The self-storage market has moved through meaningful shifts over the past several years; cap rate adjustments, a development wave, changing institutional capital flows, and evolving demand patterns.
Rent growth has been one of the defining stories in self-storage over the past five years—from exceptional gains during the pandemic demand surge to meaningful variation across markets today.
Self-storage demand isn't random; it's driven by identifiable demographic forces that create consistent, predictable patterns of use. Several long-running demographic trends are creating structural demand tailwinds for the industry.
Receiving a buyout offer on your self-storage facility can be exciting, disorienting, or both. Knowing how to evaluate whether an offer is fair, and what to do next, requires understanding both the valuation math and the negotiating dynamics at play.
