Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Columbians buying giant storage firm
- Setnor Byer ffers Self-Storage Insurance Assistance
- Smartbox acquires Calif. company

Columbians buying giant storage firm
Columbia Daily Tribune M 
After the deal he said TKG-StorageMart will be the largest privately owned storage company in North America with about 130 properties totaling 8. 2 million square feet of storage space. California-based Public Storage is currently the largest publicly traded self-storage company in the world with 2012 storage facilities in the United States and 169 in Europe totaling about 136 million square feet of storage space. "It’s an exciting time for us. The more we’ve gotten to know the employees and assets of InStorage the happier we’ve become with the quality of the company we’re purchasing" Burnam said. "They got trapped in stormy economic times and we were fortunate enough to have fantastic timing on putting in our bid. " TKG-StorageMart has 70 facilities in the United States and Canada including five in Columbia.

Setnor Byer ffers Self-Storage Insurance Assistance
Inside Self-Storage AZ 
It has partnered with The Human Equation to provide numerous HR benefits ranging from a human-resources hotline to assist on employment issues to online training workplace investigations and customer service. Setnor also operates a Tenant Report Line an online solution for receiving and resolving tenant communications and concerns. Founded in 1981 the company is a member of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America and serves its national clientele through many of the nation’s leading property casualty and benefits insurers. Setnor Byer’s services and tools assist with premises inspections tenant leases pollution and security threats policy development loss prevention and occupational-injury management among others. For more information visit.

Smartbox acquires Calif. company
Richmond Times Dispatch VA 
company | Richmond Times-Dispatch. The company said yesterday that it has acquired San Diego-based Big Box Storage Inc.
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