Author: Shinil Krishnan

Ultimate Storage Solutions Welcomes Big Blue Boxes, Expanding National Container Platform

Ultimate Storage Solutions (USS) today announced that Big Blue Boxes (BBB), a Midwest leader in storage container and intermodal solutions, has joined USS, significantly expanding the company’s geographic footprint and service capabilities. This strategic combination brings together two highly regarded companies with complementary strengths, creating a more expansive platform to serve customers across a broader market. The addition of Big Blue Boxes enhances USS’s operational reach, increases inventory availability, and strengthens logistics capabilities across key regions. “This combination represents more than growth. It significately increases our ability to serve customers…

Featured Broker: Ashley Compton, MBA

Ashley Compton is a Principal and Vice Chairman at Colliers who specializes in advising clients in the disposition, acquisition, and recapitalization of self-storage facilities throughout the United States and Canada. His single mission for each client is to utilize his knowledge and experience to exceed expectations. He develops a customized marketing plan for each client to ensure maximum sales proceeds while minimizing exposure to risk by reducing the transaction timeline. Integrity, ethics, and experience guide every interaction and define his service approach with clients and colleagues. He has successfully assisted…

StorTrack Market of the Month: San Antonio, TX

San Antonio’s self-storage market is currently defined by a steady influx of demand meeting a significant wave of new capacity. The city’s primary strength lies in its relative affordability; as a fast-growing metropolitan area, its ability to attract new residents and fuel employment expansion provides a consistent source of demand typical of major Sun Belt hubs. While multifamily development is expected to moderate, storage usage remains supported by the existing renter base and a shift toward smaller living footprints, which effectively moves traditional storage needs into professional facilities. However, the…

The $10.5 Billion Wake-Up Call: What the Public Storage–NSA Deal Means for Private Owners

The self-storage industry doesn’t move slowly anymore. And if you needed proof, look no further than the biggest deal to hit the sector in years. On March 16, Public Storage announced it would acquire National Storage Affiliates Trust in an all-stock transaction valued at $10.5 billion. Adding more than 1,000 properties to its portfolio and creating a combined enterprise value of $77 billion. Both boards approved unanimously. Closing is expected by Q3 2026. Just like that, the landscape shifted. But here’s what the press release won’t tell you: this deal…

StorBill Now Available for Self-Storage Owners and Operators Nationwide

The standalone delinquency payment solution gives self-storage facilities of all sizes access to enterprise-grade collections technology. White Label Storage, a leading third-party self-storage management company, has announced the general availability of StorBill, its automated payment and collections platform. StorBill is now available as a standalone product to any self-storage owner or operator, giving facilities of all sizes access to the same technology White Label Storage has developed and refined across more than 280 managed facilities nationwide. Proactive Billing, Not Just Collections StorBill doesn’t wait for tenants to become delinquent. Tenants…

Recent Self-Storage Transactions: 03.25.2026 – 03.31.2026

Last week’s self-storage transactions highlight a continued mix of value-add acquisitions, stabilized portfolio trades, and growing interest in alternative storage formats across secondary and tertiary markets. Notably, a $98 million acquisition of a 15-property portfolio spanning Florida, Kentucky, and South Carolina underscores sustained institutional appetite for geographically diversified, high-occupancy assets, particularly in lower-cost markets where operational scale can drive efficiencies. At the asset level, deals such as Freedom Storage & RV in Arizona point to increasing investor focus on hybrid self-storage and RV/boat facilities, where expansion potential and underutilized land…

Ardent Announces Opening of Class-A Self-Storage Facility in Bridgeport, Connecticut

The Ardent Companies (Ardent), a privately held real estate firm based in Atlanta, today announced the opening of its newest Class-A self-storage facility. Located at 1525 Railroad Ave., the five-story, 127,411-square-foot property reinforces Ardent’s strategy of delivering institutional-quality, climate-controlled self-storage developments in high-demand infill markets. The project was developed in partnership with Diamond Point Development. The facility is the 9th asset to deliver as part of Ardent’s Self-Storage Development Fund II, which is on track to complete construction across its remaining projects this year. The opening follows strong lease-up momentum…

U-Haul Retail, Moving And Storage Facility Opens a New Facility in Rossford, Ohio

A new U-Haul® retail, moving and storage facility is now serving the Rossford community at 10212 Sportsman Drive while offering the Company’s 1-Year Price Lock on self-storage rentals. Rossford Mayor Neil MacKinnon III participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 28. The grand opening marked the completion of the first 431 climate-controlled self-storage rooms available to rent at U-Haul Moving & Storage of Rossford. Do-it-yourself movers have had access to trucks and trailers since December. When the build-out is completed, there will be 1,067 storage units with heated and climate-controlled…

Featured Broker: Charles Baker

Charles Baker is the Argus Self Storage Advisors affiliate broker for Louisiana, specializing in self-storage investment sales and owner representation. With more than 18 years of real estate experience, he advises storage owners on all aspects of their facilities, including valuation, positioning assets for sale, and connecting sellers with qualified buyers through the Argus national network. Charles is a member of the Louisiana Self Storage Association, holds an MBA from the University of New Orleans, is a retired U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel, and is the Broker-Owner of Baker Cowan…

Self Storage Opens with Professional Management in Alpharetta, Georgia

Local owners of Davis Drive Storage proudly announce the acquisition of the self-storage facility at 11500 Davis Drive, Alpharetta, GA 30009. This facility, being managed by Absolute Storage Management (Absolute), features 689 units totaling 76,610 rentable square feet. We offer safe, secure, climate-controlled unit options to the local communities of Alpharetta, Windward, and Johns Creek. Davis Group Storage, LLC has contracted with Absolute Storage Management (Absolute) to provide professional self-storage management services, and the facility is officially under Absolute’s management as of March 20, 2026. Residents and businesses in the…