Memorial Day is an American holiday where people get an extra day off from work to spend time with friends and family and give thanks to the men and women of the Armed Forces that make it possible for them to do just that. What better time to reflect on an industry that is uniquely American like the self storage industry? [More]

The movie industry has the Oscars that they give out at the Academy Awards. Athletes have the Olympics where they earn gold, silver, or bronze medals. Football teams have the Super Bowl where the cream-of-the-crop teams play. Retailers have Black Friday, which is the Friday right after Thanksgiving. Those are big-event days in those arenas. What big event day does the self storage industry have? National Moving Day! [More]

The success that the self storage industry has enjoyed in the United States is pretty well known. Over the last few years it has become known as a solid and dependable investment. How can it not be when there are over 50,000 self storage facilities nationwide, right? Countries around the world—like the UK-- are beginning to understand the joy of self storage as well. [More]

What does a company do when it wants to expand but there isn’t any land available that is adjacent to its property? The business expands up. That is what Access Self-Storage in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in London is doing. They are adding three floors to the history building where their self storage business is located. [More]

What once were houses are now just piles of shredded and splintered wood. Cars have been flung around like toys. A local hospital is gutted. Two elementary schools damaged.

Random items remained unscathed. A cardboard box of tax returns sits on a pile of wood that used to be a home. An empty water bottle remains untouched in a home that was destroyed. A bathroom was left standing while the rest of the home is gone. [More]

Everyone has a first time that they will never forget. For many it’s the first time they ever drove a car. Kids will remember the first time they ever had a candy bar. College graduates will never forget their first job or their first car. On a personal level first times can make us exciting, nervous, and sometimes even scared. The same can also be said if you are the first to start up a business—like a self storage facility. [More]

The business of self storage is pretty straightforward. People have things that they still want to keep, but they don’t have the space at home or at work to keep whatever it is there. As a result, they rent a storage unit and their belongings now have a safe home away from home. [More]

America is a large nation. Now I’m not talking about in square miles, but at the waistline. The obesity epidemic has all sorts of people encouraging the nation to exercise more from politicians, professional athletes, and other celebrities to reality television shows and corporations—like the self storage industry. [More]

If you've noticed in the self storage news lately, Storage Post has been purchasing self storage businesses on a regular basis. Just as their portfolio is increasing and growing stronger, the management team is also increasing and growing stronger. They announced the appointment of Marvin Banks to the Chief Operating Officer position. [More]

When Forrest Gump uttered the phrase about life being like a box of chocolate little those words became engrained in the lexicon of pop culture forever. People will forever be comparing things of all sorts to a box of chocolate because they feel like they never know what they are going to get. However, there are few things where those words are as true as they are in the self storage industry. [More]