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La Conférence de l'Associación Española du self stockage se tiendra le 25 Octobre 2011 à Barcelone (Espagne), à l'Hotel Barceló Sants, Pl. dels Països Catalans s/n. 08014 Barcelone .

Pour tous renseignements contacter: AESS - Associación Española de Self Storage
T 663 708 993, aess@aess.es, http://www.aess.es/asociacion_miembros/conferencias

Scottish entrepreneur Alister Jack is looking for additional self-storage sites after purchasing 12 U.K. facilities for his Alligator Self Storage chain. The properties were acquired from investment bank Macquarie Group Australia in a £20 million deal backed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The acquisition brings the total number of Alligator sites to 17. Jack is seeking additional expansion opportunities, possibly two or three more in the next year, he said.

Half of the Great Britain population regrets throwing away old clothes, photographs and other family memorabilia due to lack of space, according to an online survey conducted by self-storage company Safestore.

Public Storage Completes Transfer of 51% Interest in European Operations to the New York Common Retirement Fund GLENDALE, California--Public Storage announced the acquisition by the New York Common

Demand for self storage in the UK and France will continue to grow despite a slowdown in the housing market, Steve Williams, chief executive of Safestore Holdings, said. 'For self storage, all the fundamentals (for growth) are in place,' he told Thomson Financial News in an telephone interview, after the company reported a 21.7 pct rise in EBITDA before exceptional items for the year to end-Oct 2007.'We would prefer a very buoyant housing market, but self-storage will continue to grow,' he said.

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Public Storage, owner and operator of self-storage facilities, said on Wednesday it reached a preliminary agreement to sell a 51 percent stake in its Shurgard Europe unit in a private transaction.

U.K. self-storage operator Big Yellow has struck a £150 million ($308.4 million) joint venture with Pramerica Real Estate, the property investment and advisory arm of Prudential Financial Inc., to develop up to 25 storage facilities in the English Midlands, North England and Scotland. The deal is set to seal on Nov. 30.

"Since the 1970s, the average U.S. home has grown by 80%. Yet Americans face a 'storage crisis,' according to UCLA researchers."

"The self-storage industry is only 35 years old. It took 25 years for the first billion square feet of storage to be built. The second billion square feet was built in just 8 years."

"7 square feet of commercial storage space now exists for every American."

"1 in 11 households rents storage space -- 1 million more households than two years ago."

L'offre de Shurgard qui pouvait atteindre un montant total de 750 millions d'euros est annulée en raison de "conditions de marché défavorables". Les investisseurs qui ont passé des ordres d'achat n'ont pas de soucis à se faire. Toutes les souscriptions seront automatiquement annulées, a précisé la société.

Début demain de l'IPO du groupe de stockage Shurgard qui fera ses débuts sur l'Euronext Bruxelles.

Shurgard Self Storage Europe Ltd., Europe's largest owner of self-storage units, plans to raise as much as 752 million euros ($1 billion) in an initial public offering to finance developments and pay off debt.

Pour la première fois en Europe, une conférence annuelle (trade-show) a été organisé par une association autre que la SSAUK (Royaume-Uni), la AESS (Association Espagnole). Elle s'est tenu à Barcelone, durant la journée du 14 mai 2007.

Safestore, le propriétaire anglais d'Une pièce en plus, vient de rentrer en bourse au prix de 2,4 livres sterling.

Entrepreneur Alister Jack sold his U.K.-based Armadillo Self Storage business for £40 million, the Business Sale Report of London reported today. He received 10 expressions of interest and six bids for the company before selling to the property and infrastructure arm of HSBC, one of the world’s largest international providers of banking and financial services.

Public Storage, Inc. (NYSESA) and Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc. (NYSE:SHU) announced today that they will each hold a shareholder meeting on July 26, 2006. Public Storage will hold its annual meeting of shareholders at 9:00 a.m. (PDT) on July 26, 2006, and Shurgard will hold a special meeting of shareholders at 9:00 a.m. (PDT) on July 26, 2006. Public Storage and Shurgard shareholders of record at the close of business on June 23, 2006 will be entitled to vote at their respective meetings.

Spain has always stood out among countries most considered for self-storage expansion for several reasons: It has dense urban demographics, a booming economy, notable lack of competition and is service oriented. Also, the culture is shifting toward a more mobile lifestyle. The fact the 2005 Self Storage Association of the United Kingdom Conference was hosted in Barcelona was probably not a coincidence.

Every Thursday evening at around six o'clock, Terence goes to visit his mother in north London. "It's nice to get away from everything, sit down and have a good old chat with her," he says, blinking nervously through his bifocals. "Not a lot of people know I come here. It's something I like to keep to myself."

La société espagnole Bluespace filliale de Pramerica, vient de racheter les deux sites espagnoles de Easybox, à Barcelone et Madrid.

Public Storage and Shurgard - The Leading Self-Storage Companies - To Combine Transaction Valued at $5.0 Billion

The Boards of Directors of both companies approved a definitive merger agreement under which Public Storage will acquire Shurgard at a total transaction value of approximately $5.0 billion. Under the transaction, which is taxable, Public Storage will issue approximately 38.4 million shares of common stock, will assume approximately $1.8 billion of Shurgard debt and $136 million of Shurgard preferred stock will be redeemed. The transaction is targeted to close by the end of the second quarter 2006.