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Steve Rudner
HFF Self Storage Team hosts Inaugural Storage Investor Caucus
The self storage professionals of HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.) announced
today that they hosted the Storage Investor Caucus (SIC) on May 1st at the Downtown Club in Houston.
Sixty storage owners, investors and affiliated industry professionals attended the full-day event.
Making the Grade
The class A, class B, and class C grading
of assets in self-storage real estate
has long been a way of distinguishing
between property types; but how, exactly, are
those classes defined? Is age, size, amenities,
or location of the property the biggest factor
in determining property class? And, more
importantly, are members of the industry on the
same page when evaluating these assets?
Marketing Like the Big Boys
The old phrase “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” was never more true than in marketing and sales. From the day the
first advertisement appeared on the side of a building or in a newspaper, others quickly followed. Make a good commercial
and you will no doubt be copied ten times over. Come up with a creative idea for an ad and there will soon be be ten more
like.
The Price Is Right...Right?
The numbers have been crunched, a broker has been hired, and the
marketing has begun. It’s official: it’s time to sell the
self-storage facility. Whether it’s retirement, cashing out on a
successful investment, or simply a search for a new business
challenge, many self-storage professionals are busy navigating their
ways through the murky waters of commercial real estate buying and
selling. And those waters are becoming increasingly rough. The real
estate slowdown and equities market woes seem to lead the evening
news
Storage Investment Advisors Team Joins With Holliday Fenoglio Fowler
The eight team members of Storage Investment Advisors LLP (SIA), a national real estate investment services firm, have joined the Houston and Los Angeles sales groups of mortgage-banking firm Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP (HFF).
Storage Investment Advisors Expands Staff;
McCarron Promoted to Managing Director
Storage Investment Advisors, LLP (SIA), a
Houston-based investment real estate services firm focused solely on
the self-storage industry, announced Gina Munoz has joined its team
as a senior associate. In addition, the firm promoted Doug McCarron
to managing director of its West Coast brokerage operations.
Not-So- Extreme Makeovers
Despite a declining housing market that prompted a
pause in the self-storage market in 2007, self-storage real estate
remains an attractive investment for investors large and small. The
industry’s robust years brought more institutional investors into
the field, and that trend continues as we enter 2008. With deep
pockets, these investors have their sights set on Class A
properties, which are typically newer, state-of-the-art facilities
set in prime locations.
Real Estate Outlook 2008
Once a virtual unknown, self-storage has risen to
become one of the most desirable investment real estate sectors.
Yet, while raising the industry’s profile and level of
sophistication, this heightened interest has also resulted in a
development boom that left many facilities contending with an
intense level of new competition. Today, self-storage has moved onto
the main stage of commercial real estate, leaving investors and
operators to wonder if its performance will continue to outshine
that of the other sectors.
Beacon-SIA Alliance Announces 2007 Transaction
Results: Offers 2008 Market Observations
Beacon Realty Capital and Storage Investment Advisors
(SIA), which formed an alliance in 2006 to provide self-storage
owners and investors with specialized real estate property and
financing services, announced their combined self-storage property
transaction volumes for 2007 totaled $311,754,300.
Self-Storage
Industry Fundraiser Raises Donations for Child Abuse Support Agency
The Giving Season Initiative,” an annual holiday
season fundraising effort led by Storage Investment Advisors, LLP
(SIA), a Houston-based investment real estate services firm focused
solely on the self-storage industry, raised $3,500 in donations from
self-storage industry organizations to support Child Advocates, a
Houston-based social services agency that guides more than 1,750
abused children each year to safe environments.
Storage Investment Advisors: Leading
the Market to Success
Founded in 2006, Storage Investment Advisors (SIA) is
an investment real estate services firm focused solely on managing
transactions for the self-storage industry. Since its
inception, team members have bough, sold, brokered, and financed
more than $1.2 billion worth of self-storage real estate,
collectively making SIA the industry's leading real estate firm
based on transaction volume. SIA Senior Partner Minh Tran
offers some background and and observations about the firm's
philosophies and client strategies. Headquartered in Houston,
SIA also has an office in Los Angeles.
Top Self-Storage Brokers
The companies listed [below] represent the top
brokers in the self-storage industry based on sales volume.
While they are listed alphabetically rather than ranked by volume,
the total sales listed are from the 18-month period of January 1,
2006 to June 30, 2007.
Self-Storage Forum Audio CD Now Available at No Charge
An audio recording of the September 2007 Self-Storage Forum, a semiannual program in which industry leaders share insight about self-storage market issues, is now available at no charge on compact disc.
SIA Shares Results of 2007 Self-Storage Owner
Survey
Overbuilding and oversupply of facilities are the key
macroeconomic issues facing the self-storage industry in 2007,
according to an annual survey of facility owners conducted by
Storage Investment Advisors (SIA), an investment real estate
services firm focused solely on self-storage.
Many Happy Returns: Investing in Self Storage
Are you in the market for a self-storage facility? If
so, you’re not alone. Once considered a secondary real estate
investment type, today selfstorage is moving to the forefront of the
commercial real estate market. More investors are buying properties
and consolidating operations, creating what some call the most
active self-storage investment market in years.
SIA Closes More Than $43 Million in Second
Quarter 2007 Transactions
Storage Investment Advisors, LLP (SIA), a
Houston-based investment real estate services firm focused solely on
the self-storage industry, announced its team members closed
$43,677,000 in self-storage property transactions in the second
quarter of 2007, bringing the firm’s year-to-date closing total to
more than $132 million.
Overbuilding and oversupply of facilities are the key
macroeconomic issues facing the self-storage industry in 2007,
according to an annual survey of self-storage property owners
conducted by Storage Investment Advisors (SIA), a Houston-based
investment real estate services firm focused solely on the
self-storage industry.
Storage Investment Advisors Closes
More Than $95 Million In First Quarter 2007 Transactions
Storage Investment Advisors, LLP (SIA), a
Houston-based investment real estate services firm focused solely on
the self-storage industry, announced its team members closed more
than $95 million in self-storage property transactions in the first
quarter of 2007.
Supplier Spotlight: Storage Investment
Advisors - Firm is driven by relationships, not dollars
An audio recording of the February 2007 Self-Storage
Forum, a semiannual program in which industry leaders share insight
about self-storage market issues, is now available at no charge on
compact disc.
A View from the Street: Self Storage
Value - The price is right....or is it?
The Price Is Right is one of those TV game shows that seem so easy
anyone can do it. All you have to do is heed Bob Barker’s invitation
to “come on down” and play games in which you guess the price of
common consumer items.
Self-Storage Forum Audio CD Now
Available at No Charge
An audio recording of the February 2007 Self-Storage
Forum, a semiannual program in which industry leaders share insight
about self-storage market issues, is now available at no charge on
compact disc.
Storage Investment Advisors Closes
Two Portfolio Transactions with Total $45 Million Offering Price
Storage Investment Advisors, LLP (SIA), a
Houston-based investment real estate services firm focused solely on
the self-storage industry, announced it completed the disposition of
two self-storage portfolio transactions whose combined offering
price was $45,000,000.
Storage Investment Advisors, LLP (SIA), a Houston-based investment
real estate services firm focused solely on the self-storage
industry, announced it completed the first phase of a
three-property, Class A self-storage portfolio disposition in the
New York City area.
Storage Investment Advisors,
LLP (SIA), a Houston-based investment real estate services firm
focused solely on the self-storage industry, announced its team
members have closed nearly $235 million in self-storage property
transactions since January 2006; including $175 million in their
first 12 months of operations and $59 million in closings in January
2007.
“The Giving Season Initiative,”
a holiday season fundraising effort led by Storage Investment
Advisors, LLP (SIA), a Houston-based investment real estate services
firm focused solely on the self-storage industry, and its
Indianapolis-based marketing firm, The Streetview Group, netted
several thousand dollars in donations from self-storage industry
organizations to support social services agencies in Houston, Los
Angeles and Indianapolis.
SIA and Beacon to Host Self-Storage Forum at
ISS Vegas Expo
Storage Investment Advisors (SIA) and Beacon Realty
Capital will host a Self-Storage Forum, a semi-annual program in
which industry leaders share insights about the real estate market,
at the upcoming Inside Self-Storage Expo in Las Vegas.
SIA and Streetview Group Launch Holiday
Fundraiser
Storage Investment Advisors LLP (SIA) and its
marketing partners at The Streetview Group launched a “Giving Season
Initiative” to help communities in need. The companies are reaching
out to self-storage friends, colleagues and clients for financial
support.
Storage
Investment Advisors Unveils New Website
Storage Investment Advisors LLP (SIA), a Houston-based investment
real estate services firm focused solely on self-storage, redesigned
its website at www.siallp.com, allowing users to more quickly access
property listings as well as other self-storage resources.
Storage Investment Advisors Closes
Chicago-Area Sales Transaction
Fall Self-Storage Real Estate Forum Available
on Free CD
An audio recording of the Fall 2006 Self-Storage
Forum, a semi-annual program in which industry leaders share
insights about the real estate market, is now available on CD at no
charge.
Stepping Out on Their Own
Some people celebrate New Year’s Eve by holding a big party. Some
forego the champagne and noisemakers, however, to start a whole new
life. That was the choice a group of entrepreneurial spirits made
last December, when they decided to pool their talents and launch
Storage Investment Advisors, LLP (SIA), in Houston, Texas.
Beacon Realty Capital and Storage Investment
Advisors Form Strategic Alliance
New Company, Same Faces
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