Storage firm Big Yellow weighing ‘all options’ after sale pressure from investor Property Big Yellow has told shareholders it is keeping “all options” under review after the self-storage firm’s biggest investor told it to put itself up for sale. The FTSE 250 group said it “recently” met with a shareholder who “is encouraging Big Yellow to explore a sale”. Earlier this week, Ancora Alternatives, an Ohio-based activist investor, [...]
Activist investor urges storage firm Big Yellow to put itself up for sale Property Shares in storage firm Big Yellow bounced on Wednesday after an activist investor urged the company to put itself up for sale. The FTSE 250 self-storage provider jumped more than five per cent to 844p after Ancora Alternatives, which owns four per cent of the group, told it to consider a take-private deal. The Ohio-based [...]
Big Yellow posts solid quarter of growth Retail A boost in occupancy and a hike to rents helped revenue at self-storage firm Big Yellow to a solid increase in the second quarter, after what has been a difficult two years.