Recent Closings: 12.14.21 – 12.20.21

Property: NRI Self Storage Location: Smithfield, RI Brokers and Brokerage: Luke Dawley, Brett Hatcher, Nathan Coe and Gabriel Coe of The Hatcher Group of Marcus & Millichap NRSF: 58,100 Unit Count: 293 Non-Climate Controlled Units, 147 Climate Controlled Units and 117 Parking Spaces Occupancy: 96% (Physical) Highlights: Providence, Rhode Island MSA Stabilized Self Storage Facility Multiple Offers Above List Price Closed Above List Price Below Market Rents Great Location and Visibility | High Traffic Counts and Visible from Route 295 13,300 Cars/Day Off Washington Hwy | 61,300 Cars/Day off Route…

Metro Self Storage Sells 23-Property Portfolio for $369 Million

A publicly-traded REIT has acquired a 23-property portfolio from Metro Self Storage for $369 million. Life Storage won the deal amid a sizable pool of interested parties. Metro Storage is an active developer nationwide with many other operating properties and this sale of stabilized assets represents their interest in taking advantage of the current investment market, and using proceeds for new developments.” “The properties fit well into existing markets for Life Storage,” said Marc Boorstein, principal of MJ Partners. “The portfolio was actively marketed nationwide and generated intensive bidding competition…

Heitman and Life Storage Acquire Self Storage Portfolio

Global real estate investment management firm, Heitman LLC and Life Storage Inc. have formed a joint-venture partnership to acquire 13 newly-constructed self storage properties located across seven metropolitan areas. The acquired properties comprise a mix of urban and suburban class A properties and are at various stages of lease-up. Situated across Boston, Charlotte, Dallas, Naples, FL, Nashville, Newark, NJ and St. Louis, MO, the self storage properties have an average vintage of 2018. As we continue to execute our global strategy, we’ll look to invest in accordance with three themes:…

Recent Closings: 12.7.21 – 12.13.21

Property: Crowning Touch Storage Location: Marion, OH Brokers and Brokerage: Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of The Hatcher Group of Marcus & Millichap NRSF: 35,552 Unit Count: 250 Non-Climate Controlled Units and 81 Parking Spaces Occupancy: 97% (Physical) Year Built: 2018/2019 Room for Expansion: 75,000 – 100,000 SF Acreage: 22.52 Highlights: Under Supplied Market and Fast Lease Up High Daily Traffic Counts: 17,200 Cars/Day off US Route 23 Property: The Storage Space Location: Mesquite, TX Buyer: Andover Properties NRSF: 74,000 Unit Count: 553 Non-Climate and Climate-Controlled Units Highlights: Convenient Access…

SkyView Advisors Sells Oak View Capital Partners Portfolio

SkyView Advisors (SVA) is pleased to announce the sale of Oak View Capital Partners Portfolio, an 8-property self storage portfolio spread across Texas, Kansas and Missouri. This Class A portfolio features 619,763 total net rentable square feet and 6,029 total units in the Dallas-Forth Worth, TX and Kansas City, KS-MO metro areas. “The portfolio included eight class A assets with irreplaceable locations within the Dallas-Forth Worth and Kansas City markets. Accordingly, a broad spectrum of institutional buyers recognized the uniqueness of the acquisition opportunity and aggressively pursued the offering. SkyView’s…

Public Storage Announces Closing of the All Storage Acquisition Amid Significant Growth Acceleration

Public Storage (NYSE:PSA), the leading owner, acquirer, developer, and operator of self storage properties, announced today that it has closed on the acquisition of All Storage, a high-quality self storage portfolio, for $1.5 billion. The transaction adds 56 self storage properties (7.5 million net rentable square feet) primarily located in the growing Dallas-Fort Worth market. The 52 properties in Dallas-Fort Worth add prominent locations in new, high-growth submarkets in addition to complementary locations in Public Storage’s existing submarkets. With the addition of the portfolio and additional properties recently closed or…

Recent Closings: 11.30.21 – 12.6.21

Portfolio: Extra Self Storage Closing Price: $17 Million Locations: Reno and Sparks, NV Brokers and Brokerage: Tom de Jong and Dana Chobor of Colliers’ Self Storage Group Buyer: Northwest Building LLC NRSF: 98,565 Unit Count: 914 Occupancy: 93% Cap Rate: 4% Property: California Development Land Closing Price: $2.4 Million Location: East San Jose, CA Brokers and Brokerage: Tom de Jong and Dana Chobor of Colliers’ Self Storage Group Acreage: 0.76 NRSF: 70,000 Property: Cary, NC Self Storage Facility Closing Price: $15 Million Location: Cary, NC Buyer: Extra Space Storage Seller:…

StorageVault Completes the Purchase of Eight Storage Assets for $98.6 Million

StorageVault is pleased to announce that, further to its October 13, 2021 news release, it has completed the acquisition of eight stores from five vendor groups, for an aggregate purchase price of $98.6 million. Three of the Acquisitions are arm’s length and five, totaling $72 million, are related party acquisitions with Access Self Storage Inc. or its affiliates or associates as the vendor. The purchase price for the acquisitions in the amount of $98.6 million, subject to customary adjustments, was paid by the issuance of an aggregate of 3,327,246 common…

CBL Properties Completes Sale of JV Storage Portfolio

CBL Properties (NYSE: CBL) today announced the sale of its self storage portfolio for a gross sales price of $42.0 million ($22.0 million at CBL’s share). After repayment of approximately $25.7 million ($16.4 million at CBL’s share) in recourse loans secured by the properties, the sale generated cash to CBL of approximately $8.5 million. We developed these assets with less than $300,000 of cash invested, utilizing existing land as our equity. Within three years of starting this program, we are able to take advantage of terrific pricing and monetize the…

Self-Storage Operator Spartan Investment Group Acquires 38th Facility This Year, Eyes Further Expansion

Spartan Investment Group LLC, a self storage development, property-management and real estate firm that operates the FreeUp Storage brand, recently acquired its 38th facility this year, bringing its 2021 investment total to more than $200 million. The company intends to invest another $500 million in self storage assets next year as part of its goal to amass a $1 billion portfolio, according to a press release. Fourth-quarter acquisitions also included 18 Texas facilities comprising 742,285 square feet. Spartan’s footprint in the state is now more than 1.5 million square feet…