Storage Vault has further solidified its position as Canada’s largest self-storage owner and operator with its recent acquisition of the 38-property Real Storage portfolio controlled by a Toronto investment management company. The $204 million purchase ($275 million in Canadian dollars) of Real Storage is just the latest acquisition by Storage Vault, which has now completed…
Elevation Capital Group’s MHPI VII LLC, better known as Fund 7, attracted more than 500 members and raised $100 million in subscriptions since launching in April 2017. That’s a fast raise, and fund managers have announced they have raised the maximum offering amount by $50 million, to $150 million in total. Elevation, a real estate…
Storage Deluxe plans to build a nearly 220,000-square-foot self-storage building after buying a one-story warehouse at 74 Bogart St. in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. The company bought the warehouse for $45.5 million and plans to demolish it, then build a seven-story facility with about 4,000 units. Storage Deluxe said it will spend $50 million-plus on…
Dave Knobler of Marcus & Millchap’s office in Houston, TX, and Charles “Chico” LeClaire of the company’s office in Denver, CO, represented the seller of Storage Place of Katy in Katy, TX. The seller was an unidentified partnership in the Houston area; the buyer wasn’t identified. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed. The facility, on 8.58…
Las Vegas-based Crystal View Capital is making a bigger move into the self-storage industry with its latest private equity fund, Crystal View Capital Fund II. The $35 million fund is focused exclusively on buying self-storage and manufactured home properties across the Western U.S. To date, 60 percent of its growing portfolio is comprised of self-storage…
In Lorain, OH, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved a conditional-use permit that would enable TDI Lorain LLC to install about 300 storage units in a section of Lorain Plaza Shopping Center, 1089 Meister Road. It will be called Defender Self-Storage. “I think we’ve seen (this kind of project) in other shopping projects where retail…
New York-based self-storage operator Andover Properties has purchased RoboVault Self Storage in Fort Lauderdale, FL from BBX Capital Corp. for $12.35 million. The 82,000-square-foot-rentable facility, located at 3340 S.E. Sixth Avenue, features a robotic arm that retrieves individual units—eliminating the need to navigate elevators and hallways. Units are brought to one of seven loading bays…
Life Storage has completed the roll out of its digital rental platform Rent Now, and so far a growing number of customers are opting to “skip the counter” and complete the rental process completely online. “With on average of 8 percent of our new move-ins using this platform, already we believe that the operating expense…
Public Storage expects 2019 to be on par with 2018 when it comes to new self-storage deliveries in the marketplace. One side effect of surging supply? More acquisition opportunities for Public Storage. “There are a number of conversations that are becoming more pronounced, based around the theme of ‘I want out,’” said Public Storage CEO…
Extra Space Storage had a strong first quarter despite heightened competition in markets surging with new supply. But CEO Joe Margolis cautioned that the most severe impacts of excess supply may still be ahead. “We still believe 2018 was likely the high water mark for total deliveries, and we expect 2019 deliveries to be only…
