14th ANNUAL C.S.S.A. EASTERN CANADIAN CONFERENCE, TRADE SHOW AND FACILITY TOURS

 

14th Annual CSSA
Eastern Canadian Conference
Trade Show and Storage Facility Tours
Nov 14 & 15, 2019

Sheraton Toronto Centre Hotel, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto

 

 

–SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE–

Day 1: Thursday, November 14, 2019 –  Trade Show and Conference opens at 8:00 am

8:00 am CSSA Trade Show Opens– Open to all attendees

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Continental Breakfast served in the CSSA Exhibitors Hall

9:00 am:  Official opening of the CSSA 14th Annual Eastern Canadian Conference

9:15 am – 12:00 pm: Presentations and Open Trade Show (see below for topics)

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Full Hot Buffet lunch served

12:30 pm – 1:20 pm: CSSA Canadian Investors Forum

1:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Presentations and Self Storage Panel Discussions

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm: CSSA Ontario Networking Cocktail Reception

Day 2: Friday, November 15, 2019 – 7am-2pm Self Storage Facility Tours Ontario

7:00 am – 8:20 am: Breakfast at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

8:30 am – 2:00 pm (approx): Facility Tours – Bus departs hotel at 8:30 am SHARP

COME TO HEAR…COME TO LEARN….COME TO NETWORK!!!

–Day 1: Nov 14, 2019 Presentations–

“How an Old School Veteran Adapted to Modern Self Storage”
presented by:
Mr. MIKE BURNAM
Chief Executive Officer, StorageMart

Mike Burnam is Chief Executive Officer at StorageMart, who, with his family, operates 225 self storage facilities (in excess of 17 million square feet of storage space) in the US, Canada and the UK. Mr. Burnam was previously Chief Executive Officer and Trustee at Warburg StorageMart Partners. He also served as Chief Executive Officer at Storage Trust Realty taking the company public in 1994, then again in 1999, selling it to Public Storage. Mr. Burnam has developed, built and sold over $3.5 billion in self storage transactions. He has been the Chairman of the Board of the national Self Storage Association and has served three terms on the national SSA Board of Directors. Mr. Burnam also sat on the Canadian Self Storage Association Board of Directors in 2007 and is a co-founder of the Self Storage Institute, established in 2015. Mike Burnam was inducted into the Self Storage Hall of Fame in September 2015, and following his father, became the second member of the Burnam family to receive this recognition.

 

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A 2019 OVERVIEW of the CANADIAN SELF STORAGE INDUSTRY

by: Mr. Patrick Wood, B.SC., Director, Canadian Self Storage Valuation Services

We are pleased to welcome Patrick back to this Ontario event.  With our ever changing industry this presentation will be another one not to miss! Patrick is truly a leader in the knowledge of the valuation and movement of the self storage industry in Western and Central Canada!

 

 

 

 

 

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The Official Ontario Launch of the C.S.S.A. Best Practices “White Paper” on How to Build a Good and Effective Self Storage User’s Agreement

by: Mr. Troy McLellan, President of Public Storage Canada and of the Canadian Self Storage Association and Ms. Tami Reilly, Independent Self Storage Owner/Operator and a Director on the C.S.S.A. Board

You have been asking for it and we are now thrilled to launch this Best Practices Guide that we know will help operators in Canada with their Self Storage businesses.  A must see!

 

 

 

 

 

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5:00 pm – 7:00 pm it is time to begin our Ontario Networking Cocktail Reception

This a great opportunity to build on new relationships, converse with fellow storage owners and operators, and reconnect with those that you haven’t seen for a while. Delicious hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and one of the best raffles around courtesy of our generous sponsors, are all part of the fun. This is an event with a TWIST and your first drink is on us! 

 

 

 

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WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME THESE LOCAL VENDORS!!!

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