Move aside data centers and make room for self-storage, as it takes its place as a desirable real estate asset, according to the 2026 Urban Land Institute’s Emerging Trends in Real Estate report.

Discover overlooked AI winners: self-storage REITs. Learn how AI-driven demand boosts returns and see top picks to watch ...

Extra Space Storage faces headwinds from rising expenses, slowing rent growth, and macroeconomic uncertainty, leading to recent share price declines and muted acquisitions. Despite near-term ...

We’ve ranked these metros by the footprints of the sector’s top five REITs, according to Yardi Matrix data. The U.S. self storage sector has grown exponentially over the past few decades, as the ...

For people in need of extra space for their belongings, storage companies offer the opportunity to stow a wide array of items in a rental unit. The units vary significantly — from indoor units as ...

A variety of capital sources are filling the vacuum left by retreating banks. Here's where you can find funding and what's ahead. The self storage lending landscape has changed a lot over the past few ...

The city ranks eighth in the country when it comes to the most self-storage space converted from other uses; Chicago tops the ...

With a market cap of $31.6 billion, Extra Space Storage Inc. (EXR) is a self-administered and self-managed REIT and a member of the S&P 500, making it the largest operator of self-storage properties ...

Self-storage is a business that tends to have 30-40% profit margins—and is growing rapidly thanks to Gen Z that rents more than any previous generation.