LAKE BLUFF, IL January 3, 2007 - Metro Storage LLC recently acquired a portfolio of five self storage properties in the greater Tampa Bay, Florida area. The state-of-the-art and amenity rich portfolio of properties contains nearly 270,000 square feet of climate controlled and regular self storage product. The properties are located in New Tampa, Riverview, Lutz, Spring Hill and Lakeland, Florida.

 

The newly acquired stores will be operated under the company’s Metro Self Storage® brand name. Metro now owns or operates 11 locations in the greater Tampa Bay area. 

 

Metro Storage LLC, operating under the trademark Metro Self Storage®, is a fully integrated real estate operating company specializing in the development, acquisition and management of self-storage facilities. Headquartered in Lake Bluff, Illinois, the Company is one of the largest private owner operators of self-storage facilities in the Midwestern and South-Eastern United States. An industry leader since 1973, Metro has been involved in hundreds of self-storage transactions throughout its history. The Company is soliciting multi-store portfolios nationwide, projects in development, or existing operations for management or acquisition. 

 

More information about the firm is available at www.metrostorage.com or by calling Brian D. Blankenship (847) 604-5240