The second article in the Self Storage Basics series. Net rentable square feet, physical vs. economic occupancy, street rate vs. in-place rate, lease-up, stabilized, NOI, cap rate and the other terms a new Canadian investor will...
The first article in the Self Storage Basics series. How a self storage facility earns revenue, what it costs to run, who rents, why tenants stay, and why the sector holds up through cycles, written for...
Six Bluebird Self Storage facilities, four in Calgary and two in the GTA, moved onto SmartStop's third-party management platform this week. Why SmartStop chose management contracts as its Calgary entry, what the transfer changes for owners,...
The deepest pipeline of Canadian self-storage listings since 2022 arrives this fall, into a market that finally has real buyers and a trade dispute that escalated on August 22. What it means if you are selling,...
US tariffs of 50 percent hit C$28 billion of Canadian goods after trade talks collapsed. The short and medium term impacts for Canadian self storage investors.
Canada's resale housing market has spent four years below its long-run pace, yet Canadian self storage keeps posting growth. Inside the rebuilt demand base, the supply squeeze, and what a housing thaw would be worth to...
JBW Commercial | July 28, 2026 StorageVault Canada Inc. (TSX: SVI) announced on July 28 that it has entered into agreements to acquire four self storage properties for a combined $81,550,000, with three of the four...
By Patrick Wood, JBW Commercial On July 10, 2026, New York City announced a $1.7 million settlement with Extra Space Storage, the second largest self storage operator in the United States. The settlement resolved a lawsuit...
Capital Markets and Transaction Activity JBW Commercial | June 2026 The second quarter closed with the clearest signal in years that global institutional capital now views Canadian self-storage as a core, scalable asset class rather than...
JBW Commercial | June 22, 2026 | Figures in CAD unless noted On June 22, 2026, Public Storage (NYSE: PSA), the largest owner of self-storage in the world, announced an agreement to acquire Public Storage Canada...