Marcus & Millichap Brokers Southern Deals; CubeSmart Launches Third-Party App; Clement Joins Storage Authority; EDC Building Two Storage Facilities; Lindsey Brokers Minnesota Deal; RV Storage Coming to New Mexico; Coastal Cities Have Tightest Supply; Arizona Mall Gets Life Storage; U-Haul Plans Bradenton Project

IRE Sells Pennsylvania Portfolio; StorageMart Acquires Nine in Milwaukee; SpareBox Grows with Self Storage Manager; CubeSmart Among Philly’s Fastest; Marcus & Millichap Brokers Michigan Sale; SkyView Arranges Florida, Oklahoma Sales; StorQuest Adds 10th New York Spot; NitNeil Plans Southern Portfolio; Midcoast Brokers Georgia Sale; Tulfra Plans Jersey Storage; Boardwalk Buys Three; Amy’s Adding in Texas; Washington Town Halts Storage

StorageMart Issues Vaccine Challenge; Charity Storage Reorganizes Leadership; Compass Adds Boat & RV Center; Pogoda Adds 5 to Portfolio; SkyView Brokers Two Sales; Marcus & Millichap Conduct Utah, Oklahoma Sales; CubeSmart a Most Engaged Workplace; Bellomy Stays Busy in Texas; SROA Buys StayLock; West Coast Opens Oregon Store

CBRE Handles Texas, California Sales; ARCO Completes Louisiana Storage; Baltimore Building Becoming Storage; Crystal View Jumps into Storage; Newspaper Building to be Converted; InSite Bets on Portland; 10 Federal Completes 2nd Equity Raise; Louisiana Storage Changes Hands; Southeast Buys Total Storage; Bledsoe Joins Marcus & Millichap; CubeSmart Buys 3 in NYC; Meridian Oversees Georgia Sale; SkyView Brokers Oklahoma Sale; PSA, Elliott Agree on Board Changes; SmartStop Promotes Edwards; Storage ...

ARCO/Murray delivers in New Jersey; Blackstone buys Simply; NAM offers tailored dispute resolution; All Aboard Storage buys in Florida; Chicago buyer enters Tennessee market; US Storage to manage new Clearwater property; Oregon storage sells; G5 unleashes Uber Leasing 3.0; Connor joins Burlington; Allen named Pinnacle district manager; Storage Max portfolio sells; CubeSmart earns kudos for diversity

 Self Storage REITs Weather Difficult Quarter, See Quick Rebound By Laura Williams-Tracy, SSA Magazine It was a quarter fraught with uncertainty, new cleaning and rental protocols, and far fewer new faces at the customer service counter. In all, self storage appears to have weathered Q2 of 2020 with few battle wounds. Those smarting from a steep drop in rentals or delinquent payments in the spring may already be feeling a rebound. Based on analyst calls with the largest publi...

All Seasons portfolio sold to local operator; New Mexico’s Valley Vista sells in 1031 exchange; Lockaway adds Xercor for tenant insurance; StorQuest opens in Kissimmee, Florida; U-Haul opens larger property in Tucson; Yardi: Street rates show resilience in June; Brookwood bets on Baton Rouge; WPC doubles Maryland storage

Lok Safe sells in Wisconsin; Preacher joins William Warren Group; CSSA reveals new brand; U-Haul building in Florida; StorageKing enters Colorado market; StorQuest opens new California property; Metro Storage to build near Minneapolis; CubeSmart opens new project in Rhode Island; New CubeSmart coming to northern Virginia; SkyView brokers St. Petersburg sale; Woodland, California, storage to proceed; SmartStop hires Shay; Talonvest offers capital market update

NitNeil opens storage in Florida; Two join Midcoast Properties; Talonvest closes loan for Georgia development; SkyView starts troubled assets group; StorQuest adds 16th Arizona property; Marcus & Millichap brokers deals in Ohio, Illinois; McElmurry joins InSite Property Group; Hughes to lead BETCO’s business development; Storable adds contactless technologies; CubeSmart moves rentals fully online

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated adoption of online and over-the-phone self storage unit rentals to limit contact between staff and customers. Here’s a sampling of ways self storage industry operators are responding to the crisis.