Press Releases

SSA Owners-Investors Course Offers Expert Insight on Acquisitions Using Advanced Financial Valuation Models

Program Presented June 16th – 18th in San Francisco

May 6, 2010 – Alexandria, Virginia – The Self Storage Association (SSA) is pleased to announce that its popular Owners-Investors Course will again be offered this coming June 16th-18th in San Francisco. Any professional involved in, or considering transactions featuring self storage businesses will benefit considerably by attending the program. The advanced, executive-level course promotes informed business decisions through industry-specific financial models, multiple valuation topics and through analysis of actual self storage business transaction scenarios. Download PDF to read more.

Self Storage Association (SSA) and Japan Self Storage Association Sign Affiliation Agreement

April 5, 2010 – Alexandria, Virginia – The United States-based Self Storage Association (SSA) and the recently-formed Japan Self Storage Association (JSSA) have entered into an affiliation agreement that calls for the two organizations to share mutually beneficial components. Download PDF to read more.

Self Storage Association (SSA) Spring Convention & Trade Show –
April 18-20, 2010 - The Broadmoor Resort, Colorado Springs, CO
Association Will Celebrate Its 35th Anniversary Serving the Industry

January 25, 2010 – Alexandria, Virginia – This April the national Self Storage Association (SSA) will celebrate its 35th Anniversary in the same state where it started: Colorado. Some 1,000 self storage executives, owners, investors and industry vendors will meet in picturesque Colorado Springs to engage in high level discussions on the national economy and its implications for the industry. Also attendees will hear from prominent industry leaders, including keynote speaker Ronald L. Havner, Jr., President & CEO of the industry’s largest company, Public Storage, Inc., of Glendale, CA (NYSE: PSA). Download PDF to read more.

Self Storage Association Members are Pro-active with
Homeland Security & Local Police to Thwart Terrorism

September 24, 2009 – Alexandria, Virginia – The Self Storage Association (SSA), in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week formally alerted its 6,000 member-companies, its affiliated state associations – and their thousands of member- companies – and thousands of individual facility managers of the potential for illegal use of self storage units in connection with terrorism. These alerts were disseminated nationally and posted on the SSA member-only web site in the wake of recent arrests in Colorado and New York. Download PDF to read more.