A New York judge has paused the city's new self storage rules, but Canada's drip pricing exposure under the Competition Act needs no new law. What the CSSA's new member guidance means for owners, buyers and...
Sub-20,000 square foot facilities are where the cap rate spread lives in Canadian storage. The case for and against small-town assets, and how buyers and lenders should underwrite them.
SmartStop and the ICM Bluebird fund reshaped Canada's self-storage league table in Q3 2026, Public Storage closed its Canadian entry, and JBW's rate survey shows list rates held while move-in promotions deepened.
Canada lost 354,000 study permit holders and gained 270,000 seniors. Why the population stall is not a storage demand collapse, who is still arriving at the storage trigger, and what it means for underwriting.
Five former Green Storage stores in Ajax, Keswick, Newmarket and Orillia now operate as Maple Leaf Self Storage. JBW understands it was a sale. What QuadReal's quiet second Ontario deal means for owners and buyers.
Supply is counted four different ways, demand is not counted at all, and investors pay the difference in lease-up months and loan terms. What the US, UK, Australia and Europe measure about their storage customers, what...
New Canadian apartments are smaller than ever, and parking minimums are gone in Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver. Where that lifts storage demand, where it doesn't, and how to underwrite it, with JBW survey data comparing apartment...
SmartStop is putting C$74 million into a 14-property Canadian storage fund at about 50% occupancy. How the deal is structured, what it means for SmartStop's ranking, and what Canadian investors and owners should take from it.
The GoC 5-year has jumped to 3.69%, about 107 bps above last October, as US Treasuries sell off and markets price Bank of Canada hikes into 2027. SmartStop and Public Storage Maple bonds show institutional storage...
Apartment asking rents have fallen for 23 straight months and record purpose-built deliveries keep arriving. What that means for storage street rates over the next year, market by market, with JBW survey data on list rates,...