U-Haul Company of Northern Washington Introduces Self-Stora");
document.write("ge Reuse Center
\n(Midland KWES (NBC) 9 © 01/27/2010)
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- U-Haul, the leader in self-storage, today announced the addition of a self-storage reuse center for customers at the Bellingham UHaul Center, 4538 Guide Meridian. The UHa");
document.write("ul Reuse Program, one of the Company's sustainability initiatives, was developed to provide a redistribution network for unwanted, gently used household goods, furniture, sporting equ...\n
Haiti Earthquake Victims – Donations for Haiti in Miami, Florida
\n(Miami Storage Blog © 01/16/2010)
A+ Mini Storage and COWs (Containers");
document.write(" On Wheels) are collecting donations to help victims of the January 12th Haiti earthquake. COWs will collect donations for immediate distribution to the Red Cross.\r\n\r\nClothing, water, dry and canned goods will be accepted.\r\n\r\nA+ Mini Storage drop off locations are as follows:\r\n\r\n12981 SW 137 Avenue,");
document.write(" Miami 33186\r\n12200 SW 117 Avenue, Miami 33186\r\n8395 SW 67 Avenu...\n
Equity Based Services, Inc. Proves Non-Recourse Commercial Mortgages Are Still Available for Self Storage
\n(Amarillo KFDA (CBS) 10 © 12/22/2009)
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Equity Based Services, Inc. (\"EBS\") announced that the EBS Income Fund III has ");
document.write("acquired two additional Self Storage facilities, bringing the current Self Storage portfolio to 66 facilities. The properties, both formerly operated as \"Access Self Storage\", were acquired separately as two stand-alone facilities, the first of which being located in Colorado Springs, ...\n
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Equity Based Services, Inc. Acquires Another Class-A Self Storage Proje");
document.write("ct in Texas
\n(Amarillo KFDA (CBS) 10 © 12/07/2009)
EBS, a San Diego based Self Storage Operator, acquired its 64th property with the closing of Advantage Storage in Plano, Texas. This is the 24th property that EBS has acquired and now operates in the State of Texas.");
document.write("\n\nDALLAS, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Equity Based Services, Inc. (\"EBS\") announced today that they have purchased Advantage Self Storage in Plano, TX. Advantage Self Storage is located at 3...\n
Watson & Taylor Self Storage Joins SpareFoot.com
\n(PRWeb © 11/16/2009)
Watson & Taylor Self Storage joins the SpareFoot.com marketplace to");
document.write(" capture new tenants online. \r\n\r\nAustin, TX (PRWEB) November 16, 2009 -- SpareFoot.com announced today a new marketplace partnership with Watson & Taylor Self Storage. \r\n\r\nWatson & Taylor currently owns or manages 34 facilities in Texas, and 49 properties throughout its portfolio, which includes Nor");
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U-Haul Offers 30 Days of");
document.write(" Free Storage to Residents Affected by Recent Tropical Storms
\n(Midland KWES (NBC) 9 © 11/10/2009)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U-Haul Companies of Alabama, Southern Alabama, Mississippi, Southern Georgia, Jacksonville, Gainesville and Tamp");
document.write("a have joined together in offering 30 days of free storage to families whose homes have been damaged by the recent tropical storms resulting from Hurricane Ida. \r\n\r\n(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090622/LA34860LOGO-b)\r...\n
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document.write("Houston self-storage sites part of Harrison Street portfolio buy
\n(Houston Business Journal © 10/2");
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Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC of Chicago has bought a nine-property self-storage portfolio spread among Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.\n\n\nHolliday Fenoglio Fowler LP’s Houston office closed the sales, with Senior Managing Director Aaron Swerdlin and Managing ");
document.write("Director Doug McCarron leading the investment sales team on the seller’s behalf.\n\n\nHarrison Street bought the ...\n
Private Mini Storage part of package deal
\n(San Antonio Express-News © 10/28/2009) (Registration Required)\n
The 60,000-square-foot Private Mini Storage at 1938 N.E. Loop 410 has been");
document.write(" sold to a Chicago company as part of a nine-property portfolio.\n\nCombined, the properties total 5,300 units and 551,609 square feet. Five are in Houston, two are in Dallas and one is in Austin. Private Mini Storage is the only San Antonio property in the portfolio.\n\nThe portfolio was listed at $71 ");
document.write("million, according to Holl...\n
Self-storage receives boost dur");
document.write("ing down times
\n(Fort Worth Business Press © 09/14/2009)
As real estate investors continue to\nsearch for bright spots in the industry, local experts say the Dallas-Fort\nWorth self-storage market is holding its own – but seeing a completely\ndifferent kind of customer");
document.write(".\n\nIn the high tide of residential\ndevelopment, Minker and Trahant Associates President Tyler Trahant said many\nself-storage units were filled by families who were waiting to build a new home...\n
Sparefoot building an online network for renting storage space
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 09/12/2009) (Registrati");
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Austin newcomer SpareFoot Inc., which operates an online marketplace for self-storage listings nationwide, has raised its first venture capital investment from Silverton Partners and others.\n \n \n\n\nThe company did not disclose how much money it received from investors, w");
document.write("hich include RSH Ventures, Capital Factory and veteran technology entrepreneur Kip McClanahan.\n \n \n\n\nFounded a year ag...\n
Antique cars need good storage to stay in pristine condition
\n(Cameron Herald © 09/11/2009)
(ARA) - Vintage car shows across the nation draw both the young and old. They're a great place to tell st");
document.write("ories about these older vehicles, to check out the restoration work inside and out, and no one can resist watching a parade of colorful classic cars as they cruise down the street.\n\nHave you ever wondered how these classic car owners maintain and store their vehicles, in between shows? Storing ...\n<");
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\"Crime Free\" Program Plans to Direct Attention To Storage Fac");
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\n(Wichita Falls KAUZ (CBS) 6 © 08/13/2009)
The "Crime Free" program for apartment complexes is a proven success, winning Sargent Joe Snyder a national award.\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n ");
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Noah’s Ark builds new store in Florida
\n(San Antonio Business Journal © 08/07/2009)
Noah’s Ark Development opened a new self-storag");
document.write("e facility in the metropolitan Orlando area.\n\n\nThe new facility is known as Noah’s Ark Self Storage Rock Springs and it is located in Apopka, Fla. The self-storage center is the company’s fifth in the Florida market and 30th nationwide.\n\n\nThe facility encompasses more than 79,000 square ");
document.write("feet of space and houses 556 units. The store h...\n
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\n(Houston Chronicle © 07/25/2009) (Registration Required)\n
A parcel of land near the upscale Tanglewood neighborhood listed late last year for $4.9 million has sold.The buyer, a self-storage operator called Amazing Spaces, plans to build ");
document.write("a 120,000-square-foot facility on the 2.3-acre site at 2001 S. Voss Road, just south of San Felipe.\nAmazing Spaces operates in the high-end of the self-storage industry.The company, which is based in The Woodlands and rec...\n
Crime Free program builds on success
\n(Wichita Times Record © 07/17/2009)
The success of the Crime Fr");
document.write("ee Multi-Housing program has members of the Wichita Falls Police Department wondering where else the Crime Free principles can be effective.\n\nFollowing some recent training, Crime Free officers are now looking to extend the program to self-storage facilities.\n\n“We’re going to try and imp");
document.write("lement self-storage as soon as possible,” said Sgt. Joe Snyder, pub...\n
Storage auctions yield treasure, surprises
\n(Brazoria County Facts © 06/01/2009)
LAKE JACKSON ? Rusty Hempsmyer likes to bid on boxes and bins at storage unit auctions and he once won a box from a crematorium that contained someone?s ashes.\n\nHe wasn");
document.write("?t too surprised to find it in a foreclosed storage unit, Hempsmyer said.\n\nHe likes to bid on units that have boxes and finds it thrilling to see what is or is not in them, he said.\n\n?It?s like a grab bag when you get those,? he sai...\n
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document.write("b>Swoopes memorabilia in storage unit sold
\n(Amarillo Globe-News © 05/27/2009)
LUBBOCK, Texa");
document.write("s — Sheryl Swoopes has lost years of memorabilia from her celebrated basketball career after she reportedly failed to pay rent on a West Texas storage unit where she kept awards, team jerseys, fan mail and her college diploma.\n \n The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported Tuesda");
document.write("y night that contents of the storage unit were sold at an auction Friday. The newspaper...\n
Affordable Self-Storage offers pricing, location
\n(Laredo Morning Times © 04/13/2009)
When it comes to finding either a temporary or long-term solution toward storing furniture, personal valuables or work equipment, Affordable Self-Sto");
document.write("rage of Laredo has availability.Lulu Garcia, property manager for Affordable, located at 5602 Cerrito Prieto, said the company's name coincides with its pricing."The way our economy is right now, plus being a new business as well, has put us in a...\n
More business startups find space-for-hire an economical approach
\n(Fort Worth Star-");
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Since the first of the year, Thad Pittman has seen a 25 percent increase in the number of inquiries from folks looking to lease office space in the executive business centers he owns, including locations in Arlingt");
document.write("on and Dallas.\n\nMany of those calls come from laid-off executives and other unemployed business people now starting up their own ventures, said Pittman, president of Arlington-based Corp...\n
Equity Based Services, Inc. Acquires $5.3 Million Facility in Northern California
\n(Amarillo KFDA (CBS) 10 © 04/09/2009)
Equity Based Se");
document.write("rvices, Inc. (\"EBS\") announced today that they have closed on the purchase of Anchor Mini Storage in Rohnert Park, CA. The property was purchased for $5.3 Million with an interest-only loan for 65% of the purchase price.\n\nSANTA ROSA, Calif., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Equity Based Services, Inc. (\"EBS\"");
document.write(") announces the acquisition of Anchor Mini Storage in the Santa Rosa area of northern...\n
Sold! Bid on Stuff in Abanonded Storage Units As bills go unpaid, storage auctions -- in which companies sell off contents of abandoned storage units -- are becoming big business
\n(Ft. Worth KXAS (NBC) 5 © 04/09/2009)
Storage unit auctio");
document.write("ns are on the rise across the nation, according to the National Auctioneers Association.\n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n\n As those hit hard by the credit crunch spiral down, many can no lon");
document.write("ger afford to pay the rent to store their stuff, and just abandon it.So the stora...\n
Austin band teeters on brink of success
\n(University Texas Daily Texan © 04/09/2009)
“You can be happy or sad or any world of emotions and still be able to bring this full force, heavy, dirty sound,” said Tony Deaver, Brink of Di");
document.write("saster guitarist. “It just feels good to release in that kind of way especially when you’re on stage playing it, seeing other people feeling it as much as you were when you wrote the song.”\n\nHe sat on a blue vinyl camping chai...\n
Bidders' bounty? Storage unit auctions on the rise
\n(Austin KLBJ 590 AM © 04/08/2009)<");
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By DON BABWIN\n Associated Press Writer \n \n\n The auctioneer slides the steel door up, and a small crowd at the storage facility steps forward for a peek.\n \nThey are here to bid on possessions left behind when the people who rented the storage unit on Chicago's ");
document.write("West Side stopped paying for it.\n \nThe bidders are barred from entering the garage or touching its cont...\n
Arlington couple realizes dream of opening resale shop for kids
\n(Dallas Morning News © 04/07/2009) (Registration Required)\n
Arlington couple realizes dream of opening resale shop for kids ");
document.write(" \r\n\r\n01:47 PM CDT on Monday, April 6, 2009\r\n\r\nBy MARIA HALKIAS / The Dallas Morning News\r\n mhalkias@dallasnews.com\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n Chris and Misty Powell of Arlington are thirtysomethings who tried to do everything right. Video ");
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Extra Space Storage ");
document.write("Cancels 2Q, 3Q Dividends, Will Pay In 4Q
\n(The Wall Street Journal © 04/07/2009)
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES\r\n\r\nExtra Space Storage Inc. (EXR) said it will not distribute dividends in the second and third quarters because of continuing uncertainty in the capital markets. \r\n");
document.write("\r\nThe real estate investment trust expects to pay a fourth-quarter dividend of 24 cents to 30 cents using about 10% cash and 90% common shares so it can fully distribute its 2009 net taxable income. \r\n\r\nThe changes ...\n
Public Storage CEO got '08 pay package worth $17M
\n(Austin KLBJ 590 AM © 03/19/2009)
The chief executive of");
document.write(" Public Storage received compensation valued at nearly $17 million in 2008, more than seven times the amount he received in 2007, with most of the increase coming in the form of two bonuses, according to a regulatory filing Thursday.\n \nRonald L. Havner Jr., 51, who also holds the titles vice ch");
document.write("airman and president for the Glendale, Calif.- based self-storage facility com...\n
Driveway variance approved
\n(Sherman-Denison Herald Democrat © 03/19/2009)
Sherman Planning and Zoning commissioners thanked retiring city development coordinator Rita Gaither on Tuesday for her service and conducted two lengthy discussions on ");
document.write("requests for variances to ordinances.\n\n\nThe first discussion before the Board of Adjustments, a subcommittee of the full commission, came on a request from Dr. Jimmy Harrell. Harrell and his wife Ginny, presented maps, plans, suppo...\n
\n(Round Rock Leader © 03/14/2009)<");
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Staff Reports\n\nSince a sluggish economy has resulted in some empty units at Round Rock Mini Storage, business owner Richard Davis is opening up free space to local civic and nonprofit groups.\n\n\"We've got some units that are just sitting there,\" Davis said of his 300-unit facility, located at");
document.write(" 1400 E. Palm Valley Blvd. \"We're just trying to be civic-minded. We've done that before.\"\n\nDavis said his f...\n
Hot Shots owners building storage, company facility
\n(Wichita Times Record © 02/16/2009)
Rick Holland and Andy Borchardt, owners of Hot Shots Firefighters Moving Co., are expanding their operation.\n\n\nThe men said c");
document.write("onstruction is under way for a new home for the moving company and a new self-storage facility on Loop 11 near Maurine Street.\n\n“Construction should be completed in mid-May, weather permitting, and we will open at that time,” Holland said.\n\nHe said the self-stora...\n
Auctions at storage lots like 'Let's Make a Deal'
\n(Austin A");
document.write("merican-Statesman © 02/08/2009) (Registration Required)\n
Door No. 1 gives away no clues to what it hides.\n \n \n\n\nIt's a green metal door, rippled with furrows. In the field of opportunity, it's guessing time again.\n \n \n\n\nMore than two dozen people clu");
document.write("ster in front of the roll-up door of this self-storage unit. They are about to play a real-life version of the old 'Let's Make a Deal' television show in which contestants chose merchandise, sigh...\n
Man charged with theft of high-end bicycles
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 02/06/2009) (Registration Required)\n
American-Statesman Staff\n \n \n\n\nJames Clayton may have earned the trust and respect of many avid bicyclers in Austin, but police say it was this trust that might have allowed him to run a bicycle chop shop out of his home and storage unit.\n \n \n\n\nClayton, 42, has been well-known i");
document.write("n the biking community since moving to Austin in 2007, when he began frequenting multiple bicycle shops daily...\n
Richard D. Minker Co. changes name, adds principal
\n(Fort Worth Star-Telegram © 02/02/2009) (Registration Required)\n
The Richard D. Minker Co., one of Fort Worth’s oldest and well-es");
document.write("tablished real estate brokerage firms, has changed its name to MINKERTrahant & Associates to reflect changes at the company.\n\nTyler Trahant, who began his real estate brokerage career at Richard D. Minker Co., rejoined the firm a little more than two years ago as its managing director, taking over t");
document.write("he day-to-day operations. \n\nT...\n
Thief steals $57,000 limo f");
document.write("rom Dallas storage unit
\n(Austin KVUE (ABC) 24 © 01/06/2009)
Dallas police are looking for a thief who made off with a $57,000 stretch limousine. Also Online Link: Model of missi");
document.write("ng limousine \n\n Henry Vassei, owner of Elegant Limousine, said today that he is baffled after learning that someone broke through the metal fence ...\n
Storage company finds way to make room
\n(Pasadena Citizen © 12/28/2008)
When the Gallery Furniture delivery truck pulled up at ");
document.write("the McElroy home in Houston, there was a slight change of plans.The family had been selected to receive a new set of furniture as part of the Gallery Furniture Giveaway, but the damages caused by Ike had taken its toll.The house was still in disarray and with both Eleta and Steve McElroy struggling ");
document.write("with health issues, post-Ike recovery had bee...\n
Storage Fac");
document.write("ility Nearly Destroyed By Wind, Renters Angry They Didn't Know
\n(KFOXTV © 12/24/2008)
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 – updated: 7:13 pm MST December 28, 2008\r\n\r\nEL PASO, Texas -- Towne Mini-Warehouse, a storage facility in Northeast El Paso was nearly destroyed by str");
document.write("ong winds Tuesday, but the renters are angry they weren’t notified until Wednesday.\r\n\r\n\"We got the call that the wind had damaged the roof of our storage unit, but they couldn't tell us anything,\" renter Barbara William...\n
Family Robbed of Materials for Dream Home
\n(Weslaco KRGV (ABC) 5 © 10/10/2008)
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Storage unit prompting residents to complain
\n(Kerrville Daily Times © 08/28/2008)
The construction of a mini-storage unit east of Kerrville is causing quite a stink among the area’s residents.\r\n\r\nThe 350-unit storage facility is being constructe");
document.write("d within Kerrville’s extraterritorial jurisdiction along Texas 173. According to Trevor Hyde, president of Comanche Trace, it is “significantly altering the natural drainage of the property.”\r\n\r\nIn a letter Hyde sent to city and county o...\n
Noah’s Ark Self Storage continues national expansion with new Orlando unit
\n(San Antonio Business ");
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Noah’s Ark Development has opened a new Noah’s Ark Self Storage location in Orlando, Fla.\r\n\r\nThe Noah’s Ark Self Storage facility consists of a total of 83,000 square feet of space and has 567 storage units ranging in size from 25 to 300 square feet.\r\n\r\nNDS Constru");
document.write("ction designed and built the complex two and a half miles from the Orlando International Airport. It features 24-hour gate access throu...\n
Man found dead in FW storage unit
\n(Dallas WFAA (ABC) 8 © 08/05/2008)
By DAN X. McGRAW / The Dallas Morning News\n\n \n\n FORT WORTH — A dead man was found inside a storage un");
document.write("it this morning in Fort Worth, authorities said. \n\n The body was discovered about 10:15 a.m. at Colonial Storage facility in the 5500 block of E. Lancaster Avenue, said Lt. Paul Henderson, a police spokesman. \n\n The Tarrant County m...\n
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Noah’s Ark Self Storage continues national expansion with new Orlando uni");
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\n(San Antonio Business Journal © 07/29/2008)
Noah’s Ark Development has opened a new Noah’s Ark Self Storage location in Orlando, Fla.\r\n\r\nThe Noah’s Ark Self Storage facility consists of a total of 83,000 square feet of space and has 567 storage units ranging in s");
document.write("ize from 25 to 300 square feet.\r\n\r\nNDS Construction designed and built the complex two and a half miles from the Orlando International Airport. It features 24-hour gate access throu...\n
Economic Boom Has Storages Full To Capacity 7/22/08
\n(Odessa KOSA (CBS) 7 © 07/23/2008)
They're full to capacity. Storage facilities across t");
document.write("he basin are housing everything from Christmas decorations to entire homes.\n\nThey say, our economic boom is to blame so many people are moving here with loads of furniture. But there's nowhere to put it. \n\nSo as new West Texans look for a place to live, their stuff has to be stored.\n\nBrooklyn Niedec");
document.write("kan of Midkiff Self-Storage in Midland, said, \"...\n
REITs loo");
document.write("king good after dismal 2007
\n(St. Paul Pioneer Press © 06/15/2008)
Real estate investments can move in mysterious ways. \n\n\nEven as prices of residential homes have languished, the stocks of companies that own and manage self-storage buildings, apartment complexes, ");
document.write("shopping centers and office buildings have enjoyed a resurgence.\n\n\nBig-buck and small-buck investors alike are looking for opportunities as they put a dismal 2007 performance behind them. And some expe...\n
Crane Accident Traps Man In Cab
\n(San Antonio KSAT (ABC) 12 © 06/14/2008)
SAN ANTONIO -- An accident that left a crane t");
document.write("angled in power lines trapped a man trapped inside the crane cab Saturday on the citys northeast side.\n\nThe accident happened at approximately 9 a.m. near Nacogdoches and Bell.\n\nFirefighters at the scene said the two-man crane crew was working at a self-storage complex when they ran into a problem.\n");
document.write("\nThey got done, tried to make their way to the gate, ...\n
Sto");
document.write("rm Aftermath in Ardmore
\n(Denison KTEN (NBC) 10 © 05/08/2008)
Severe storms swept through southern Oklahoma and north Texas Wednesday afternoon leaving some destruction behind. Now residents in Ardmore are left to pick up the pieces. KTEN's");
document.write(" Meredith Saldana reports. \r\n\r\nHigh winds at Parkway Storage in Ardmore ripped several storage units completely off the ground ruining many people's...\n
REITs Stage Surprise to the Upside
\n(The Wall Street Journal © 04/09/2008)
Stocks of real-estate investment trusts staged a mo");
document.write("dest rally in the first quarter, driven by strong gains in two industries benefiting from the housing bust: operators of apartment buildings and self-storage space. The momentum may be short-lived as commercial-property values are expected to sink further.\r\nA Dow Jones index of U.S. equity REITs pos");
document.write("ted a 1.4% gain in total return for quarter, outp...\n
S. Aust");
document.write("in's Silver Star Self Storage building bought
\n(Austin Business Journal © 04/08/2008)
Austin Business Journal\n \n\n A San Diego company has completed its purchase of the Silver Star Self Storage property in South Austin. \n\n\nEquity Based Services Inc. bought the");
document.write(" self storage facility located at 1905 East William Cannon Dr. from R&K Investments for an undisclosed price. The property is valued at $3.3 million, according to Travis County property tax records. \n\n\n The closing o...\n
HFF Packs up Storage Investment Advisors
\n(Houston Business Journal © 02/15/2008)
Storage Investment A");
document.write("dvisors LLP, a firm that specializes in buying and selling self-storage units nationwide, has merged into the investment sales group of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP. \r\n\r\nThe entire eight-member team of Houston-based Storage Investment joined HFF this week. \r\n\r\nAaron Swerdlin, who was senior managing ");
document.write("director of Storage Investment, is serving as a senior managing director in HFFs...\n
BAKER & JARES
\n(Fort Worth Star-Telegram © 01/28/2008) (Registration Required)\n
Shedding a little light on the city center towers' fate\r\n\r\nSo is City Center, the pair of iconic glass office towers on the east side of ");
document.write("downtown Fort Worth, still up for sale?\r\n\r\nLittle has been said about the property since the owners, Fort Worth's wealthy Bass family, put the buildings on the market in May. At the time, the owners said they were only sounding the market for the 33-story Wells F...\n
Home for Christmas: Contractor, city pitch in to rebuild Odell Street house
Christmas came a little early this year for Jimmie and Hazel Johnson.\r\n\r\nThe couple saw for the first time on Saturday their newly renovated home, on which 40 employees of a local contracting company worked, with help from the city of McKinne");
document.write("y.\r\n\r\nThe Johnsons’ one-story home in the 800 block of Odell Street, east of the railroad tracks and State Highway 5, had major foundation, floor, roof, plumb...\n
First phase of RV storage facility to open Jan. 2
\n(Wichita Times Record © 12/21/2007)
By Lee Anderson\nThursday, December 20, 2007 \n\nThe first phase of a new recrea");
document.write("tional vehicle storage facility — RV Storage & More — will open Jan. 2 on Texas 79 South near FM 1954 in Archer County.\n\nThe owners are Nathan and Penny Parker and former Ford dealership owner Ron Roberts.\n\nThey said Phase I consists of 40 units, which range in size from 36, 42 and 48 feet in le");
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Storage business in good health
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 11/29/2007) (Registration Required)\n
ATLANTA — The cars roll in sporadically to Mr. Store It, a compound of orange roll-top doors just off Interstate 20. Each person renting the nearly 600 storage units has");
document.write(" a story: Their home was foreclosed, and they need to pick up some clothes. They divorced, moved to an apartment and are packing away possessions. Or Christmas is here, and they need the artificial tree and giant nutcracker.\n...\n
Allen's postal partners
\n(Dallas Morning News © 11/24/2007) (Registration Required");
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Allen's postal partners \r\n\r\nWith no plans for new office, USPS teams up with private sector\r\n\r\n\r\n12:00 AM CST on Saturday, November 24, 2007\r\n\r\nBy ED HOUSEWRIGHT / The Dallas Morning News \r\n ehousewright@dallasnews.com \r\n\r\n\r\nALLEN – Stephanie Ayers never goes to the Allen post o");
document.write("ffice.\r\n\r\n SONYA N. HEBERT/DMNWaseem Ahmad owns Zip Code Mail Center, one of three Allen businesses the Postal ...\n
Colonial Storage Center Robbed Twice In Two Days!
\n(Lubbock KAMC (ABC) 28 © 11/14/2007)
Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007 @05:16pm CST\n\n\"Everything I own, except for what clothes I had at my daughter's house.\" That's wh");
document.write("at Linda Hill was storing at the Colonial Storage Center--just about everything, locked away in 4 separate storage areas. With so much there, she was one of the hardest hit when the center was burglarized: \"They took half my furniture, the first time they got all my tools, keeps...\n
Amputee to recover leg auctioned in barbecue
\n(Dallas KERA (PBS) 13 © 10/04/2007)
MIAMI (Reuters) - A man whose amputated, embalmed leg was sold at a North Carolina auction will");
document.write(" get the limb back over the objections of the buyer, who wanted to include it in a macabre, money-making Halloween display, police said on Thursday.\n\n The dispute over the leg John Wood lost in an airplane crash three years ago was apparently resolved when police decided the buyer, Shannon Whis");
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Suspect surrenders in Houston warehouse slaying
\n(Houston Chronicle © 09/18/2007) (Registration Required)\n
A man accused in the Sept. 7 slaying of a self-storage warehouse manager surrendered to Houston police Monday after being escorted to HPD headquarters by community activist Quanell X.\r\n\r");
document.write("\nVernon Scott, 24, and his brother, Charles Scott, 26, are charged with capital murder, accused of shooting Jane Lemoine, 53, during a robbery at Value Self Storage in the 6400 block of the Eastex Freeway. Charles ...\n
REITs, Down Sharply, May Be a Good Buy
\n(New York Times © 09/16/2007) (Registration Required)");
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SOME investors might pronounce the heady days for real estate investment trusts to be over, judging by their market performance this year. \n\n\nAfter seven consecutive years of extraordinary gains, REITs are posting negative returns. Equity REITs, which own commercial property and constit");
document.write("ute the bulk of the market, had slid 7.73 percent, on average, from the start of the year through Thursday (thou...\n
While In Iraq, Soldier's Stuff Sold By PODS
\n(KFOXTV.com © 09/13/2007)
LAS VEGAS -- A Nellis airman battled the war in Iraq and is now waging his own battle with a national storage company.\n\nSgt. Bradley Behlin");
document.write("g is suing the PODS Storage Company for selling his personal belongings while he was fighting in Iraq.\n\nBehling said a lot of the belongings sold were irreplaceable -- like military medals -- and he wants the company to offer compensation for the losses.\n\n\"I'm ...\n
Storage theft creates unknowing victims
\n(Wilson County News © 09/12");
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Gabriel Valdez 12.SEP.07\nFLORESVILLE — Several stolen and many more unclaimed items were discovered in a G Street Mini-Storage unit Sept. 6. \n\n A female and a male were seen wandering the grounds the previous night, after which several items were reported stolen by one renter, investi");
document.write("gating Floresville Police Department Officer Daria Fowler said.\n\n The owner of the storage operation replaced the r...\n
Storage Facility Manager Killed During Robbery
\n(Click2Houston.com © 09/07/2007)
HOUSTON -- A manager of a northeast Houston storage facility was killed during a robbery, KPRC Local 2 reported.\r\n\r\nHouston po");
document.write("lice said two men robbed the Value Self Storage on the feeder road of the Eastex Freeway near Lynnfield Street at about 9:30 a.m. Friday\r\n\r\nInvestigators said the robbers confronted the female manager in the office, demanded money and fatally shot her. \r\n \r\nA woman intervie...\n
A New Van!
\n(Cedar Creek Pilot © 08/31/2007)
Don");
document.write("ny and Donna Webster and their daughters Lauren and Sarah stand by a brand new van they won at Christian Life Center Church. With them are Pastor Barry Boatright and his wife, Tanyau. Christian Life Center Church held an event Aug. 18 called \"Back the Kids\" where the church gave away over 300 backpa");
document.write("cks, 12 bicycles, several new computer desks and goodie bags to families in the area. Each famil...\n
U-Store-It reports income drop
\n(Cleveland Plain Dealer © 08/08/2007)
U-Store-It Trust, a major national investor in and manager\nof self-storage properties, reported a nearly 60 percent\ndrop in net income from the previous ye");
document.write("ar for the quarter\nended June 30. \n\r\n\r\n The financial report, filed late Monday with the\nSecurities and Exchange Commission, came shortly after the\nMiddleburg Heights company announced its agreement to settle\na bitter legal dispute with members ...\n
Woman finds skull in auction purchase
\n(Fort Worth Star-Telegram © 08/08/2007)
Arrests Made in Surveillance Robberies
\n(Waco KXXV (ABC) 25 © 07/16/2007)
by Brooks Thomas \r\n\r\nCHINA SPRING - Police have arrested two men in connection with nearly a do");
document.write("zen storage unit break-ins. \r\n\r\nJames L. Blanchard and Stephen Price, Jr. were both arrested Friday night and charged with three counts of burglary. \r\n\r\nPolice believe they are the same men who were caught on surveillance video breaking into Storage Shed 2490 in China Spring on July 7th. \r\n\r\nThe ");
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Surveillance Video Hopes to Aid Thieves' Capture
\n(Waco KXXV (ABC) 25 © 07/13/2007)
by Brooks Thomas \n\nCHINA SPRING - The McLennan County Sheriff's Department is asking for help in identifying a man and a woman who broke into a storage unit in China Spring. \n\nThe video to the upper-left of this story was captur");
document.write("ed at Storage Shed 2490 on July 7, 2007. \n\nThe two burglars cut off nine storage locks, apparently looking for specific items, because those units were not cleared o...\n
Clean-up efforts begin
\n(Marble Falls Highlander © 07/12/2007)
By Melissa Kanz\nHighland Lakes Newspapers\n\nPeople throughout Marble Falls spent the weekend ");
document.write("cleaning up their homes, business, neighborhoods and storage facilities damaged by the floodwaters Wednesday when almost 20 inches of rain fell on the area.\n\nMarble Falls resident Alice Shaw did not receive any damage to her home, however, her storage unit on Commerce Street received a significant a");
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Storage facility goes up in South Austin");
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\n(Austin Business Journal © 06/11/2007)
A new 400-unit storage facility targeting the expanding urban residential market around downtown is nearly complete on South Lamar Boulevard. \r\n\r\nSouth Lamar Storage and Wine Cellar is a joint venture between local developers Joe Si");
document.write("mmons and Heiser Development Corp. The 57,000-square-foot facility set to open in July will offer storage space for everything from general household items to cigar and...\n
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