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{{Short description|Self storage company in New York City, United States}}
[[File:Manhattan Mini Storage FDR Drive from Brooklyn Bridge (6387748277).jpg|thumb|right|The Manhattan Mini Storage location at 220 South Street in [[Two Bridges, Manhattan]].]]
'''Manhattan Mini Storage''' is a Manhattan-based self storage company in New York City, United States. Founded in 1978, the company serves New York neighborhoods from 17 storage locations. The company prides itself on its creative marketing efforts and charitable giving. Manhattan Mini Storage was acquired by [[StorageMart]] in December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-12|title=StorageMart Acquires Manhattan Mini Storage for $3B|url=https://therealdeal.com/2021/11/12/edison-properties-sells-manhattan-mini-storage-for-3b/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=The Real Deal New York|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Operations==
Manhattan Mini Storage is the largest personal storage company in New York, and one of the largest in the United States. The firm has 17 storage locations throughout the city, open most every day of the year. Manhattan Mini Storage has approximately 250,000 clients.
Facilities include high-tech security systems, raised loading bays that are dock-high, fully climate controlled units at all locations, and onsite managers. The firm conducts [[Unique bid auction|blind auctions]] of the belongings of customers who fail to pay their storage bills.
== Marketing ==
Manhattan Mini Storage prides itself on "identifying what matters to New Yorkers,"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insideselfstorage.com/blogs/opside/2011/09/connecting-with-local-selfstorage-customers-the-new-york-way.aspx |title=Connecting With Local Self-Storage Customers the New York Way |publisher=InsideSelfStorage.com |access-date=2011-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025003353/http://www.insideselfstorage.com/blogs/opside/2011/09/connecting-with-local-selfstorage-customers-the-new-york-way.aspx |archive-date=2011-10-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and markets itself as "an extension of your home where you can keep the things you want to keep but can't quite accommodate in your tight Manhattan apartment."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freshnyc.com/blog/nyc-storage-solutions-space-saving-design-ideas-small-spaces |title=Storage NYC - Small Space Solutions |publisher=freshnyc.com}}</ref> The company creates all its own advertisements, then advertises on billboards and phone booths across Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.manhattanministorage.com/the-top-five-questions-people-ask-us-about-manhattan-mini-storage/|title=The Top Five Questions People Ask Us About Manhattan Mini Storage|date=2014-03-26|publisher=Manhattan Mini Storage|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-10}}</ref> Some of the taglines used include, "Your closet's scarier than [[George W. Bush|Bush]]'s agenda," "Your closet is so narrow it makes [[Dick Cheney|Cheney]] look liberal," as well as "We have more wiggle room than [[Herman Cain]]'s morals."
== Community outreach ==
Manhattan Mini Storage has sponsored community groups such as: PrideNYC, Friends of Hudson River, Medieval Festival, Project Back to School,<ref>"Help NYC's Homeless Children Start the Year Off Right, with Project: Back to School," [http://blog.manhattanministorage.com/project-back-to-school/]</ref> Friends of Carl Shurz Park, NYLaughs,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nylaughs.org/online/home.html#Sponsors |title=NYLaughs Sponsors |access-date=2001-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617235718/http://www.nylaughs.org/online/home.html#Sponsors |archive-date=2010-06-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Furnish a Future, Aids Walk, NY Class, I Care, Score!, NY Dream Center, Animal Haven,<ref>[http://www.animalhavenshelter.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AdoptionVan Mobile Adoption Van, AnimalHavenShelter.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925025501/http://www.animalhavenshelter.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AdoptionVan |date=2011-09-25 }}</ref> NY Classical Theater, and The Diabetes Research Institute.
== Manhattan Mini Storage Sister Companies ==
* WorkSpace Offices
* [[StorageMart]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.storage-mart.com/manhattan-mini}}
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