SecureSpace opens New Jersey site; G5 to host free marketing forum; Insurer sponsors Charity Storage; DC-area storage adds online rentals; Patagon opens Maine Life Storage; AAA Mini sells in Texas; Colorado Springs retail to be converted; MoreStor opens in Wichita; StorQuest expands to Bothell; Storage approved at New York retail center; Merit Hill buys Massachusetts storage; Catrib joins Pogoda as trainer; Georgia town approves Life Storage expansion

 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...

NAI Horizon brokers American sale; Colliers brokers Texas sale; SBOA adds HVAC services for members; Canada’s Blue Bird opens Ontario facility; Janko, Blue Ribbon open Illinois storage; SmartStop initiates solar panel projects; Eastern New York retail to be converted; Sentry releases 2Q results; Merit Hill co-sponsors first securitization; Absolute, SRM open new Florida storage; Svensson leaves PSA for BH Properties

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

BSC assists Gelt on Memphis portfolio; G5 launches Call Scoring; E-SoftSys, Veritec integrate products; Beyond opens Kansas City storage; Storage Commander releases online access; Brookwood opens San Antonio facility; Five Star buys 3 properties; Prestige changes hands; Mini-West expands in Texas; Liberty buys two in North Carolina; Michigan town approves conversion to storage; Midcoast brokers Leland sale; Heartland opens St. Louis property; City Gate completes Arizona project; Gantry arranges ...

StorQuest unveils Kobe Bryant mural at LA store; Cape Coral, Florida, considers storage ban; BSC closes $66M loan for Michigan portfolio; Parma, Ohio enacts storage moratorium; Talonvest secures loan for TVG Partners and Clark Investment; Life Storage buys in Federal Way; Shipping container storage approved in western North Carolina; Florida U-Haul plans 6-story storage; New Jersey ShopRite to be converted; Compass buys 23rd location in Florida; Developers plan paired storage projects in Buffalo...

Berkshire Hathaway brokers two SC sales; NSA names Brown VP of acquisitions; Cape Cod supermarket to become storage; DealPoint Merrill to build storage in OK; Life Storage bolsters Seattle presence; StorTrack rebrands Optimize; Hampshire, Harrison jv starts work on NJ storage; Oro Valley, AZ, approves 1,000-unit facility; Diversified plans NJ CubeSmart; StorQuest adds in Buckeye, AZ; SROA secures refi capital with JLL; U-Haul adds storage at former IL Kmart

Mele Team brokers Philly sale; Developer plans self storage with air cargo element; Life Storage names 3 leaders; Storage Deluxe plans Long Island project; SkyView advises on WY sale; IL town approves two new storage projects; Iowa approves new lien law; GreenSpace plans second facility in Pearland, TX; Talonvest negotiates loan for Clark Investment, GoodFriend

Payless Storage in TX finds new owner; Beyond opens new PA storage; Mele Group leaves M&M for C&W; Life Storage jumps border with 3rd party management in Toronto; Hoglund named VP with NSA; Upstate NY board considers 4-story storage; Talonvest arranges $17 million loan for Rosewood; NJ data center being converted to storage; U-Haul converts AK home improvement center; Construction begins on Naples storage; SkyView advises on OK sale

Investment funds continue attraction to storage; ASM increases same-store revenue in Q3; SST IV buys year’s 7th property in Houston; ARCO/Murray delivers Santa Fe facility for Titan; DealPoint Merrill plans department store conversion; Life Storage heads west; Stor-All to convert FL public building; Miami City SS adds 3 new facilities; Dynamic adds to leadership; SSGT adds c-o property in NV; NKF represents on CT sale