Aztec Group arranged the loan through Benefit Street Partners LLC on behalf of Jacksonville Self Storage LLC. The facility is in Jacksonville, Fla., around 8 miles from the city's downtown.

Montfort Capital Partners LLC, a Dallas-based real estate investment and brokerage firm, has acquired Nations Storage in Houston, which it plans to renovate.

PTI Security Systems, a provider of access-control and security solutions for the self storage industry, has acquired Web-design and marketing-services firm Automatit Inc.

StorageVault is pleased to announce that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement executed with Access Self Storage Inc. to purchase two stores in Ottawa, Ontario for an aggregate purchase price of $13.25 million CAD.

List Self Storage (List), the premier online platform for buying and selling self storage facilities, is pleased to announce that for the first time, the website hosts more than 300 self storage listings.

The BSC Group recently arranged a $6.8 million partial recourse construction loan for a national sponsor. Loan proceeds will be used to construct a 115,000 square-foot self storage facility with more than 900 units in suburban Indianapolis.

For a business looking to diversify its investments, commercial real estate can make sense. It has the potential to create an income stream, provide tax savings and steadily build value as an asset.

Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc. (SST IV), a public non-traded real estate investment trust sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management, LLC (SmartStop), announced today the acquisition of a six-property self storage portfolio.

One of Rock Hill's long-time retail sites has been sold. Kmart Plaza, almost 90,000 square feet of retail space at Cherry and Anderson roads, sold for $6 million. Madison Capital out of Charlotte was the buyer.