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Old 05-21-2008, 01:07 PM
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Hi, my name is rose, obviously and I manage a facility in Apache Junction, AZ. I have been a manager for nearly 8 years, this last one running on my 4th. I currently work for an independant and in as much as it can be frustrating at times, I love my job. I was just wondering however, have you found your occupancy dropping off this spring? I can't for the life of me figure out why unless we can blame it on the economy. I look forward to your reply.

Rose
No! It has been steadily higher, and is now just under 95%. I really feel that, quite frankly, bad news should be good news for our industry. Foreclosures, layoffs, bad weather, as well as domestic issues, drive folks to storage.
I take it to heart that you are in AZ, a, "Snowbird" state, and the "Snowbirds" have migrated north now. Does occupancy typicall go down in the spring-summer?
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