Clearwater, FL-based PODS Enterprises recently expanded its senior leadership team with four new hires: Susan Jacobs was appointed Chief Marketing Officer. Jacobs will lead the moving and storage company’s marketing efforts. Most recently, Jacobs was Senior Vice President of Marketing at insurance tech startup Beam Dental, and previously a senior vice president of global brands at…
StorageMart, one of the largest private self-storage operators in the country, has entered the Milwaukee market for the first time with the acquisition of a nine-facility portfolio. The facilities were sold by Brookfield, WI-based Storage Master LLC and are located in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Muskego, Caledonia, New Berlin, and Cudahy. The nine facilities span a total…
Los Angeles-based storage operator Clutter has refinanced a four-property portfolio it owns in the New York metro area with a $118.3 million bridge loan. The non-recourse loan was negotiated by Talonvest Capital Inc., and features a low floating rate and a three-year term with two extension options. The four-property portfolio is located in Yonkers, Brooklyn,…
After you start working within the self-storage industry, a very strange phenomenon takes hold. Before you know it, one develops the ability to spot a collection of storage units on either side of the interstate wherever you go. Everywhere you look, there they are. That’s truer now than it’s ever been. Over the last five…
One of the country’s largest private self-storage operators is planning for a potential IPO, according to sources familiar with the matter. Ladera Ranch, CA-based SmartStop Self Storage REIT is in talks with underwriters in regards to a potential listing, Bloomberg reported August 18. Such a listing could take place as soon as this year, however…
Following the recent onboarding of a new batch of managed facilities, Salt Lake City, UT-based Extra Space now has more than 2,000 stores in its portfolio. The company was founded in 1977, went public in 2004, and has doubled in store count since 2013. It now becomes the second self-storage operator to amass an owned…
When you are a legendary skateboarder with a career spanning collection of skate decks, awards, VHS tapes, and shoes, what do you do? Rent a self-storage unit and become a pitchman, of course. Santa Monica, CA-based StorQuest Self Storage recently debuted a new digital marketing campaign featuring champion skater Tony Hawk. To learn more about…
SpareBox Storage, a Denver-based storage operator, purchased four stabilized facilities in Oklahoma and Florida. Purchased from multiple sellers, the additional properties brings SpareBox Storage’s total portfolio to include 41 stores in five states spanning more than two million square feet. The latest news follows the addition of 13 properties in South Carolina and Texas earlier…
Glendale, CA-based Public Storage, the world’s largest owner of self-storage facilities, has struck a deal that will make it a little bit bigger. Public Storage announced that the company entered an agreement to buy 48 self-storage locations from Columbia, MD-based ezStorage for a total of $1.8 billion. Public Storage plans to fund the purchase with…
This page is an archive of self-storage acquisition news from April 2021. For the latest news, click here. Angelo Gordon, in a joint venture with Andover Properties, purchased Santa Clarita Storage, a 105,743-square-foot self-storage facility at 24314 The Old Road in Santa Clarita, CA. The property was purchased for $28 million, according to the Commercial…
