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SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2023 Results
SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop” or “the Company”), a self-managed and fully-integrated self storage company, announced its overall results for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2023…
US REIT capital offering activity down more than 38% month over month in July
Capital markets activity by US equity real estate investment trusts slowed in July as the industry collected a total of $4.25 billion, a more than 38% drop from the $6.87 billion raised in June but a massive jump from the $426.4 million raised a year earlier…
Sweden’s SBB Weighs IPO of $3.4 Billion Residential Unit
SBB, the embattled developer at the center of Sweden’s property crisis, is considering carving out its entire residential business with a portfolio of 36.5 billion kronor ($3.4 billion) for an initial public offering, according to a person familiar with the matter…
Has the Self-Storage Real Estate Sector Peaked?
An August 6 Wall Street Journal article asked the question: “Is There a Limit to Americans’ Self-Storage Addiction?” And answered its questions with: “Billions of Dollars Say Nope.”
“There are self-storage facilities around the world, but nowhere have they been more popular to rent and profitable to own than in the U.S., thanks to Americans’ propensity to accumulate more stuff than they can squeeze into their homes.”
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SmartStop Wins Newsweek’s Best Customer Service 2021 Award for Storage Companies
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Inland Residential Buys Montgomery, Alabama Multifamily Property for $36.6 Million
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Should REITs Worry About Section 1031 Repeal?
Should REITs Worry About Section 1031 Repeal? August 4, 2017 | Robert Beard | King and Spalding One of the headline proposals contained in the Republican Party’s “Better Way” blueprint for tax reform was immediate expensing of business investments. Although the...
LPL Seen As Front-Runner To Buy National Planning Holdings’ B-D Network
LPL Seen As Front-Runner To Buy National Planning Holdings’ B-D Network July 30, 2017 | FA-mag.com LPL Financial appears to be the likely winner in the bidding for Jackson National’s 3,500-rep, broker-dealer network, National Planning Holdings (NPH)....
Phillips Edison Acquires Bakersfield Center
Phillips Edison Acquires Bakersfield Center August 2, 2017 | Al Urbanski | ChainStoreAge.com Phillips Edison has acquired another grocery-anchored center, this on in Bakersfield, California. Riverlakes Village is a 92,212-sq.-ft. neighborhood center anchored by...
Sector Focus: Necessity Retail
Despite the huge rise and popularity of online shopping, there’s still a need for bricks and mortar stores. According to a recent study, by 2025, the share of online grocery spending could reach 20% of the total market, representing $100 billion in sales. However, as one supermarket executive puts it, “You can’t forsake the 80% of consumers who are shopping in your physical stores.”









