The second portion of ISS Editor Amy Campbell's State of the Industry report is available online at the ISS Web site.

This section covers construction and finance, and what the future holds in the storage industry. Experts consulted include:

FINANCE
•Richard Hill Adams, chairman and CEO, American Realty Capital Advisors
•Shawn Hill, principal, The BSC Group
•Georgia Ragsdale, CEO, Watermark Financial

CONSTRUCTION
•John Barry, vice president of brokerage, Investment Real Estate LLC
•Terry Campbell, vice president of sales and marketing, BETCO Inc.
•Jim Chiswell, owner, Chiswell & Associates LLC
•RK Kliebenstein, president, Coast-To-Coast Storage
•Ben Vestal, executive vice president, Argus Self-Storage Sales Network
•Ray Wilson, president, Self-Storage Data Services Inc.
•Caesar Wright, president, Mako Steel Inc.

Here's info on State of the Industry Part I.

Make sure to read and post your feedback here.

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John Carlisle
Community Manager, Self-Storage Talk
Virgo Publishing LLC
jcarlisle at vpico dot com
312-623-9395

Are the sources in the article spot on? Do you disagree with their assessments? As owners and operators, what are your thoughts about the state of the industry?

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Amy Campbell
Editor
Inside Self-Storage
acampbell@vpico.com