Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of Amadco Self Storage in Fort Worth

Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Amadco Self Storage, a facility in Fort Worth. The number of units was not disclosed. The property is situated on 10 acres and spans 31,305 net rentable square feet. Brandon Karr and Danny Cunningham of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity. Source

Bluebird Self Storage Continues Growth, Buys Five Alberta Sites

Toronto-based Bluebird Self Storage continues to expand across the country with an aggressive plan to grow its portfolio. Recently, the company announced it had acquired StoreSmart Self Storage’s five locations in Alberta – Canmore, Cochrane, Edmonton, Red Deer and Sherwood Park – adding 3,000 units comprising 362,000 square feet of space to its portfolio. Bluebird is now the fourth-largest self storage company in Alberta and seventh-largest in Canada. Reade DeCurtins, Bluebird Self Storage’s co-founder and real estate director based in Calgary, said the Alberta market is fertile ground for the…

Bella Vista Central Storage Sells

A 1-acre industrial property in Bella Vista changed hands recently for $800,000. Shaw Property Holdings LLC, managed by James Shaw, bought the Bella Vista Central Storage self storage facility at 687 Rogers Road. BV Central Storage, managed by Zack Quick, was the seller. Arvest Bank provided financing with a five-year, $640,000 loan. City Title & Closing was the title agent. Zack Kifer with Newmark Moses Tucker Partners represented the seller. Josh Singleterry with Newmark Moses Tucker Partners represented the buyer. The 85-unit facility includes multiple buildings totaling 13,886 square feet…

The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap Sells StorageBay Rexburg in Rexburg, Idaho

The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate investment services firm with offices throughout the United States and Canada, today announced the sale of StorageBay Rexburg, a 12,652 square foot storage facility located in Rexburg, Idaho. Jordan Farrer, Investment Associate, in the firm’s Salt Lake City office and Adam Schlosser, Senior Vice President Investments, in Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office procured the Buyer.  “Through a number of conversations with the owners, we knew the family was looking to move on from the property and…

The Benefits of a Security Integrator in Self Storage

In today’s self storage industry, security encompasses an increasingly complex range of hardware, systems and technology platforms that deter crime and improve operators’ ability to monitor and respond to threats. Security integrators play a crucial role in helping owners and operators manage and optimize all aspects of their security systems. They coordinate, install and connect hardware, software, networks and hybrid IT solutions and develop a comprehensive security strategy tailored to your operation’s unique requirements. Specifically, there are several ways a qualified security integrator adds value to your self storage operation:…

Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. Acquires Land for the Development of a 1,200 Unit Self Storage Facility in the Greater Toronto Area

Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc., a private real estate investment trust sponsored by an affiliate of SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc., announced today the acquisition of approximately 2.7 acres of land in the Weston neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in a joint venture partnership with SmartCentres.  The land will serve as the development site for an approximately 1,200-unit self storage facility. Located at 1480 Jane Street, the planned six story facility is expected to encompass nearly 99,000 net rentable square feet of 100% climate-controlled self storage with a mix of…

Home Depot Sells Queens, NY Development Site

Self storage developer InSite Property Group has acquired a 102,500-square-foot development site at 59-02 Borden Avenue in Maspeth, Queens from Home Depot for $18 million, according to city records. The sale represents a piece of a larger lot, which had been the site of a Coca-Cola bottling plant, that Home Depot bought for $63 million in 2018 to build a store. The home improvement company had announced plans to build a six-story self storage building on its own last year, but the project became a source of contention for Queens…

Former Kroger Site to Be a Self Storage Facility

A vacant lot at the corner of Central Avenue and National Road that used to house a Kroger supermarket has been sold to an Indianapolis-based company that plans to convert the grocery store building into a self storage facility. On March 2, Tiptonia Partners LLC, located at 6440 Westfield Blvd. in Indianapolis, purchased the property for $3.6 million, nearly five months after the Columbus Board of Zoning Appeals approved the use of the property for a self storage facility, according to city and county records. In a conditional use application…

Invesco Real Estate Lends $116M on National Self Storage Portfolio

Invesco Real Estate has provided a $116 million loan to ASB Real Estate Investments (ASB) and The William Warren Group (WWG) on a portfolio of 10 self storage properties spread across five states. The debt was structured as a three-year, floating-rate loan, according to information from Washington, D.C.-based ABS, which executed the loan on behalf of its $7.3 billion Allegiance Real Estate Fund. The deal closed on April 8th. “This loan is representative of the Invesco debt platform’s focus on high-quality real estate and best-in-class institutional sponsorship,” Justin Chausse, senior…