Westport Properties, an Irvine, CA-based owner and operator of self-storage facilities under the US Storage Centers brand, has merged with Vertex Investments, a privately held real estate investment company focused on multifamily investments. The merged company will operate as two separate verticals, one focused on self-storage development, acquisition and management and the other on multifamily…

The self-storage industry remains resilient as it deals with more than six-months of economic uncertainty amid the coronavirus pandemic, say two leaders of third-party management firm Absolute Storage Management (ASM). The Memphis, Tennessee-based firm, founded in 2002, has grown substantially since launching with just three team members and one management contract. Today it has offices…

Steven Weinstock is the national director of the Marcus & Millichap Self Storage Division. Weinstock, based out of Chicago, also serves as a first vice president and regional manager of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago Oak Brook office and specializes in investment commercial real estate sales. SpareFoot talked with Weinstock about the 2020 investment outlook for…

Recent data indicates a still-healthy housing market, which should generally bode well for the self-storage industry as it looks toward 2020, although housing affordability and constrained inventory are causes for concern. The self-storage industry relies on people moving in and out of homes, often targeting new development close to new homes or apartment buildings. A…

Although new supply has tamped down rents, it isn’t deterring self-storage owners and operators from mining for new opportunities in the sector. New deliveries continue to weigh on street rates, according to Yardi Matrix, producing a 2.5 percent year-over-year decline in street rates for standard 10×10 non-climate controlled space. Still, operators and investors with a…