by grsgrouptest | Apr 20, 2018 | Blog
More institutional players are getting involved in self-storage investment according to recent reports. That, in part, led to a decrease in fourth-quarter cap rates, from 6.5 percent to 6.3 percent year over year, according to data by Real Capital Analytics, as...
by Ian Ritter | Oct 19, 2015 | Blog
Commercial real estate’s self-storage sector continues to perform extremely well. Rents are rising, and stocks of some of the leading REITs in the sector, such as Extra Space Storage have really taken off in the last year. And like the industrial and multifamily...
by Ian Ritter | Sep 8, 2014 | Blog
There were a lot of expectations for the CMBS market this year. It hit $84 billion in 2013, and some thought it could hit $100 billion in 2014. So far it doesn’t look like it’s going to reach that number, says Matthew McGovern, a director at GRS Group based in the New...
by Ian Ritter | Aug 15, 2014 | Blog
Self storage might not be a sexy sounding commercial real estate sector, but it sure is gaining the attention of the investment community. In next month’s “Bloomberg Markets” magazine, which ranks REITs, self storage is a major highlight. Three of the sector’s four...
by Michael Gerard | May 20, 2014 | Blog
It’s well known in the commercial real estate industry that many sectors are benefiting from a lack of new development. This absence of new supply is driving up both acquisition prices and occupancy rates across several property types. The self-storage arena is one of...
