Recent Closings: 7.5.2022 – 7.11.2022

Property: Public Storage (Managed) Location: Spring Hill, TN Brokers and Brokerage: Brett Hatcher, Nathan Coe and Gabriel Coe of the Hatcher-Coe Group of Marcus & Millichap NRSF: 53,690 Unit Count: 487 Climate Controlled Units and 21 Parking Spaces Highlights: Newly Built, Class A, All Climate Controlled Self Storage Facility Opened in 2018 Excellent Visibility and Street Frontage off US Route 31 Convenient Location and Easily Accessible High Daily Traffic Counts: 14,000 Cars/Day Rapidly Growing Surrounding Population: 344% Increase within in a Five Mile Radius Since 2000 Affluent Market: Average Household…

Storage Post Secures $33.2 Million in Financing for Staten Island Self Storage Facility

JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has arranged $33.2 million in financing for Storage Post’s new 2,388-unit self storage facility located at 620 Richmond Terr. in Staten Island, New York. JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, Storage Post Self Storage, to secure $33.2 million loan through SoundPoint Capital, an alternative asset management firm based in New York with $28.9 billion of assets under management. Storage Post acquired the brand-new, four-story facility as part of its rapid growth in 2022. Located in the North Shore of Staten Island, the…

What Is an Interest Rate Cap and Why May I Need One?

In order to protect from runaway interest rate risk, lenders often require borrowers to purchase interest rate caps at the time of loan origination to set the maximum interest rate that can be charged on variable rate loans. These caps have historically been at a moderate cost and seldomly triggered, as rates had not trended up in some time. But that changed in the first half of 2022, as interest rates increased dramatically and expectations are for this development to continue for the foreseeable future. As a result, the cost…

Mag Mile Capital Finalizes $4 Million Loan for Self Storage Renovation Project in Heart of Memphis

Mag Mile Capital announced that Matt Weilgus, SVP and Head of Originations, successfully completed a $4 million loan to secure funds needed to purchase and renovate an old Sears store into a modern 854-unit, 83,040 sq. ft. self storage facility. Branded as and managed by Public Storage, the facility is located in the first enclosed mall in the mid-South and is located just minutes from the airport and downtown Memphis. Mag Mile Capital is a boutique firm that offers preferred access nationwide to high-leverage, non-recourse, commercial real estate bridge loans…

StorageVault Completes the Purchase of Six Storage Assets

StorageVaul Canada”) (SVI-TSX) is pleased to announce that, further to its May 12, 2022 news release, it has completed the acquisition of six stores  from six vendor groups, for an aggregate purchase price of $167.5 million. Five of the acquisitions are arm’s length and one is a related party acquisition with Access Self Storage Inc. as the  vendor. The aggregate purchase price for the acquisitions in the amount of $167.5 million, subject to customary adjustments, was paid by the issuance of an aggregate of 814,686 common shares of StorageVault at…

New Self Storage Facility Coming to Fort Myers

Arborwood Self-Storage LLC purchased an 8.77-acre parcel at the northwest corner of Treeline Avenue and Daniels Parkway in Fort Myers on June 15 from Courtelis Co. for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to break ground on a 100,000-square-foot climate-controlled storage facility branded by Life Storage. A second phase of storage is planned for future development. Mike Maurer with William Raveis Real Estate in Naples represented the buyer. Source

Recent Closings: 6.28.2022 – 7.4.2022

Property: U-Storage Closing Price: $4.45 Million Location: Las Vegas, NV Brokers and Brokerage: Nick Kornieck, Michael R. LaBar and Michael L. Shaffner of Marcus & Millichap NRSF: 36,400 Unit Count: 348 Acreage: 6.1 Cap Rate: 5.5% Property: Extra Space Storage (Managed) Location: Kansas City, MO Brokers and Brokerage: George Kondracke, Brett Hatcher, Brian Kelly and Gabriel Coe of the Hatcher-Coe Group of Marcus & Millichap NRSF: 117,390 Unit Count: 951 Climate Controlled Units and 21 Parking Spaces Room for Expansion: Yes Highlights: Newly Converted, Class A Self Storage Facility High…

Cyberattacks Against Self Storage Are on the Rise. Here’s How to Stop Them

Since the pandemic started, self storage operators have been under increased threat from cyberattacks. Storage operators are not alone. All small and medium-sized businesses have endured increased sophistication and frequency of cyberattacks over the last couple years. But as an industry, self storage has been a latecomer to the digital landscape when compared to other sectors like retail. The rush to move to contactless operations and offer online rentals had many storage owners dealing with a level of risk and exposure to cyberthreats that they weren’t quite prepared for. For…

Auburn, AL

Using the Market Discovery Tool from StorTrack Explorer, we were able to view market data on Auburn, the largest city in eastern Alabama. With 11 stores in this market and no current development activity, this market could be worth further evaluation. The city has 6.91 square feet per capita and a population of 65,508, nearly 50% of which are renters.   Compared to the statewide average rental rate of $1.49 per square foot for all unit types, Auburn’s are only $1.20 however rates have been trending upward over the past…

Featured Broker: Larry Goldman

Larry Goldman, CCIM is an investment properties specialist with Goldman Investment Advisors, Inc. and specializes in the brokerage of self storage facilities as the Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and Southern Illinois affiliate of Argus Self Storage Advisors. Larry takes pride in providing value-added service that is driven by long-term relationships. He has been an active commercial real estate agent for 36 years and a CCIM since 1991. In 2001, Larry was awarded Salesperson of the Year by Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate. Larry served as president of the Kansas City Chapter…