Self-Storage Industry Disruption: Extra Space Takes Over Life Storage in Blockbuster $12.7 Billion Acquisition!

Self-Storage Industry Disruption: Extra Space Takes Over Life Storage in Blockbuster $12.7 Billion Acquisition!

Extra Space Storage has announced the acquisition of Life Storage in a $12.7 billion all-stock deal, which will result in the largest U.S. self-storage space operator by store count.

In this episode, Matthew Van Horn joins us to discuss Extra Space Storage buying Life Storage.

These episodes are recorded live during the first half of our weekly Meetup Mondays, the virtual gathering for self storage professionals!

Register for our next Meetup Mondays at https://bit.ly/MeetupMondays and be part of the conversation!

And if you want to access more free resources and tools for your self storage operations, visit our website at www.3milestorage.com. See you there!

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Matthew Van Horn
Founder, Black Swan Storage Advisors
matt@blackswanstorage.com
772.370.1273
www.blackswanstorage.com

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Jim Ross & 3 Mile Storage Management
https://www.3milestorage.com
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About Jim Ross
Jim Ross and his company 3 Mile Storage Management offers self storage property management solutions for self storage facility owners that want to dominate their local 3 mile market with a large focus on remotely managed operations.

I enjoy providing value to the self storage industry through writing books, speaking at industry events, putting together virtual summits, hosting The Self Storage Show podcast, curating a weekly newsletter and providing much of it for free at www.3milestorage.com

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