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- The list: moving and storage companies.(ranking)(List)
- You do it; Self-storage company CEO shows faith by buying shares.(News…
- Public Storage and Shurgard — The Leading Self-Storage Companies –…
- Portable storage provides alternative to traditional options.
- Bold storage: self-storage companies are seeking roadside sites as…
- Movers: Storage firm to buy rival after battle for control

The list: moving and storage companies.(ranking)(List)
Free with registration – Westchester County Business Journal – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 17, 2006
The list: moving and storage companies. (17-APR-06) Westchester County Business Journal. Listed alphabetically in event of tie. Rank Name, address, phone number Top local executive Area code: 914 (unless.
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You do it; Self-storage company CEO shows faith by buying shares.(News…
Free with registration – Crain's Cleveland Business – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 11, 2006
(News)(Brief article) U-Store-It CEO Dean Jernigan seems to know a deal when he sees it. According to a report last Friday by the Associated Press, Mr. Jernigan bought 195,000 shares of the Middleburg Heights self-storage company for $3. He paid an average of $19.
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Public Storage and Shurgard — The Leading Self-Storage Companies –…
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 7, 2006
This represents a 39% premium to Shurgard’s closing stock price on Friday, July 29, 2005, the last day prior to when Public Storage publicly announced its proposal to acquire Shurgard. Upon closing, Shurgard’s shareholders will own approximately 23% of the outstanding shares of the combined company. The merger will enhance the size of the nation’s largest self-storage company with a combined total market capitalization of approximately $18 billion and with ownership interest in over.

Portable storage provides alternative to traditional options.
Free with registration – Augusta Chronicle – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 3, 2006
3–When sufficient space dwindles, even a pack rat may feel the need to trash grandma’s timeworn possessions. However, storage company owners said there may be another opt.

Bold storage: self-storage companies are seeking roadside sites as…
Free with registration – Property Week – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 24, 2006
(Big Yellow Group PLC, Safestore and Flexistore) ROADSIDE PROPERTY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TIGHT market as standalone retail units, trade counters, car dealerships and petrol stations vie for the relatively small number of prominent sites. It is hard to imagine that there is any space left for other property users. But three self-storage companies–Big Yellow Group, Safestore and Flexistore–are on the lookout for sites. And the race is on to grab them. Flexistore, has an advantage: the company picks up possessions from customers’ homes in a specially designed ‘vault’, before dropping them off at its storage depots, so it does not need to join the scrum for arterial routes.

Movers: Storage firm to buy rival after battle for control
International Herald Tribune – Mar 8, 2006
3 million square feet, or 12 million square meters, in more than 2,100 locations, including Shurgard's 141 units in Europe. "The accretion here from this deal is going to be humongous," said James Corl, chief investment officer for real estate securities at Cohen & Steers. Self-storage companies are consolidating to lower costs and increase cash flow. General Electric in July sold its storage unit to Prudential Financialand Extra Space Storage for $2. 3 billion, previously the industry's largest transaction. In the same month, U-Store-It Trust bought 66 storage sites from companies including National Self Storage for $212 million. Today in Marketplace by Bloomberg.