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Frisco-Based Public Storage To Acquire Public Storage Canada in $1.2B Deal

by Sandra Engelland | Jun 24, 2026

The PS Canada portfolio consists of 68 properties totaling 5.3 million square feet, located in the key Canadian markets of Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, and Ottawa. It's just the latest big move by Public Storage, which relocated from California to North Texas in February and acquired National Storage Affiliates in March for $10.5 billion.

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North Texas’ Public Storage To Acquire National Storage Affiliates in $10.5 Billion Deal

by Sandra Engelland | Mar 17, 2026

Just last month, Public Storage announced it was relocating from Glendale, California to Frisco. Now it's unveiled its mega-acquisition of Colorado-based National Storage Affiliates—whose portfolio includes more than 1,000 properties, 69 million rentable square feet, and 550,000 units across 37 states and Puerto Rico.

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Public Storage To Relocate From California to North Texas, Announces C‑Suite Moves

by Sandra Engelland | Feb 13, 2026

At the end of 2025, Public Storage owned and/or operated 3,533 self-storage facilities located in 40 states across the U.S. It also owns a 35% interest in U.K.-based Shurgard Self Storage Limited.

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‘Texodus’: What’s Behind the Trend of Californians Moving to North Texas

by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray | Jun 14, 2023

A new report from StorageCafe dissects a noticeable migratory trend of Californians to the Lone Star State. Here are some reasons they're racing to get to places like North Texas—like saving over $1 million when they buy a house, for instance.

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Dallas Metro Ranks No. 1 in U.S. for Real Estate Development Over the Past 10 Years

by David Seeley | Feb 18, 2022

That boom you heard in Dallas-Fort Worth the last decade? That was real estate activity. According to a new report from StorageCafe, the Dallas Metro ranks No. 1 in the U.S. for the most activity seen in all sectors of real estate over those 10 years. From residential permits to corporate relocations to retail to industrial and more, here's a look at what boomed most.

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