Life Storage, Inc. (formerly Sovran Self Storage and Uncle Bob's Self Storage) was a real estate investment trust headquartered in Williamsville, New York, that invested in self storage units. In July 2023, the company was acquired by Extra Space Storage.[1][2][3]
History
The company was founded as a financial planning firm in Buffalo, New York in 1982. In 1985, the company entered the self-storage industry by opening its first facility in Florida, accumulating around 30 facilities along the East Coast of the United States over the next three years.[4]
During the next decade, the company acquired 62 self-storage facilities in the United States, and rebranded each one to "Uncle Bob's Self Storage" under the leadership of former