The self-storage industry has witnessed a transformative wave of technological innovations in recent years. However,2023 brought about one of the most significant leaps in the evolution of self-storage facilities. This is in part due to the vast option of vendors with a low adoption threshold for owners and operators interested in transitioning to automated solutions. …
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The self-storage industry has seen significant growth in recent years, driven by an increasing demand for secure storage solutions. With this growth, the need for efficient management, maintenance, and security in self-storage facilities has become paramount. Traditional lock-and-key systems have been the norm for decades, but they come with inherent challenges such as manual maintenance, …
Self-storage in the United States has always been closely tied to the abilities and proximities of the location’s store manager. Since the emergence of the self-storage industry dating back to the 1960s, these locations were predominately managed by their owners or a small local team most often living on the premises as a layer of …
First impressions are everything, especially when choosing self-storage. Within our industry there are two opportunities to put your best foot forward in impressing potential renters, the first being your online presence and the second being the intentional design of the facility. As our asset class moves through the newest era of remodeling and leaning toward …
Across the country, Owners and Operators in self-storage are talking themselves in circles around the ongoing industry issues. Labor shortages, payroll increases, call volume, foot traffic, mobile banking transitions, access control, and more are all at the forefront of every weekly and monthly operational meeting as individual companies, small and large, are working toward viable …
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The Problem: Our Industry is Old School Self-storage is a dated industry with a recent interest in keeping up with the trends in automation and technology. In the hills out west, you can find self-storage sites utilizing index cards instead of PMS Software, over in the southwest you can find owners who haven’t made the …
In September of this year, my husband and I traveled throughout Europe and as travel can never be fail proof, one of our trains between cities was cancelled due to a strike. My husband was quick to rebook our travel but it meant that we wouldn’t be arriving in Venice, Italy until close to Midnight. …
If the Self-Storage Assocation did a topic of the 2022 calendar year, it would be ‘unmanned facilities.’ Throughout the 2022 Tradeshow Circut, you could bet your multi-million dollar real estate investment that at least once during a speech, presentation, or roundtable the topic of unmanned facilities would fall from the tip of a presenter’s mouth. …
