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- Strategic Storage Trust Inc. Closes on Purchase of 500-Unit …
- pting for family business even in toughest of times
- Pittsburgh’s STRExpress(R) and Boomerang Systems(TM) pen World’s …

Strategic Storage Trust Inc. Closes on Purchase of 500-Unit …
MSNBC 
Michael Schwartz SSTI’s Chairman and CE. “It’s an investment with good cash flows and great opportunity for us toadd value through customer service and operational savvy coupled with thelatest technology in the industry. The center with five two-level storage buildings located on 2. 3 acres nearthe major traffic intersection of State Highways 28 and 234 was built in1996 and expanded in 2000.
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pting for family business even in toughest of times
Philadelphia Inquirer PA 
ne summer we spent in the homes picking up trash – for an entire summer. " And there were loads of weekends spent "all packed in the car driving around looking at houses with my dad" she said. Kate Black assures it was not all drudgery for the McKee three – thanks to the golf cart at the Elkton Md. self-storage facility the company owned when the grandchildren were younger. The McKee Group now has six such complexes. Intended to make getting around the storage facility to check on the units easier the golf cart became a much-adored amusement ride. Now she is into much headier stuff as associate counsel at McKee.

Pittsburgh’s STRExpress(R) and Boomerang Systems(TM) pen World’s …
MarketWatch 
After anaverage 90 second container retrieval time the automated roll-up door unveilsthe tenant’s personally locked storage unit. When the tenant is done loadingor unloading his valuables the system returns the storage container safelyback inside the facility where it is inaccessible without the tenant’spersonal security code. Key features of the storage facility include a patentpending Padlock Plus(TM) security system that allows access to locker unitsonly with entry of the proper security code a safe and attractive common areaadjacent to STRExpress climate controlled insulated units and theconvenience of drive up access to all units. “This is a win win win for STRExpress and our Pittsburgh self storagecustomers.