Recent Closings: 5.10.2022 – 5.16.2022

Property: CubeSmart Self Storage (Managed) Location: Fort Myers, FL Brokers and Brokerage: Jonathan Fawley, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of the Hatcher-Coe Group of Marcus & Millichap NRSF: 76,100 Unit Count: 803 Climate Controlled Units Acreage: 1.96 Highlights: Brand New Class A All Climate Controlled Facility Located in the Heart of Fort Myers Strong Market Rents Great Street Visibility from MLK Boulevard Dense and Growing Surrounding Population: 116,190 People within in a Five Mile Radius, a 27% Increase Since the Year 2000 Property: Elite Motorcoach Storage Closing Price: $12.3 Million…

Montreal Mini-Storage Completes Series of Acquisitions in Quebec’s Laurentians for $40 Million

Montreal Mini-Storage announced today that it has completed a series of strategic acquisitions for a total consideration of $40,000,000, adding nearly 1,500,000 square feet of land and 1500 storage units to their portfolio. This series of acquisitions in Quebec’s Laurentians firmly positions the Montreal-based company as the market leader in the area. With facilities in St-Jerome, Sainte-Adele, Val Morin and Rawdon, Montreal Mini-Storage now has five convenient locations across the traditionally recreational and touristic area to better serve the rapid population growth that has brought over 25000 people from Quebec’s urban centers to the Laurentians since the start of the pandemic.…

Self Storage Company Vaults to New Levels with $171.6 Million Deal

StorageVault (SVI-TSX) has agreed to acquire seven stores from seven vendor groups for an aggregate purchase price of $171,600,000, subject to customary adjustments. Six of the acquisitions are arm’s length and one, totaling $14,000,000, is a related party acquisition with Access Self Storage Inc. as the vendor. It is anticipated that the acquisitions will close in Q2 and Q3 2022. Six of the assets are located in Ontario (four are core GTA) and one in Alberta. The acquisitions will result in StorageVault owning 204 stores and owning and managing 236…

KKR Buys Five Sunbelt Self Storage Assets for $98 Million

Strong population growth and in-migration across the Sunbelt markets continue to fuel interest by leading real estate firms wanting in on self storage facilities. KKR acquired five new self storage properties totaling approximately 4,100 units from four different sellers through three deals for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $98 million. The properties are located in Phoenix, Arizona; Dallas, Texas; San Antonio, Texas and Palm City, Florida and are expected to bring “outsized demand over the medium to long term,” according to a release. The purchases were made through KKR’s…

Suburban Philadelphia Mixed-Use Project Financed with $42.95 Million Loan

JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has arranged a $42.95 million loan facility for the redevelopment of Drexeline Town Center, a to-be-built, 348,185 square-foot, mixed-use, ShopRite-anchored project with multi-housing, retail and self-storage space in the Philadelphia-area community of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between affiliates of MCB Real Estate, LLC and The Hampshire Companies, to place the loan with Investors Bank, a division of Citizens Bank. Loan proceeds will enable the borrower to complete the project. Drexeline Town Center will be a cohesive, walkable, “town…

Gantry Secures $130 Million of Permanent Financing for Multi-State Self Storage Portfolio

Gantry, the largest independent commercial mortgage banking firm in the U.S., has secured $130 million of permanent financing for a six-property Trojan Storage-owned self storage portfolio totaling approximately 600,000 rentable square feet across facilities in California, Oregon and Washington. The properties include three newly completed, pre-stabilized storage facilities located in California, and three recently acquired existing facilities in California, Oregon and Washington, targeted for their value-add potential as occupancy and rents are adjusted to market rates while quality is improved to align with the standards of the Trojan Storage brand.…