- Extra Space Storage
Infobox Company
company_name = Extra Space Storage Inc.
company_
company_type =Real Estate Investment Trust
foundation = 1977
location =Cottonwood Heights, Utah
key_people =Kenneth M. Woolley
Chairman and CEO
area_served =United States
industry =self storage
products = Climate controlled and non-climate controlled storage units
revenue = $189.1 Million
operating_income =
net_income = $7.9 Million
num_employees = 1,943
parent =
subsid =
homepage = http://www.extraspace.com
footnotes =Extra Space Storage Inc. (Nyse|EXR) is a
real estate investment trust (REIT) based inCottonwood Heights, Utah . NearbySalt Lake City is commonly indicated as the company's location in corporate filings and news accounts.It providesself storage services throughout the USA. The company provides the following statistics in a press release. [http://ir.extraspace.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=180054&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=899922&highlight=] :"Extra Space Storage Inc. ...is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust that owns or operates 634 self-storage properties in 32 states including Washington, D.C. The Company's properties comprise more than 425,000 units and convert|47000000|sqft|m2 rented by over 340,000 tenants. The Company is the second largest operator of self storage in the United States."Extra Space Storage is a twenty-eight year old company that has been involved in the self-storage industry since its inception. According to the company website, Extra Space Storage's mission is sustainable growth, based around six basic company goals:
*Maximize customer satisfaction
*Provide an excellent product and service
*Develop and maintain mutually beneficial business relationships
*Increase shareholder value
*Grow the business
*Make Extra Space Storage a great place to workBoth customers and communities supposedly benefit from Extra Space Storage's approach to storage, although a minority of their customers disagree. Featuring attractive, convenient and secure facilities operated by professional managers, Extra Space Storage seeks to change the association of self storage as a temporary holding place for unwanted things to a desirable, safe, and customer-oriented facility perfectly suited for maintaining and accessing valued personal and business possessions.
History
*Founded in 1977.
*Publicly traded on theNew York Stock Exchange as of April 14, 2004.
*Acquired Storage USA on July 14, 2005.References
* [http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_4278346 Salt Lake Tribune Article About Extra Space Storage]
* [http://online.barrons.com/google_login.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.barrons.com%2Farticle%2FSB115637144883943794.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_barrons Barron's: Extra Space Storage CEO in for Long Haul]
* [http://www.newratings.com/analyst_news/article_1343464.html RBC Capital Markets, Friday, August 11, 2006 – Extra Space Storage downgraded to "sector perform" - update]
* [http://www.insideselfstorage.com/articles/337/66h1219155170771.html Inside Self Storage: "Industry Giant Extra Space Storage expands, educates" Article by Elaine Foxwell]External links
* [http://www.extraspace.com Extra Space Storage Corporate Site]
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