INDUSTRY NEWS Q2 2024
StorageMart Supports BBBS StorageMart continues to show its support for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBS) with the help of their partners, the Kansas Jayhawks men’s and women’s basketball teams. During the 2022 to 2023 Jayhawks basketball season, through the StorageMart Charity Stripe, every completed free throw by the teams equaled $10 donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters. StorageMart presented the check for the season’s total to the organization at a men’s basketball game. In addition to the
Jayhawks free throw donations, StorageMart also donates $10 to Big Brothers Big Sisters for every Kansas City Chiefs’ tackle, Mizzou football tackle, and Mizzou men’s and women’s basketball free throw.
Introducing Unit Connect The self-storage automation platform swivl has partnered with online self-storage rental system Storagely to introduce Unit Connect. This latest feature is designed to change the way potential tenants find and rent storage units by making the pro- cess faster, more efficient, and user friendly. Unit Connect is expected to enhance the rental journey by directly guiding potential tenants to the specific unit they’re interested in, complete with all necessary details pre-populated. This will eliminate the need for customers to navigate through multiple pages, thereby accelerating the rental process by more than four times compared to traditional methods and boosting conversions.
Use The Storelocal Brand Storelocal, a membership organization, has launched its Storelocal Storage Brand Licensing Program. Storelocal Storage is a unique business model designed to allow independently owned storage facilities to compete with much larger self-storage conglomerates. Leveraging the “power of more,” Storelocal Storage enables individually owned facilities to rebrand as Storelocal Storage with national brand recognition and SEO domain authority. The program includes everything needed for operations, including a complete brand kit, a dedicated team of SEO specialists, and a tech stack powered by Tenant, Inc. Visit www.
storelocal.com for details.
John Gilliland
Gilliland Receives Award John Gilliland, CEO of Investment Real Estate Group of Companies (IREGC), was named the recipient of a 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award by Vistage, a CEO coaching and peer advisory organization. The Lifetime Achievement Award honors long-standing members with a track record of bold decisions benefiting the company, community, and beyond, and these leaders are a beacon to their peers. Throughout his career, Gilliland has made numerous philanthropic contributions supporting the greater York community through the Gilliland Family Foundation. He also
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supports his wife Denise’s charitable organization, Pink Power, which raises money for local breast cancer patients in need. Leading IRE, Gilliland and his team have brokered $1.2 billion in sales and acquired 70-plus prop- erties in eight states throughout the Northeast and mid-Atlantic worth more than $766 million.
Need A Lift? PFlow Industries’ M Series 2-Post Mechanical Material Lifts are ideal for most material lifting applications. The PFlow M Series moves materials faster and more safely than forklifts, with standard travel speed of 25 feet per minute (FPM) and up to 400 FPM available. The M Series can lift up to 10,000 pounds, reach an unlimited number of floor levels, and perform under demanding, continuous-use applications. More information can be found at
www.pflow.com.
Elevate Offers Doors, Hallways Elevate Structures has expanded its product offerings to include doors and hallways. Elevate’s expanded package will now include primary structure, par- tition, exterior metal walls, roof, doors, and hallways. The company’s door offering will feature a variety of national manufacturers. Doors and hallway systems are available to customers through a simple inclusion to the con- tract for the metal building package.
StorQuest Sponsors Tournament Dedicated to helping customers make room for whatever life has in store, StorQuest Self Storage recently aligned its brand with bass anglers through its sponsorship of the BAM Tournament Trail. This sponsorship brings together the worlds of outdoor sports and practical storage solutions; StorQuest’s involvement in the bass fishing community through the BAM Tournament Trail highlights its commit- ment to supporting the lifestyles and passions of its guests, who may need a place to store fishing boats and gear.
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