M&A Deal Summary

Public Storage Acquires Shurgard Storage Centers

On August 22, 2006, Public Storage acquired real estate company Shurgard Storage Centers for 5.5B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Public Storage’s 1st transaction in the Real Estate sector.
  • This is Public Storage’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Public Storage’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Public Storage’s 1st transaction in Washington.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-08-22
Target Shurgard Storage Centers
Sector Real Estate
Buyer(s) Public Storage
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 5.5B USD
Advisor(s) Citigroup Investment Banking
BofA Securities (Financial)
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Perkins Coie LLP (Legal)

Target

Shurgard Storage Centers

Seattle, Washington, United States
website
Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc.provides self-storage real estate investment trust.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Public Storage

Glendale, California, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1971
Sector Real Estate
Employees5,900
Revenue 4.2B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION
Public Storage's corporate headquarters in Glendale, California.
Public Storage's corporate headquarters in Glendale, California.

Public Storage is a real estate investment trust. Public Storage acquires, develops, owns, and operates self-storage facilities which offer storage spaces for lease on a month-to-month basis, for personal and business use. Public Storage is the largest owner and operator of self-storage facilities in the United States. Public Storage also offers reinsure policies against losses to goods stored by customers in its self-storage facilities, sells merchandise at its self-storage facilities and manages self-storage facilities owned by third-party owners. Public Storage was founded in 1971 and is based in Glendale, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 7
Sector (Real Estate) 1 of 7
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 5
State (Washington) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 7
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 6
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-08 Morningstar Properties - 43 Sites

United States

The properties involved comprise more than 2.9 million square feet in Morningstar Mini-Storage branded sites located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Georgia.

Buy $315M