Category: #selfstorage
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Maximizing ROI With Strategic Multi-Story Self-Storage
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The self-storage industry continues to show extraordinary resilience and growth potential in commercial real estate. With land in cities becoming costlier and scarcer, developers are opting for vertical expansion or going up which promises the best returns while catering to rising market demand. Learning strategic benefits of vertical construction can change how investors look at…
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US Adds 4.1M Apartments, 500M Sq. Ft. Storage in Decade
America’s shrinking apartments are fueling a self-storage surge. As multifamily construction booms, renters squeezed into smaller units are driving record demand for off-site storage, according to new research from StorageCafe. Over the past decade, more than 4.1 million apartments were built nationwide — over half of them studios or one-bedrooms. During the same period, more than 500 million sq. ft.…
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Where Self Storage Demand Is Strongest—And Why
From Alaska to Alabama, the U.S. is home to nearly 50,000 self-storage facilities — outpacing the combined footprint of McDonald’s, Starbucks, and Subway locations nationwide. At the heart of this growing demand are six key drivers, commonly referred to as the 6 D’s: Downsizing, Dislocation, Death, Divorce — and the more recent additions, Decluttering and Distribution. StorageCafe’s research team…