Bluebird Acquires Five Properties Bluebird Self Storage of Toronto, Ont., has acquired five StoreSmart Self Storage facilities in Alberta. The properties are located in Canmore, Co- chrane, Edmonton, Red Deer, and Sherwood Park. The transaction adds 362,000 square feet of storage pace to its portfolio, making Bluebird the fourth largest self-storage provider in the province.
PTI Integrates StorLogix With Yardi Breeze PTI Security Systems has integrated its StorLogix Cloud access-control soft- ware with the Breeze Premier property-management platform from Yardi Systems Inc., which provides management software for self-storage and other types of real estate. The cloud-based Breeze platform offers a suite of accounting, management, and marketing features. Integration with Stor- Logix will allow facility operators to access data and perform management functions across multiple properties. For more information, visit ptisecurity. com or
www.yardibreeze.com.
Radius+ Consolidates Content Radius+ has streamlined its content into a self-storage web show to reduce navigation time on its site. The weekly web show will be hosted by Jonathan Eakin, who will explore industry news, education, data, product updates, facility site visits, and much more. Viewers can learn more about the Radius+ team, brand, platform, and suite of products by viewing the weekly episodes on
www.radiusplus.com.
Executive Changes At SmartStop SmartStop Self Storage REIT Inc., which operates 149 properties in 19 U.S. states and Toronto, has promoted Bliss Edwards to executive vice president for Canada and hired David Corak as vice president of corporate finance. Edwards joined SmartStop as managing director of Canada in 2019. She’s overseen all areas of property acquisition and development, quadrupling the net rentable square feet in the company’s Canadian pipeline. Edwards, who previously served as senior director of development for Dymon Storage, has been a key contributor to the company’s growing joint venture with
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SmartCentres in Toronto. She holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies in planning from the University of Waterloo. Corak will
focus on investor relations and
guide corporate finance initiatives. He most re- cently served as senior vice president of corpo- rate finance for Jernigan Capital Inc., a publicly traded REIT that was acquired by NexPoint Ad- visors L.P. Corak has six years of “sell-side re- search” experience at Stifel Financial Corp. and FBR Capital Markets/B Riley Securities, where he covered the self-storage sector, and three years of corporate and investment-banking ex- perience with PNC Financial Services Group Inc. He is a graduate of Georgetown University.
Introducing BOS Quick Build Containers BOS Construction Solutions (BOS CS) and Paul Davis Restoration (PDR) have entered into a strategic partnership covering BOS Quick Build containers and container accessories includ- ing Work-Lights. The partnership covers both Paul Davis Restoration of USA and Paul Davis Canada. BOS Quick Build (QB) containers are designed and manufactured in Germany in an ecologically friendly production line that uses recycled galvanized steel. Secure, panelized, and easy-to-assemble, they come in various sizes and can be accessorized with lights, ac- cess ramps, shelving systems, and other tools to keep them organized. For more details, visit
boscs-usa.com.
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