covered RV spaces. Andover plans to expand the facility by 100,000 square feet. Source: Community...

Q&A: Inside Hearthfire Holdings with Ethan Blum

Q&A: Inside Hearthfire Holdings with Ethan Blum

Hearthfire Holdings has big plans for the self-storage property it recently purchased at 2817 N. Peoria Ave. in Tulsa, OK.  The company, which owns 17 properties (plus two more under contract) in seven states, plans to nearly quadruple the Tulsa site’s size from the...

The Roll Up: U-Haul readies new 700-unit K-Mart conversion in Indiana

The Roll Up: U-Haul readies new 700-unit K-Mart conversion in Indiana

U-Haul plans to open a second location on the northwest side of Kokomo, IN in a $10 million deal. The new facility will have around 700 units spread across about 40,000 square feet. The building’s total square footage is about 75,000; a retail store, rest rooms, a...

Self-storage development hits pause after record year for spending

Self-storage development hits pause after record year for spending

Construction spending in the self-storage sector topped $6.9 billion in 2023 as developers moved through a development pipeline that expanded in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year’s spending marked a 24% increase over 2022, which saw $5.6 billion spent...

Sold! U-Haul buying 78 locations from W.P. Carey for $465 million

Sold! U-Haul buying 78 locations from W.P. Carey for $465 million

W.P. Carey is selling 78-facilities to U-Haul affiliates for a total of $465 million. The publicly traded REIT had previously leased the sites to U-Haul for the last 20 years. The portfolio spanned 69 cities in 24 states. The proceeds will boost W.P. Carey's...

Q&A: How 10 Federal stacked $16 million in Q4

Q&A: How 10 Federal stacked $16 million in Q4

It’s been an impressive run for self-storage-centric 10 Federal. The Raleigh, NC-based company has raised a total of $16 million in Q4, its fourth such offering. Overall the company, which has properties in 10 states, has garnered more than $96 million since its first...

Q&A: StorSafe launches third-party management unit to fuel expansion

Q&A: StorSafe launches third-party management unit to fuel expansion

StorSafe Self-Storage’s recent entry into third-party management is only part of the Skokie, Illinois-based firm’s aggressive plans for long-term expansion across the nation. Last month, StorSafe, owner of 29 facilities across the Midwest and Southeast, announced the...

Q&A: Evan Stephens Takes Charge as CIO of Go Store It

Q&A: Evan Stephens Takes Charge as CIO of Go Store It

In a strategic move, Go Store It has appointed Evan Stephens as Chief Investment Officer (CIO). Announced on January 18, 2024, Stephens’ promotion is set to drive the company’s investment approach, focusing on disciplined deal evaluation and maximizing returns. A...

The Roll Up: HPI Real Estate unveils two new facilities in Florida

The Roll Up: HPI Real Estate unveils two new facilities in Florida

HPI Real Estate announced the opening of two new self-storage facilities in Florida. One store is at 830 S. River Road in Englewood (below) and has 77,500 rentable square feet across 82 units. The other store is at 5404 S. Williamson Blvd. in Port Orange and has...

Sold! DXD Capital snaps up 7-property portfolio in Colorado

Sold! DXD Capital snaps up 7-property portfolio in Colorado

DXD Capital, a New Mexico self-storage private equity firm, purchased the Hill & Homes Self-Storage portfolio in Colorado's western slope. The portfolio has 135,050 square feet across seven buildings, which house 922 units. Thomas Parsons, first vice president of...

The Roll Up: Storage Units Capital opens new Ocoee, FL facility

The Roll Up: Storage Units Capital opens new Ocoee, FL facility

Storage Units Capital, a self-storage real estate investment firm, announced the opening of a new property at 9000 W. Colonial Drive in the Orlando, FL, suburb of Ocoee. It sits on 3 acres, and it has 79,605 usable square feet and 766 units. There are three levels of...

Sold! Devon Self Storage sells majority stake to Inland Real Estate

Sold! Devon Self Storage sells majority stake to Inland Real Estate

The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies is buying a majority interest in U.S. self-storage operator Devon Self Storage Holdings. Devon, founded in 1988, manages 202 properties and about 109,000 units nationwide. It has owned, managed or developed more than 350...

Manhattan Mini Storage expands into NYC boroughs, eyes NJ market

Manhattan Mini Storage expands into NYC boroughs, eyes NJ market

Manhattan Mini Storage doesn’t just want a bigger bite of the Big Apple self-storage market. It’s now eyeing expansion into New Jersey too. Two years after its purchase by StorageMart, Manhattan Mini, a well-known self-storage operator on the island of Manhattan,...

Extra Space Storage rings opening bell at New York Stock Exchange

Extra Space Storage rings opening bell at New York Stock Exchange

Last year Extra Space Storage completed the biggest deal in self-storage history. This week, the company celebrated the accomplishment in front of a large audience. Led by CEO Joe Margolis, Extra Space officials rang the opening bell on January 9 at the New York Stock...

The Roll Up: Trojan plans major storage compound in Los Angeles

The Roll Up: Trojan plans major storage compound in Los Angeles

Trojan Storage, based in Redondo Beach, CA, has proposed a massive self-storage compound with nine apartments and two storage buildings. The company wants to build 227,000 square feet of self-storage, with a separate residential component, at 7528 Bellaire Ave. in...

Sold! Out-of-state buyer scoops up South Carolina storage site

Sold! Out-of-state buyer scoops up South Carolina storage site

Midcoast Properties Inc. announced the sale of Capstone Self Storage at 561 N. Pike East in Sumter, SC. An out-of-state buyer made the purchase. Midcoast’s Michael Morrison represented the seller. The facility sits on 2.1 acres and has 84 drive-up units spread across...

Company exits oil industry to focus on self-storage portfolio

Company exits oil industry to focus on self-storage portfolio

It’s not every day you see an oil-drilling company transform itself into a largely self-storage operation. But that’s exactly what California-based Ojai Oil, Inc. has effectively been doing over recent decades, having founded Golden State Storage in 1974 and grown its...

The Roll Up: LSC converts mid-rise office to self-storage in Illinois

The Roll Up: LSC converts mid-rise office to self-storage in Illinois

LSC Development LLC opened a new self-storage facility in Glenview, IL at 3701 W. Lake Ave. It’s on a 5.6-acre lot, south of Northshore Glenbrook Hospital and near Glenbrook South High School. The developer converted a pair of three-story, 1970s-style office buildings...

Sold! Gelt sells 677-unit self-storage asset in Pasadena

Sold! Gelt sells 677-unit self-storage asset in Pasadena

Gelt Ventures announced the sale of South Pasadena Storage, a 677-unit self-storage facility in South Pasadena, CA for an undisclosed price to an institutional buyer. The six-building property includes 642 indoor storage units, 34 outdoor rental spaces, a live/work...

The Roll Up: SecureSpace completes new Manhattan self-storage facility

The Roll Up: SecureSpace completes new Manhattan self-storage facility

SecureSpace Self Storage opened a new self-storage facility in Manhattan, NY, to be called SecureSpace Manhattan. The newly built facility is at 424 E. 90th St. and has 88,630 square feet of 100% climate-controlled space. SecureSpace is based in Redondo Beach, CA....

Self-storage industry disruptor Stuf aims to double footprint

Self-storage industry disruptor Stuf aims to double footprint

Infused with an $11 million funding round last February, NYC-based self-storage startup Stuf has tripled the size of its real estate footprint over the last year. In a conversation with the SpareFoot Storage Beat, co-founder and CEO Katharine Lau said the company...

The Roll Up: Hunt Midwest moves dirt on new StorTroplis facility

The Roll Up: Hunt Midwest moves dirt on new StorTroplis facility

Real estate developer Hunt Midwest is expanding its footprint in the Kansas City metro with a new 867-unit StorTropolis self-storage facility in Olathe, KS. The project, currently under construction at 601 N Millridge Street, will be the chain's sixth and largest...

Sold! Andover Properties picks up Florida facility for $6.85 million

Sold! Andover Properties picks up Florida facility for $6.85 million

Andover Properties, operator of the Storage King USA chain of self-storage facilities, has purchased Barefoot Mini Storage in Micco, FL for $6.85 million. CBRE’s Self Storage Advisory Group represented the seller, a private investor. Nick Waller of CBRE said that they...

RSG rides RV and boat storage wave with two new ground up projects

RSG rides RV and boat storage wave with two new ground up projects

Recreational Storage Group is riding the Boat-RV storage wave that began a few years ago during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. RSG, a New Jersey-based company led by industry veterans Erik Johnson and George Hristodoulou, recently announced that it has broken...

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