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- Clearwater, Fla.-based storage firm boxes nation, looks to store…
- Public Storage Completes Shurgard Acquisition.
- Blue Mound Business Centre Reports Record Leasing in First Half of…
- Calgary firm plans to build big LNG storage facility in Dubai: Goal…
- Motley Fool Double Take: SanDisk Eats Apple

Clearwater, Fla.-based storage firm boxes nation, looks to store…
Free with registration – Tampa Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 22, 2006
” Warhurst now faces the enviable management challenge of handling runaway success at his company, Clearwater-based Portable On Demand Storage, or PODS for short. Indeed, PODS has become, more or less, the de facto term for portable storage units in America. Today, the company has more than 110,000 if its signature white and red containers in service in 45 states and is.

Public Storage Completes Shurgard Acquisition.
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 22, 2006
(NYSE:SHU) in a transaction with a total value of approximately $5. The transaction will further expand the size of the nation’s largest self-storage company with an ownership interest in over 2,100 facilities in 38 states and seven European nations. All of Shurgard’s shares of common stock have been converted into the right to receive 0. 82 shares of Public Storage common stock, Public Storage.

Blue Mound Business Centre Reports Record Leasing in First Half of…
24-7PressRelease.com – 24-7PressRelease.com (press release) – Aug 22, 2006
Exceeding expectations, absorption continues to increase at the north Fort Worth property, located three miles southwest of the Alliance area, according to leasing manager Leah Haroldson. “Our product is ‘city grade’ and we are flexible enough to meet our tenants needs,” says Haroldson, “whether they need a dock, lots of office space, or just a small office warehouse. ” The property is managed by Michelle Rowland, who also is the on site manager of the self-storage facility located in the park. Haroldson and Rowland also supervise finish out and other minor construction related issues for all Ron Sturgeon Real Estate LP business parks in Tarrant County… Copart purchased the land and buildings from Ron Sturgeon Real Estate LP in 2002. Blue Mound 287 Business Centre, comprises 180 acres at the eastern corners of Blue Mound Road (not to be confused with 156) and US 287. “The availability of outside storage in all the phases has expedited lease up,” according to Haroldson. “Our target tenants are smaller businesses that want modern city grade facilities at competitive prices with room to grow and store products outside. Another plus for us is being located near the Alliance area. ”

Ron Sturgeon Real Estate LP has over 500,000 square feet of industrial properties in Tarrant County, with business parks in Arlington, Kennedale and Haltom City. Owner Ron Sturgeon is a Tarrant County entrepreneur, investor and owner of the newly opened exotic car rental company, DFW Elite Auto Rental.

Calgary firm plans to build big LNG storage facility in Dubai: Goal…
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 22, 2006
Calgary firm plans to build big LNG storage facility in Dubai: Goal to be mideast hub. (22-AUG-06) The America’s Intelligence Wire. , a private Calgary-based holding company, hopes to build the world’s first large-scale liquefied natural gas storage facility in Dubai.

Motley Fool Double Take: SanDisk Eats Apple
Motley Fool – Aug 22, 2006
Yesterday, the company unveiled a new, higher-end MP3 player, the Sansa e280, with eight gigabytes of flash memory storage — enough for roughly 2,000 songs. SanDisk also reported that it’s working on an MP3 player that will cost less than $100. The Sansa e280 will be priced at $249. 99, a price point meant to compete directly with Apple’s (Nasdaq:.