ORLANDO, Fla. – OB Companies/Simply Self Storage, a diversified real estate developer of self storage businesses, announced that it has acquired a self storage portfolio of 3 properties in Illinois for 9.5 million.

Simply Self Storage acquired the portfolio from The Lock Up Storage Centers October 19, 2006.  The portfolio consisted of 166,875 rentable square feet and 1,541 units in Wheeling, Bolingbrook, and Palatine. 

In addition, Simply Self Storage currently has another 60 properties under contract that will close by year end making it the largest private self storage owner in the United States and Puerto Rico. 

OB Companies/Simply Self Storage, based in Orlando, FL., has offices and businesses in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico.  OB Companies/Simply Self Storage has over 5 million square feet of storage space at 82 current/development facilities.  A diversified corporation, OB Companies/Simply Self Storage operates profitably in self storage, commercial real estate, retail and office construction.

For further information, please contact Jessica Wolf at OB Companies/Simply Self Storage, jwolf@obcompanies.com.

Kurt O’Brien
Chief Executive Officer
OB Companies/Simply Self Storage LLC
7932 W. Sand Lake Rd., Suite 108
Orlando, FL 32819
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