Every January, self-storage vacancies rise “because everyone makes New Year’s resolutions to get rid of their storage unit.” Vacated units rarely stay empty.

That shift was the focus of a recent "Seattle Now" segment on KUOW, which looked at how the region is "spilling" belongings into storage units. The episode brought in Seattle Times business reporter ...

For a fresh start to the new year, people clean out garages… closets… and sheds. They help an aging parent or college-aged kid move into a new space. Some stuff gets donated. Some items, sold. But for ...