CANADIAN NEWS
StorageVault Rebrands BC Sites In May, StorageVault Canada Inc., which operates 216 self-storage facilities under various names throughout the Canadian provinces, rebranded more than 15 of its British Columbia locations as Sentinel Storage. The sites previously operated as Storage for Your Life. The company now operates 59 total sites under the Sentinel Storage brand.
SmartStop Partners With BCRF SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc., partnered with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) for the fourth consecutive year to recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For the entire month of October, SmartStop donated $5 directly to BCRF for every unit rented at its U.S. SmartStop® Self Storage locations and $5 for every rental at its Canadian SmartStop® Self Storage locations to BCRF in Canada. The company also matched up to $10,000 of direct donations (for a total of $20,000 from both donors and SmartStop) when sub- mitted through
donate.smartstop.com during October. Furthermore, SmartStop staff at its U.S. and Canadian
locations wore special uniforms in October to celebrate BCRF and raise awareness with customers about this important cause. Flyers, stickers, ribbons, and post- ers were available at all locations in both countries. SmartStop also packed individual chemotherapy kits to deliver to local infusion centers and published exclusive long-form blogs, downloadable checklists, and other re- sources across its website and social media channels to support cancer patients and their loved ones.
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Space Constraints In Vancouver According to CBRE’s third quarter 2021 report, Metro Vancou- ver has effectively run out of industrial space, with overall availability dropping to a record low of 0.9 percent. Much of this shortage is focused on larger spaces that would be suit- able for film studios, competing with other high demand uses for logistics and warehousing. While there is currently 6.3 mil- lion square feet of industrial space under construction, nearly three quarters is already pre-leased, and more than half of the remaining space in some stage of negotiation. Additionally, an existing Maple Leaf Self Storage facility in Burnaby, B.C., will be demolished for a new purpose-built facility.
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